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Dec 19, 2023
Interesting Psak: fasting while fighting
This year, this week, we get to experience the relatively rare Friday fast day, with Asara B'Teves falling out this Friday.
The IDF Rabbinate has paskened that IDF soldiers who are in combat must eat rather than fast this Friday. Soldiers in combat have to be battle fit, ready for any military ops at all times and cant be worn out, tired, sick, from fasting.
The above applies to combat soldiers and equally to soldiers who are not yet in combat but could be sent into combat at any moment. Additionally, it applies to soldiers in other security roles including guard duty on various bases not on the front lines.
And additionally, the above applies to mechanics who must keep vehicles and planes ready and in combat shape - anybody who must be ready for physical activity for the war effort.
The IDF Rabbinate explained further that anyone who needs to eat on the fast for combat reasons must eat regularly and normally without hiding the food from others. Anyone who must eat for combat purposes and then at some point during the day no longer needs to, should fast the rest of the day.
Soldiers serving in non-combat roles but in combat support roles, such as in control rooms and other support roles should do their work on 10 Teves without eating but anyone who feels his functioning is slacking because of the fast should ask the rav of his unit to weigh the requirements and capabilities of any specific role and may be able to eat and drink.
There are a lot of soldiers not in combat but waiting to be given orders. In the meantime they are hanging out in the staging areas near the Gaza border and active in training to prepare for possible entry. The IDF Rabbinate paskened for these soldiers to continue training as normal and as needed even if that means they wont be able to fast.
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Dec 14, 2021
Interesting Psak: Vaping on 10 Teves
Behadrei brings an interesting psak for Asara bTeves. Though it is finished for us here in Israel (you're welcome for my not posting this earlier), and therefore already not so relevant other than being Torah and worth a discussion, there are still plenty of hours to go in the USA and parts of Europe.
Rav Amram Fried, a renowned posek, published a list of halachic issues relevant to 10 Teves fast day to send out to his mailing list.
In his newsletter Rav Fried paskened that one cannot vape, smoke electronic cigarettes, on the fast day of 10 Teves.
Regular cigarettes and nargila can be smoked on the fast day for someone who finds it necessary, though one should always avoid smoking year round.
Additionally, one can only wash out his mouth and brush his teeth on the fast day of he is in pain or great discomfort. One should avoid using hot water. One should avoid playing music on the fast day.
I would like to understand the difference between vaping and regular cigarettes. If it was because vaping usually has flavors, can one vape a flavorless or a menthol or whatever flavor smells/tastes like a regular cigarette?
I included the past about the brushing teeth because that seems extreme. Except for 9 Av and Yom Kippur I always learned and was taught that one could brush teeth, rinse out mouth, take a shower, etc, and even with hot water. Thoughts?
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Dec 25, 2020
Shvurei Lev cover by Shai Abramson for 10 Teves (video)
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Dec 22, 2020
this year's Thanksgivukah
Last year, if I remember correctly, we had Thanksgivukah, when Thanksgiving fell out on Chanukah itself.
This year, with Christmas landing on Asara BTeves, we are going to have your choice of Asara BTevex or Christmeves.
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Dec 13, 2013
Thoughts on modern-day Tenth of Teves (Asara bTeves)
Today is the 10th of Teves. The day that commemorates, by fasting, the siege on Jerusalem by the Babylonians.
1. Someone pointed out that in today's daf yomi it relates the story of Hillel who wanted so much to learn Torah but could not afford the entrance fee to the beis medrash that he climbed to the roof and listened to the lecture via the skylight. He was later found on the roof covered in a drift of snow. That is how much he wanted to learn Torah.
Today's unusual snowstorm in Israel coinciding with the daf of Hillel and the snow should perhaps make us revisit our drive and dedication to learn Torah.
2. The day commemorates the siege on Jerusalem. Today Jerusalem is once again under siege, but this time because of the snow. The Temples were destroyed because of hatred within Israel. Today, with the snow, all the differences between us seem to be forgotten, at least for a day or two. People are happy and having fun, people are helping others out - those who are stranded, those with no electricity, those cold and hungry. We should learn the lesson of the siege of snow that brings us closer to each other and rectify the siege of the invading armies when we were mired in hatred..
3. I would not call him quite an invading army, but once we are talking about sieges and foreign presence, might there be any meaning to the combination of the current siege of Jerusalem and the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry?
4. Today is another rare confluence of dates - this one of the 10th of Teves coinciding with Friday the 13th. In the spirit of the recent Thanksgivvukah holiday and the menurkeys that abounded, I hereby declare the name of today's combination to be the 13th of Teves. Ask your LOR if you must fast on the 13th of Teves. :-)
1. Someone pointed out that in today's daf yomi it relates the story of Hillel who wanted so much to learn Torah but could not afford the entrance fee to the beis medrash that he climbed to the roof and listened to the lecture via the skylight. He was later found on the roof covered in a drift of snow. That is how much he wanted to learn Torah.
Today's unusual snowstorm in Israel coinciding with the daf of Hillel and the snow should perhaps make us revisit our drive and dedication to learn Torah.
2. The day commemorates the siege on Jerusalem. Today Jerusalem is once again under siege, but this time because of the snow. The Temples were destroyed because of hatred within Israel. Today, with the snow, all the differences between us seem to be forgotten, at least for a day or two. People are happy and having fun, people are helping others out - those who are stranded, those with no electricity, those cold and hungry. We should learn the lesson of the siege of snow that brings us closer to each other and rectify the siege of the invading armies when we were mired in hatred..
3. I would not call him quite an invading army, but once we are talking about sieges and foreign presence, might there be any meaning to the combination of the current siege of Jerusalem and the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry?
4. Today is another rare confluence of dates - this one of the 10th of Teves coinciding with Friday the 13th. In the spirit of the recent Thanksgivvukah holiday and the menurkeys that abounded, I hereby declare the name of today's combination to be the 13th of Teves. Ask your LOR if you must fast on the 13th of Teves. :-)
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Dec 19, 2007
Important Days in Judaism: 10 Teves
Today is the 10th day of the Hebrew month Teves. 10 Teves is a fast day.
The days leading up to 10 Teves, the 8th and 9th, are also fast days, but they are not public fast days. They have been declared as "Fasts of the Righteous" - individuals can accept those days as fast days, but they are not publicly mandated. 10 Teves is a public fast day and has incorporated the concepts of the 8th and 9th days for the majority of people who do not fast on those days.
8 Teves is the day when the Septuagint was completed. While that Wiki page gives a lot of info on the Septuagint, according to our tradition Ptolemy the king of Greece ordered 72 sages of the Jewish people to translate the bible into Greek. He was clearly not looking for a translation of the bible, because if he was he would have let these sages sit together and work on a proper translation. Instead, what he did was put each sage in his own room and made him translate the whole thing. He then would compare the 72 different translations and look for inconsistencies with which to attack Judaism. The bible had never before been translated out of the original biblical Hebrew, and in Jewish tradition, this day was considered comparable to the day of the worshiping of the Golden Calf.
9 Teves is the day of the deaths of Ezra and Nehemia. They were the two who brought the Jews out of the galus of Bavel and returned them to Eretz Yisrael. They began the rebuilding of the Second Temple. Few Jews came back with them to Israel. Most Jews were comfortable in the Diaspora living lives of wealth and comfort. Most of the Jews who joined them on the journey to the Land of Israel were the poor and destitute.
10 Teves is the day of the beginning of the siege around Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylonia besieged Jerusalem on 10 Teves. The siege subsequently lasted 3 years and led to the destruction of the first Beis Hamikdash and the exile of the nation.
10 Teves has also been incorporated as the day commemorating the memories of those whose day of death is not known. Because of this, last night the gravesites of Yehoshua Bin Nun and Calev ben Yefunah were opened to the Jewish public. I was not able to go this time (though I have gone in the past), but hundreds of people went. Calev's date of death is not known and that is why the site was opened last night. The site of these graves is located in Kafr Hares, an Arab village in the Shomron.
Fast days are meant for repentance and contemplation.
May we see the rebuilding of the Temple in the near future, preceded by world peace, specifically (but not limited to) in the Middle East, the return of our captured soldiers, and harmony among Jews.
The days leading up to 10 Teves, the 8th and 9th, are also fast days, but they are not public fast days. They have been declared as "Fasts of the Righteous" - individuals can accept those days as fast days, but they are not publicly mandated. 10 Teves is a public fast day and has incorporated the concepts of the 8th and 9th days for the majority of people who do not fast on those days.
8 Teves is the day when the Septuagint was completed. While that Wiki page gives a lot of info on the Septuagint, according to our tradition Ptolemy the king of Greece ordered 72 sages of the Jewish people to translate the bible into Greek. He was clearly not looking for a translation of the bible, because if he was he would have let these sages sit together and work on a proper translation. Instead, what he did was put each sage in his own room and made him translate the whole thing. He then would compare the 72 different translations and look for inconsistencies with which to attack Judaism. The bible had never before been translated out of the original biblical Hebrew, and in Jewish tradition, this day was considered comparable to the day of the worshiping of the Golden Calf.
9 Teves is the day of the deaths of Ezra and Nehemia. They were the two who brought the Jews out of the galus of Bavel and returned them to Eretz Yisrael. They began the rebuilding of the Second Temple. Few Jews came back with them to Israel. Most Jews were comfortable in the Diaspora living lives of wealth and comfort. Most of the Jews who joined them on the journey to the Land of Israel were the poor and destitute.
10 Teves is the day of the beginning of the siege around Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylonia besieged Jerusalem on 10 Teves. The siege subsequently lasted 3 years and led to the destruction of the first Beis Hamikdash and the exile of the nation.
10 Teves has also been incorporated as the day commemorating the memories of those whose day of death is not known. Because of this, last night the gravesites of Yehoshua Bin Nun and Calev ben Yefunah were opened to the Jewish public. I was not able to go this time (though I have gone in the past), but hundreds of people went. Calev's date of death is not known and that is why the site was opened last night. The site of these graves is located in Kafr Hares, an Arab village in the Shomron.
Fast days are meant for repentance and contemplation.
May we see the rebuilding of the Temple in the near future, preceded by world peace, specifically (but not limited to) in the Middle East, the return of our captured soldiers, and harmony among Jews.
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