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==Fasting== | ==Fasting== | ||
===Who Should Fast?=== | ===Who Should Fast?=== | ||
Regarding corona see [[Halachot_Related_to_Coronavirus#Tisha B'av]] | |||
====Healthy Individuals==== | ====Healthy Individuals==== | ||
#It is forbidden for all men of bar mitzvah age and women of bat mitzvah age to partake in eating or drinking on the Tisha BeAv. The fast begins at shkiat hachamah of the 8th of Av and ends at Tzet Hakochavim of the 9th of Av. <ref>Mishna Brurah 554:1, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 577), Halachot and History of The [[Three Weeks]], The Akkad Edition, Congregation Shaare Rahamim Halachot Series. | #It is forbidden for all men of bar mitzvah age and women of bat mitzvah age to partake in eating or drinking on the Tisha BeAv. The fast begins at shkiat hachamah of the 8th of Av and ends at Tzet Hakochavim of the 9th of Av. <ref>Mishna Brurah 554:1, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 577), Halachot and History of The [[Three Weeks]], The Akkad Edition, Congregation Shaare Rahamim Halachot Series. | ||
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====Eating in Increments==== | ====Eating in Increments==== | ||
#Some poskim say that if one is exempt from fasting on Tisha B'av, he need not eat in increments. <ref>Sh”t Maharam Shick 289 says that just like on [[Yom Kippur]] we say that if it will not increase the danger by eating in small increments (S”A 618:7), the same applies to Tisha B’av. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Nishmat Avraham 4 554:1), [[Shevet Halevi]] 4:46, and Tzitz Eliezer 10:25:16 disagree and say this isn’t necessary for Tisha B’av. </ref> However, one should not overindulge. <ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 554:5, Haghot Maimaniot Hilchot Taaniyot 1:8 </ref> | #Some poskim say that if one is exempt from fasting on Tisha B'av, he need not eat in increments. <ref>Sh”t Maharam Shick 289 says that just like on [[Yom Kippur]] we say that if it will not increase the danger by eating in small increments (S”A 618:7), the same applies to Tisha B’av. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Nishmat Avraham 4 554:1), [[Shevet Halevi]] 4:46, and Tzitz Eliezer 10:25:16 disagree and say this isn’t necessary for Tisha B’av. </ref> However, one should not overindulge. <ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 554:5, Haghot Maimaniot Hilchot Taaniyot 1:8 </ref> | ||
====Children==== | |||
# Children are exempt from fasting but nonetheless should eat and observe the laws of seuda mafseket.<ref>Or Letzion 3:28:, [https://itorah.com/daily-halacha/lecture/tisha-b-av-the-foods-fish-at-seudat-hamafseket-and-the-seudah-if-one-is-not-fasting-on-tisha-b-av-/3321/7-28-2020 Rabbi Mansour]</ref> | |||
# Children may wear leather shoes on Tisha B'av.<Ref>Or Letzion 3:29:16</ref> | |||
===Brushing Teeth=== | ===Brushing Teeth=== | ||
