If one accepted a fast outside of afternoon prayer time (in the morning or earlier in the day), is this acceptance valid?
Synopsis
Authorities debate whether fast acceptance before afternoon prayer is as valid as acceptance during afternoon prayer, or whether afternoon prayer remains the required timing.
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Does mental intention (harhur) to fast the next day, expressed without verbalization, constitute valid acceptance of a fast (kabbalat ta'anit)?
4 opinions
May one recite Aneinu (the special fast-day prayer insertion) if one accepted the fast only through mental intention rather than verbal declaration during afternoon prayer?
2 opinions
Does one incur an obligation to fast if the fast was accepted only by mental intention outside of the prescribed time, without formal verbal acceptance?
3 opinions
If one made no formal fast acceptance but ate nothing all day (derech ta'anit), is the fasting credited as a vow-obligation, and does one say Aneinu?
1 opinions
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