Mar 16, 2022, 5:00 AM (GMT+2) Taanit Esther Fasting Rabbi Eliezer Melamed. Nitei Gavriel page 34 allows children to swim. Unlike a taanit, a tzom is not a day of mourning, a day we hope to postpone. Am Yisrael once again finds itself in a very difficult time. 567:1, Mishna Brurah 567:6, Kaf Hachaim 567:10. 2023 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved. Meil Tzedaka (435) writes in the name of Rabbi Yehuda Hachassid that (fast day) and (give to the poor) have the same letters because the fast is only complete if you give tzedaka. Alternatively, perhaps his mourning is not as intense and therefore does not endanger tefillin in the manner that a classic avel does, and he may therefore be obligated to wear tefillin. Somebody suffering from a headache may swallow a pill that doesn't have a pleasant taste. Modernly, we do not fast on seder night. But we, What if one accidently put on the tefillin shel rosh first? In the days of Esther, the Fast of Esther happened during Pesach. It was on this day that the Megila states (9:1), "Bayom Instead, the avel is excused from tefillin because he cannot ACHIEVE the requisite experience of peer central to tefillin performance. An avel responding to a report of death may be obligated to obey the classic rules of aveilut, but he may not experience the raw pain and dejection of a classic avel who experiences the death and burial firsthand. Mishna Brurah 566:12, Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. Or Letzion and Piskei Teshuvot 550:8 agree. asher sibru oy'vei hayihudim l'shlot bahem, venahafoch hu hayihudim heima 1) The fast begins at dawn ("Alot Hashachar") and ends after nightfall ("Tzait Hakochavim"). Asara B'Tevet commemorates the tragedy of Nevuchadnezzar laying siege to Yerushalayim. 625) and Hagahot Ashri (Tanit 1:12) argues that Rav Chisda only meant that if one accepted to fast for the whole day then it is ineffective if one ate before night, but it is possible to accept just to fast part of the day. Click Here to Sponsor Daily Halacha Post the Definition of Taanith Esther to Facebook, Share the Definition of Taanith Esther on Twitter, More than 250,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary, Expanded definitions, etymologies, and usage notes. 22, Shaar Hatziyun 550:8, Mishna Brurah 550:6, Aruch Hashulchan 550:3 also says that technically it is permitted to use hot water, but the custom has developed not to except on erev. Doing so would run afoul of numerous halachot (all of which we are not permitted in our generation to annul). Additionally, the fact that we are physically weakened when the battle begins, assures us that any victory cannot be attributed to our physical prowess. Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:page 399:footnote 11. Maharsham 4:120 writes that it seems that it is only necessary to fast a makeup fast for the fast of Ester but since the Eliya Rabba 550:1 said that you need to make up all fast days we should follow that. Meorot (Sources) TaNaKh (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim) Targumim (Translations) . Similarly, Chaye Adam 132:22, Mateh Efraim 612:7, Moadim UZmanim 1:59, Piskei Teshuvot 567:2, Bet Meir, Ashel Avraham, Aruch HaShulchan 567:4, Piskei Teshuvot 550:8 in name of Pri Megadim AA 551:42 and Kaf HaChaim 550:209. Watch more videos on Purim, or learn more in our Esther's Fast 101 Guide. 3) Since this is not a major fast, pregnant or nursing women are exempt from the fast, as are moderately ill people. Rama 566:1. Rav Moshe Feinstein quoted in Moadei Yeshurun 1:page 108, Halachos of the Three Weeks by Rabbi Eider p. 19. There is no INTERNAL reason that he is EXEMPT from Torah. The father, mother, and Sandek may even eat during the afternoon of the fast day, since it is considered like their "holiday." This week, we will begin our discussion of the. However, in honor of the Purim heroine, it is called Taanit Esther -- the Fast of Esther. Some Acharonim (see Dagul Merevava OC 25 and Shaagat Aryeh 28) question the ruling of the Shulchan Arukh.