[Avodah] Chevra Kadisha Fast Day today, 15 Kislev?

[Simon Montagu]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>
> But what happened on 15 Kislev (which happens to be my father-in-law's
> yahrtzeit, but I never heard of something else special about that date)?
>  **
>

According to my calendar (`Itim Lebina) it's R. Yehuda HaNasi's yahrzeit.
The Gemara says (Ketubot 104a) that a fast was imposed on the day that Rabbi
died, but I've no idea if this connects to the HK minhag, which I also never
heard of before this thread.
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