[Avodah] The Many Facets of Asarah B'Teves

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

The upcoming Fast of Asarah BTeves is quite exceptional. Aside for the
fact that the fast is really meant to incorporate three separate Fast
Days, unique to this fast is that it is the only one that we do actually
observe as a fast on a Friday. Even Tisha BAv, which commemorates the
actual destructions of our Batei HaMikdash, gets pushed off. Yet, next
Tuesday, for a fast best known for being the years shortest (for everyone
in the Northern Hemisphere), all of Klal Yisrael will fast. The question
is why...

To find out, read the article "Insights Into Halacha: The Many Facets
of Asarah B'Teves".
<http://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/5324>

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kol tuv and Good Shabbos,
Y. Spitz
Yerushalayim
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