[Avodah] Asara B'Tevet

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 12/28/2015 09:55 PM, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
> 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.

That *is* practical halacha.  It's not hypothetical at all.  And, as
one would expect in a discussion of practical halacha, the sources
all sides rely on are solid.  Whereas here we have a fascinating
idea but with a very weak basis, so if it were a question of practical
halacha it would be dismissed, but since it's only hypothetical it's
safe to have fun with.

-- 
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".