Are you/Did you fast today? Why or Why Not?

Silver Member Joined: Feb 07 2008 Posts: 977

Just curious how many of us are fasting or did fast the full day. Good Luck to all!!

Posted: Sun, Jul 20 2008, 1:32 pm Post subject:

The poll is not accurate. I believe Chassidish women fast for a half day, not skip it altogether (unless they are pregnant or nursing).

I answered half day.
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Silver Member Joined: Feb 07 2008 Posts: 977

Sorry to disagree but the Chassidishe women in my family just don't fast. But I delayed my coffee and breakfast until 11:30 bec. I felt like doing something.

I am nursing.
The past couple of years I have been nursing and pregnant, and only fasted on yom kippur and tisha b'av.
When I am not, I fast the whole day.

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I'm very chasidish, and am fasting, when I was in my childbearing years although it was recommended
not to fast. today BH I have no excuse, have 7 minutes to go, am actually faint and proud of myself to contributed to the significance of the churban.

At my stage in life so many of us are already taking medications that we have to eat or drink within the shiur in order to take our pills...the only day that I "play round" them is YK and even then this year the doctor told me that I must take one of them with water and must take it at a particular time so it can't be "played with"...oh well.. the Ribono Shel Olam will have to make allowances, after all he gave me the illness...
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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 29 2007 Posts: 12057

I'm pregnant. but the women in dh's family don't fast anyway, except for tisha b'av & yk.

I only fast on 9 av and yk, I get sick when I dont eat.

Another voice for sick when don't eat... I don't fast since my dd isn't 2 yet.
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Moderator Joined: Dec 04 2005 Posts: 6167 Location: israel

I actually fasted this time. I often don't do minor fasts because I don't fast well. I started off with trying to get to chazot. I left work after half a day and took it easy at home. I slept through ds's nap. When I woke up, there wasn't that much to go.
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Posted: Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:42 pm Post subject:

I generally only fast 9Av and YK since I get very ill, even more so since I'm nursing.

Today I had a stomach bug so I sort of fasted anyway Razz

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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 01 2005 Posts: 16880

chasidish + kimpeturin so no fasting here.
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Diamond Member Joined: May 20 2007 Posts: 2838

Pregnant and nursing, so I'm not fasting. I'm nervous for Tisha B'av and Yom Kippur (but by Yom Kippur DS will prob. be weaned)

Platinum Member Joined: Aug 12 2007 Posts: 20487

I fast every fast because I have no reason not to.

had a baby within last wk, so my dh said it would be assur for me to fast anything other than yk
in general though I only fast on YK and tisha bav. that was pretty much the minhag in my parents home, and that is how it goes in my husbands family also...both of us come from heimish/chassidish backgrounds, and in general, women dont fast, fast a "taynis shaos", fast only till chatzos, whatever...so even if I were still pregnant, or if I hadnt had a baby last wk, doubt I woudla fasted anyway.

My families chassidish, My mother and sisters fasted, I didnt because im nursing

Posted: Sun, Jul 20 2008, 3:05 pm Post subject:

Mazel Tov, ss321. I didn't know you had a baby. Much nachas.

Thanks Happy2bamommy...we have an old man here in shul who used to give a weekly shiur and on YK decided to do without his bp pills...and had a stroke before mincha. B'H he survived and is home with full time help...but now my husband gives this man's shiur as well as his own...and it was a push for dh to take his bp pills this coming Tisha Be'av and YK as I have been asking him to do for two years since having been put on them.