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The Hebrew root for fasting, ẓwm (צום), can be used both as a verb and a noun, e.g., "David fasted a fast" (II Sam. 12:16), a meaning verified in the next verse: "he ate no food." A synonymous idiom ʿ innah nefesh (lit. "afflict the body") includes fasting as part of a general regimen of abstinence, a broader meaning confirmed by the ...
The first nine days of Ab, and, with some, the period from the seventeenth of Tammuz to the tenth of Ab, are regarded as partial fasts, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine alone being forbidden. See Ab, Fifteenth Day of; Atonement, Day of; Purim; Ta'anit; Tammuz, Fast of; Ṭebet, Fast of. Bibliography:
The Hebrew root for fasting, ẓwm (צום), can be used both as a verb and a noun, e.g., "David fasted a fast" (II Sam. 12:16), a meaning verified in the next verse: "he ate no food." A synonymous idiom ʿ innah nefesh (lit. "afflict the body") includes fasting as part of a general regimen of abstinence, a broader meaning confirmed by the ...
A ta'anit or taynis (Biblical Hebrew תַּעֲנִית taʿaniṯ or צוֹם ṣom) is a fast in Judaism in which one abstains from all food and drink, including water. Purposes. A Jewish fast may have one or more purposes, including:
25 maj 2016 · The Rambam, in his Laws of Fast Days, discusses two types of ta'aniyot (fast days), each established to fulfill a different purpose. The first group of fast days, observed by an individual or community are declared in response to a personal or communal tragedy, including war, plague, famine, drought, and sickness.
On a fast day, we add Selichot (penitential prayers) to the morning service and the long version of Avinu Malkeinu to both the morning and afternoon services. Additionally, during the Amidah , the custom is to add the prayer of Aneinu .
Fast Days on Shabbat. If the Fast of Gedaliah, the Tenth of Tevet, the Seventeenth of Tammuz, or the Ninth of Av should fall on Shabbat, their observance is postponed until Sunday. (The Fast of Esther can never fall on Shabbat.)
