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==Taking Pills on a Fast Day ==
==Taking Pills on a Fast Day ==
# On a fast day one that is not feeling well and wants to take a pill is permitted to do so. Some say one should wrap the pill in a tissue before swallowing it.<ref>Halichos Shlomo Moadim 2:13:footnote 8. </ref> Some poskim say that one may not use water to swallow a pill.<ref>Nishmas Avraham 550:4.</ref> (However, if one's doctor instructs him to take a pill on a fast day then even according to this opinion using a little water is permitted).<ref> Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, Halichos Shlomo Moadim (Pesach etc) 16:3, Nishmas Avraham 5:page 46. </ref> Others say if one cannot take a pill without water then one may use a little water.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Teshuvos V’hanhugos 3:156. </ref> One should avoid this if possible on Tisha B'av, and on [[Yom Kippur]] since using water in order to swallow a pill is forbidden.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Teshuvos V’hanhugos 3:156.</ref> One is permitted to take a medication before a fast if it will enable him to have an easier fast.<ref>Nechamas Yisroel 27:22. </ref>
# On a fast day one that is not feeling well and wants to take a pill is permitted to do so. Some say one should wrap the pill in a tissue before swallowing it.<ref>Halichos Shlomo Moadim 2:13:footnote 8. </ref> Some poskim say that one may not use water to swallow a pill.<ref>Nishmas Avraham 550:4.</ref> (However, if one's doctor instructs him to take a pill on a fast day then even according to this opinion using a little water is permitted).<ref> Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, Halichos Shlomo Moadim (Pesach etc) 16:3, Nishmas Avraham 5:page 46. </ref> Others say if one cannot take a pill without water then one may use a little water.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Teshuvos V’hanhugos 3:156. </ref> One should avoid this if possible on [[Tisha BeAv]], and on [[Yom Kippur]] since using water in order to swallow a pill is forbidden.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Teshuvos V’hanhugos 3:156.</ref> One is permitted to take a medication before a fast if it will enable him to have an easier fast.<ref>Nechamas Yisroel 27:22. </ref>
# There is a discussion in the poskim if one is allowed to use mouthwash on the morning of a fast day. Some poskim are stringent,<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Kinyan Torah 2:49:2, Modanei Yeshurin page 108, Chai Ha’Levi 5:48, Divrei Chachumim page 166:471 quoting the opinion of Harav Sheinberg Shlita. Some say if there is a need, brushing ones teeth is permitted (Divrei Chachumim Ibid). </ref> while others say if one will have bad breath then it is permitted.<ref>Be’er Moshe 8:94. Refer to Minchas Yitzchok 4:109. </ref>
# There is a discussion in the poskim if one is allowed to use mouthwash on the morning of a fast day. Some poskim are stringent,<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Kinyan Torah 2:49:2, Modanei Yeshurin page 108, Chai Ha’Levi 5:48, Divrei Chachumim page 166:471 quoting the opinion of Harav Sheinberg Shlita. Some say if there is a need, brushing ones teeth is permitted (Divrei Chachumim Ibid). </ref> while others say if one will have bad breath then it is permitted.<ref>Be’er Moshe 8:94. Refer to Minchas Yitzchok 4:109. </ref>
# Taking Listerine Pocketpaks® (that have a hechsher) is not permitted on a fast day since one swallows the liquid which melts in the mouth.
# Taking Listerine Pocketpaks® (that have a hechsher) is not permitted on a fast day since one swallows the liquid which melts in the mouth.