If an individual accepted a private fast that falls on Rosh Chodesh — must he perform hatarat nedarim (annulment) to be released from it?
Synopsis
Whether an individual who accepted a fast on Rosh Chodesh needs formal rabbinic annulment depends on the language used at acceptance: standard fast-acceptance language requires no annulment; vow (neder) language does.
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