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Ta'anit Bechorot

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If one vows to fast on a specific day and forgets to fast, eating a kezayit, must he complete that day's fast?

2 opinions

Forgotten Eating

If one vows to fast one or two days without specifying which days, and forgets to eat, does the fast become void and require compensation?

1 opinions

Forgotten Eating

If one vows to fast ten days (unspecified) but must break the fast mid-vow for a mitzvah or honor, can the fast be 'borrowed' and repaid later?

4 opinions

Can one vow to fast a number of days without specifying them, and later reschedule the fasts to winter?

2 opinions

Seasonal Deferment

Can consecutive fasts be equated with non-consecutive fasts as equivalent fulfillment?

3 opinions

May one fast for a dream (or other personal fast) on a festival day, Hol Hamoed, Rosh Hodesh, Hanukkah, Purim, or the day before Yom Kippur?

1 opinions

Are public fasts observed in Babylonia (post-rabbinic diaspora tradition) with the same strictures as Yom Kippur?

2 opinions

Work and Eating

If a parent dies in Adar during a leap year, which Adar does one fast in for Yahrzeit?

3 opinions

Must one fast on the anniversary of a parent's death, or may one fast on the day of burial instead?

1 opinions

Death vs Burial Day

If a parent's Yahrzeit falls on Shabbat or Rosh Hodesh, when should the fast be observed?

2 opinions

If one vows to visit the graves of righteous people and is delayed, but later hired to go there, does the trip fulfill the vow?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Delayed Fulfillment

If one vows to fast a certain number of consecutive days and an obligatory fast occurs during that period, does it count toward the vow?

1 opinions

What manner of conduct and mindset is required while fasting?

1 opinions

If one forgets to fast on the scheduled day and eats, but the amount is less than a kezayit, is the fast still lost?

1 opinions

Less Than Kezayit

If one drinks less than a full mouth (logmiyut) of water on a fasting day, is the fast still valid?

1 opinions

Less Than Logmiyut

If one accepted a two-day consecutive fast and accidentally ate at night, must one fast two additional days?

1 opinions