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Who's fasting today?

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MGmom

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 6:04 am

My rav is out of town n I'm wondering how important today's fast is . I'm not nursing or pregnant or have any other condition that would exempt me.
Any insight? Its a short day here in NY, I might just go for it.

water_bear88

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 6:13 am

It's one of the most serious of the minor fasts, from what I remember.

real

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 6:55 am

I am trying to. I have a lot of housework to do- so it might get very hard soon-but right now I am ok

OOTBubby

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 7:08 am

Unless you are pregnant, nursing, get extremely ill or have an explicit family minhag (usually generations old and mainly certain chassidim) you should be fasting.

Sanguine ↓

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 7:08 am

It's time to eat!!

chani8

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 7:53 am

water_bear88 wrote:

It's one of the most serious of the minor fasts, from what I remember.

When was this fast declared, and by whom? When was it set up as a fast day?

JMM-uc ↓

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 7:58 am

Sanguine wrote:

It's time to eat!!

You love rubbing it in don't ya Wink

↑ Sanguine ↓

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 8:00 am

JustMeMyself wrote:

You love rubbing it in don't ya Wink

Sorry, too full to answer Colors

↑ JMM-uc

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 8:04 am

Sanguine wrote:

Sorry, too full to answer Colors

grrrrr

I think you should make a list of everything you ate since the fast ended.
Shame on you enjoying food like that when your sistas are hungry!

↑ Sanguine

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 8:15 am

JustMeMyself wrote:

grrrrr

I think you should make a list of everything you ate since the fast ended.
Shame on you enjoying food like that when your sistas are hungry!

Let them come join us here. That's the idea.

blueberries

Thu, Jan 01 2015, 8:55 am

chani8 wrote:

When was this fast declared, and by whom? When was it set up as a fast day?

On the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later—on 9 Tammuz 3338—the city walls were breached, and on 9 Av of that year the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.

The 10th of Tevet is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add selichot and other special supplements to our prayers. The fast ends at nightfall or as soon as you see three medium sized stars in the sky.

More recently, 10 Tevet was chosen to also serve as a “general kaddish day” for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whose day of martyrdom is unknown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_of_Tevet

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