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May one chew and spit out spices or sweet wood to moisten the throat while fasting?

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Chewing and spitting out cinnamon, spices, or sweet wood is permitted to moisten the throat, except on Yom Kippur.

Rema OC 567:3 (citing Mordechai on Ta'anit, Hagahot Maimoni chapter 1)Magen Avraham 567:8Aruch HaShulchan OC 567:4
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