[Avodah] pregnant women fasting on YK

[Eli Turkel]

In Israel there are 2 thoughts on the issue of pregnant women fasting on YK.

R. Nebenzahl is very mekil basically on the grounds given by
Meir Sheinar. Others (i have heard it from R. Zilberstein) are machmir
on the grounds that pregnant women have fasted on YK for many years
and we have no record in shutim of any problems.
Of course in individual cases he will be mekil. They also recommend
the use of bitter water to help swallow medicines. In Bnei Brak one
can buy prepared potions from the drugstore that make it into bitter
water permissible on YK for example for
caffeine headaches

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Eli Turkel