[Avodah] Asara B'Tevet

[Cantor Wolberg via Avodah]

I guess you can say it’s speculation.
However, I find it hard to accept that since it has no practical implications,
it’s therefore safe to pay around with. A not so perfect analogy is that if one
has a bad dream Friday, he may (or should) fast on Shabbos. One may think
this is off the wall, but if that is so, then our discussion is more than their having fun.

> On Dec 28, 2015, at 9:30 PM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> 
> On 12/28/2015 09:21 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
>> 
>> But if it were just "fun", the Beis Yoseif (OC 550) wouldn't quote the
>> Avudraham. This is after quoting Rashi and the Rambam, who say all 4
>> fasts would be pushed off until Sunday. And right before saying that he
>> does not know the Avudraham's source.
>> 
>> So I think we're overplaying the import on both sides. More thn
>> a fun idea to bat around, but not the accepted shitah of the more
>> famous rishonim, and questioned by the author of the SA.
> 
> My speculation is precisely that the BY quotes it only because it's a
> fascinating idea, and it has no practical implications so it's safe
> to play around with.   If it were relevant to practical halacha I don't
> think he'd have been so eager to quote it, and therefore most people
> would never even have heard of it.
> 
> -- 
> Zev Sero               All around myself I will wave the green willow
> zev at sero.name          The myrtle and the palm and the citron for a week
>               And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm doing that
>               I'll say "It's a Jewish thing; if you have a few minutes
>               I'll explain it to you".