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# It’s the Minhag of Yisrael to fast on the 13th of Adar<ref>Sefer Eshkol 2:3 pg 7 and Bal HaMoar (Megilah end of first perek) write that it’s forbidden to fast on the 13th of Adar because it’s the day before a holiday. However based on many Rishonim, S”A rules 686:1 that one can fast the day before and after [[purim]] and so Tanit Ester should be observed as is Minhag Yisrael. </ref> in commemoration of the fast of the Jews in the time of Ester and Mordechai and it’s called Tanit Ester. <Ref> Shiltot (Vayakhel 67) writes that the reason for Tanit Ester is to remember that the Jews fasted on the 13th of Adar (see Tanchuma Beresheet 3) in order to pray for mercy before the war they had with their enemies. Ravyah 550, Or Zaruha 2:437 pg 77d, Rosh (Megilah 1), Mordechai, Ran, and Tur 686 also quote this reason. However, Machsor Vitri 245 says that the fast is a minhag for the remembrance of the fast the Jews made in Nisan (mentioned in the Megilah) in days of Haman. This reason is also found in the Siddur Rashi 345, Shilbolei Leket 194 and Sefer Pardes 252. Sefer Manhig (Megilah 21) argues on this because we don’t fast 3 days or in Nisan. Actually, the Masechet Soferim (17:4, 21:1,12) says that since we are remembering the fast of Ester some have the Minhag to fast 3 fasts in Adar. This minhag is quoted in Or Zaruha, Rosh, Tur 686, and S”A 686:3. Sefer Eshkol (2:3 pg 7) and Magid Mesharim (Vayihakel) writes that the reason for the fast is so people listen in Megilah and not get caught up in eating. Ravad (quoted by Ran (Tanit 2nd perek)) and Sh”t Tashbetz 2:271 explain that the fast is based on the pasuk in the megilah “Kiymu Al Nafsham Divrei Tzomot”. Bach 686 says that the Ravad hold it’s a tanit that was established by the rabbis (in time of Ester) which is stronger than a Minhag. However Rambam (Tanit 5:5) writes that nowadays it’s only a Minhag (This is only true according to our (and the Bet Yosef’s) version of the Rambam but the Magid Mishna’s reading of Rambam leads one to say that perhaps the fast is an rabbinical establishment. Rama 686:3 concludes that the Tanit is only a Minhag and so one can be lenient for pregnant women. </ref> | # It’s the Minhag of Yisrael to fast on the 13th of Adar<ref>Sefer Eshkol 2:3 pg 7 and Bal HaMoar (Megilah end of first perek) write that it’s forbidden to fast on the 13th of Adar because it’s the day before a holiday. However based on many Rishonim, S”A rules 686:1 that one can fast the day before and after [[purim]] and so Tanit Ester should be observed as is Minhag Yisrael. </ref> in commemoration of the fast of the Jews in the time of Ester and Mordechai and it’s called Tanit Ester. <Ref> Shiltot (Vayakhel 67) writes that the reason for Tanit Ester is to remember that the Jews fasted on the 13th of Adar (see Tanchuma Beresheet 3) in order to pray for mercy before the war they had with their enemies. Ravyah 550, Or Zaruha 2:437 pg 77d, Rosh (Megilah 1), Mordechai, Ran, and Tur 686 also quote this reason. However, Machsor Vitri 245 says that the fast is a minhag for the remembrance of the fast the Jews made in Nisan (mentioned in the Megilah) in days of Haman. This reason is also found in the Siddur Rashi 345, Shilbolei Leket 194 and Sefer Pardes 252. Sefer Manhig (Megilah 21) argues on this because we don’t fast 3 days or in Nisan. Actually, the Masechet Soferim (17:4, 21:1,12) says that since we are remembering the fast of Ester some have the Minhag to fast 3 fasts in Adar. This minhag is quoted in Or Zaruha, Rosh, Tur 686, and S”A 686:3. Sefer Eshkol (2:3 pg 7) and Magid Mesharim (Vayihakel) writes that the reason for the fast is so people listen in Megilah and not get caught up in eating. Ravad (quoted by Ran (Tanit 2nd perek)) and Sh”t Tashbetz 2:271 explain that the fast is based on the pasuk in the megilah “Kiymu Al Nafsham Divrei Tzomot”. Bach 686 says that the Ravad hold it’s a tanit that was established by the rabbis (in time of Ester) which is stronger than a Minhag. However Rambam (Tanit 5:5) writes that nowadays it’s only a Minhag (This is only true according to our (and the Bet Yosef’s) version of the Rambam but the Magid Mishna’s reading of Rambam leads one to say that perhaps the fast is an rabbinical establishment. Rama 686:3 concludes that the Tanit is only a Minhag and so one can be lenient for pregnant women. </ref> | ||
# One shouldn't eat until after Megillah reading.<Ref>Rama O.C. 692:4</ref> But a snack is permitted after nightfall for a great need.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:14 citing Magen Avraham</ref> | |||
# Normally, one may not make a wedding on the night before a fast day, but one may make a wedding the night before Taanit Ester. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2, 18:5), Rabbi Soloveitchik (cited by Rabbi Herschel Schachter in Nefesh Harav page 196) </ref> | # Normally, one may not make a wedding on the night before a fast day, but one may make a wedding the night before Taanit Ester. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2, 18:5), Rabbi Soloveitchik (cited by Rabbi Herschel Schachter in Nefesh Harav page 196) </ref> | ||
# Although some say that one shouldn't eat more than usual on the night before the fast, nowadays there is also room to be lenient. <ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Purim]] 24:4, p. 165)</ref> | # Although some say that one shouldn't eat more than usual on the night before the fast, nowadays there is also room to be lenient. <ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Purim]] 24:4, p. 165)</ref> | ||
# Although some are strict to observe all of the stringencies of Tishba BeAv on the other fast days, these stringencies don’t apply to Tanit Ester. <Ref>The Mishna Brurah 550:6 quotes the Eliyah Rabba as saying that a righteous person (Baal Nefesh) should be strict to observe all of the 5 prohibited pleasures of [[Tisha BeAv]] on [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]], [[Asara BeTevet]], and [[Tzom Gedalya]]. The Beiur Halacha 551 s.v. MeRosh Chodesh also quotes this. Rav Soloveitchik (cited in Nefesh Harav page 196) explained that this stringency doesn't apply to Tanit Ester, which is a fast of happiness and not [[mourning]] (see above). Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 18:6) agrees. </ref> | # Although some are strict to observe all of the stringencies of Tishba BeAv on the other fast days, these stringencies don’t apply to Tanit Ester. <Ref>The Mishna Brurah 550:6 quotes the Eliyah Rabba as saying that a righteous person (Baal Nefesh) should be strict to observe all of the 5 prohibited pleasures of [[Tisha BeAv]] on [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]], [[Asara BeTevet]], and [[Tzom Gedalya]]. The Beiur Halacha 551 s.v. MeRosh Chodesh also quotes this. Rav Soloveitchik (cited in Nefesh Harav page 196) explained that this stringency doesn't apply to Tanit Ester, which is a fast of happiness and not [[mourning]] (see above). Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 18:6) agrees. </ref> | ||
==Tefillah== | |||
# [[Tachanun]] and Avinu Malkanu are not recited at [[Mincha]] on [[Taanit Esther]] when it is the day before [[Purim]]. <ref> Levush 686:2. </ref> | # [[Tachanun]] and Avinu Malkanu are not recited at [[Mincha]] on [[Taanit Esther]] when it is the day before [[Purim]]. <ref> Levush 686:2. </ref> | ||
# If there's not six people in the minyan who are fasting they shouldn't take out the sefer torah at mincha nor should the shaliach tzibbur say Anenu as a separate bracha in Chazarat Hashatz.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Purim p. 262, Nitai Gavriel Purim 24:8</ref> | |||
# Mizmor Ltodah is said as regular on Tanit Ester.<ref>Nitai Gavriel Purim 24:11</ref> | |||
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# Pregnant women (after 3 months of pregnancy, or within the first three months if the woman is experiencing pain from aches or vomiting) and nursing women (24 months after birth, even if she stopped nursing or there was a miscarriage) are exempt from fasting on Tanit Ester. <Ref>Concerning the 3 rabbinic fasts (Asara Betevet, [[Shiva]] Asher BeTamuz, [[Tzom Gedalya]]), S”A 554:5 (based on Magid Mishna (Tanit 5:10) and Rabbenu Yerucham 27) holds that pregnant and nursing women are exempt, while Rama 550:1 (based on Hagahot Maimon 5:1) holds they aren’t exempt only if they are in pain. Thus, concerning Tanit Ester, S”A will hold that these women are exempt. Additionally, the Rama 686:2 holds that these women are exempt even though they aren’t in pain, according to the explanation of Yeshuot Yacov 686:2 and Kaf HaChaim 686:18. Eshel Avraham MeButshatash 686, Sh”t Divrei Yacov Shor 41, Sh”t Maharsham 4:120, and Sh”t Hitorerut BeTeshuva 1:6(4) concur. Yet, some Achronim are strict within the opinion of the Rama including the Yavetz (Siddur Yavetz 26), Eliyah Rabba 686:2, Machsit HaShekel 686 and Chaye Adam 155:3. Mishna Brurah 686:4 quotes the dispute and in Shaar Tzion writes that one should follow the Minhag of the place.</ref> | # Pregnant women (after 3 months of pregnancy, or within the first three months if the woman is experiencing pain from aches or vomiting) and nursing women (24 months after birth, even if she stopped nursing or there was a miscarriage) are exempt from fasting on Tanit Ester. <Ref>Concerning the 3 rabbinic fasts (Asara Betevet, [[Shiva]] Asher BeTamuz, [[Tzom Gedalya]]), S”A 554:5 (based on Magid Mishna (Tanit 5:10) and Rabbenu Yerucham 27) holds that pregnant and nursing women are exempt, while Rama 550:1 (based on Hagahot Maimon 5:1) holds they aren’t exempt only if they are in pain. Thus, concerning Tanit Ester, S”A will hold that these women are exempt. Additionally, the Rama 686:2 holds that these women are exempt even though they aren’t in pain, according to the explanation of Yeshuot Yacov 686:2 and Kaf HaChaim 686:18. Eshel Avraham MeButshatash 686, Sh”t Divrei Yacov Shor 41, Sh”t Maharsham 4:120, and Sh”t Hitorerut BeTeshuva 1:6(4) concur. Yet, some Achronim are strict within the opinion of the Rama including the Yavetz (Siddur Yavetz 26), Eliyah Rabba 686:2, Machsit HaShekel 686 and Chaye Adam 155:3. Mishna Brurah 686:4 quotes the dispute and in Shaar Tzion writes that one should follow the Minhag of the place.</ref> | ||
# Children under Bar/Bat Mitzvah aren’t obligated to fast, and some say that they shouldn’t fast even if they want to. <Ref> Concerning the 3 rabbinic fasts, Sh”t Ramah MePano 111, Sh”t Peni Yehoshua (2nd edition, O”C 16), Maharam Ben Chaviv in Tosfet Yom HaKippurim pg 30c write that a child is exempt. Chaye Adam 133:3 and Mishna Brurah 550:5 add that they are exempt from fasting partially (Tanit Shaot). Clearly concerning Tanit Ester, children are exempt and don’t have to fast partially. Torat HaMoadim 3:4 writes that even the Erech HaShulchan 554:2 who holds by the other fasts that a child should fast partially can agree by Tanit Ester that children are totally exempt. </ref> Some poskim suggest that although there's no [[chinuch]] for the other 3 rabbinic fast days, for Tanit Ester there is an element of [[Chinuch]] to teach a child to fast on Tanit Ester.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/753217/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Taanit_Ester_%E2%80%93_Purim Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org] ("Tanit Ester - [[Purim]]", min 15-20) explains that there's no [[chinuch]] to teach a child to fast for the 3 other rabbinic fasts because there's no [[chinuch]] for the laws of [[mourning]] and those fasts are fasts of [[mourning]]. However, Tanit Ester, is a fast of happiness, in | # Children under Bar/Bat Mitzvah aren’t obligated to fast, and some say that they shouldn’t fast even if they want to. <Ref> Concerning the 3 rabbinic fasts, Sh”t Ramah MePano 111, Sh”t Peni Yehoshua (2nd edition, O”C 16), Maharam Ben Chaviv in Tosfet Yom HaKippurim pg 30c write that a child is exempt. Chaye Adam 133:3 and Mishna Brurah 550:5 add that they are exempt from fasting partially (Tanit Shaot). Clearly concerning Tanit Ester, children are exempt and don’t have to fast partially. Torat HaMoadim 3:4 writes that even the Erech HaShulchan 554:2 who holds by the other fasts that a child should fast partially can agree by Tanit Ester that children are totally exempt. </ref> Some poskim suggest that although there's no [[chinuch]] for the other 3 rabbinic fast days, for Tanit Ester there is an element of [[Chinuch]] to teach a child to fast on Tanit Ester.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/753217/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Taanit_Ester_%E2%80%93_Purim Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org] ("Tanit Ester - [[Purim]]", min 15-20) explains that there's no [[chinuch]] to teach a child to fast for the 3 other rabbinic fasts because there's no [[chinuch]] for the laws of [[mourning]] and those fasts are fasts of [[mourning]]. However, Tanit Ester, is a fast of happiness, in commemoration of the fast of the Jews in the days of Ester, and so [[chinuch]] would apply to Tanit Ester.</ref> | ||
# Someone who has some small illness but is in a lot of pain may eat on Tanit Ester | # Someone who has some small illness but is in a lot of pain may eat on Tanit Ester.<Ref> Darkei Moshe 686:1 quotes the Aguddah who says that someone who has an eye ache may eat on Tanit Ester but has to make it up another time. The Rama 686:2 rules that a Choleh Shein Bo Sakana or someone with an eye ache who is in great pain may eat on Tanit Ester but should make it up another day. Mishna Brurah 686:5 (and Shaar Hatziyun 686:11) explains that someone sick doesn't have to fast then but needs to make it up since the fast of Ester wasn't established specifically for the 14th of Adar but for sometime in Adar. This is also clear in the Biur Hagra 686 and Maharsham 4:120. Hilchot Chag BeChag (p. 29) generalizes this to say that anyone with a small illness who is great pain may eat but should make it up afterwards. Nitai Gavriel Purim 25:4 writes that someone who is sick and would be exempt from the other minor fasts would not have to makeup the fast. [https://ph.yhb.org.il/05-14-09/ Peninei Halacha (Adar ch. 9)] agrees. See the Aruch HaShulchan 686:4 who writes that the Rama didn’t need to mention a Choleh Shein Bo Sakana except for those who held that Tanit Ester is MeDivrei Kabbalah, however, according to those who say it only a minhag, its obvious that a Choleh Shein Bo Sakana is exempt as he is even exempt from [[Tisha BeAv]].</ref> Sephardim hold that someone who is sick doesn't need to make up the fast.<ref>Yachava Daat 1:35 simply quotes the Gra and Maharsham 4:120 who say that one does make up the fast of Ester because it wasn't established for the 14th of Adar. Kaf Hachaim 686:22 is lenient for anyone who was sick and was told by a doctor not to fast. Chazon Ovadya (p. 39) adds that anyone who has to eat on the doctor’s orders doesn’t have to make it up afterwards. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim Tanit Ester n. 5) and Nitai Gavriel Purim 25:3 agree.</ref> | ||
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