[Avodah] we live in good times

[Marty Bluke]

> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Daniel Israel<dmi1 at hushmail.com> wrote:
>> Where is this M"Ch?  I'm curious, does he hold that before this it
>> was not a ta'anis tzibur?
>>
> I believe it is Mitzva 301.
>
Interestingly enough the Minchas Chinuch (301) says that before Chazal
set a specific day, you could fast on any day that month. The notes on
the bottom point out that the Ritva in R"H 18b holds this way as well.