Medieval Musings on the Emotional Content of a Fast
Can we do work and labor on Tisha B’av? What role do our emotions play in that? The Medieval posek Terumat HaDeshen has an answer.
Rabbi Aaron Alexander
Can we do work and labor on Tisha B’av? What role do our emotions play in that? The Medieval posek Terumat HaDeshen has an answer.
It is considered forbidden to fast on fast days if injurious to one’s health, for the sake of performing positive commandments.
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