What is the procedure for organizing a public fast due to drought in the seventh cycle of fasts?
Synopsis
The community gathers wearing sackcloth, with ash placed on the ark and Torah, then on leaders' heads and the people's heads in the place where tefillin are worn, to express humility and prompt repentance.
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