Fasts & Mourning · Orach Chaim 549
Fast Days
5 questions · 12 opinions
Which fast days are obligatory by Torah or Rabbinic law?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Obligatory FastsWhy do we fast on the 17th of Tammuz rather than the 9th of Tammuz, although the First Temple was breached on the 9th?
4 opinions across 2 eras
Date SelectionIf one errs and eats on a fast day, must one complete the fast afterward?
1 opinions
Makeup FastsIs it permitted to establish a communal fast on the 9th of Tammuz in addition to the obligatory 17th?
2 opinions
Communal PracticeWhat is the nature of the four fasts in terms of biblical versus rabbinic obligation?
2 opinions across 2 eras
Torah vs. Rabbinic