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face=Arial>From: "Prof. Levine"
<llevine@stevens.edu><BR><BR><BR><http://revach.net/halacha/tshuvos/Are-You-Allowed-to-Take-a-Shower-the-Night-Before-a-Taanis/5239>http://revach.net/halacha/tshuvos/Are-You-Allowed-to-Take-a-Shower-the-Night-Before-a-Taanis/5239<BR><BR><BR><BR>>>
The Shaar HaTziyon brings down that today it is also possible to say <BR>that we
are living in times of decrees on Klal Yisroel, which would <BR>require us Min
HaDin to keep each fast the same way as Tisha B'Av and <BR>even starting it the
night before (Shela HaKaddosh see also Mishna <BR>Brura 568:9).
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<DIV>From: Allan Engel <allan.engel@gmail.com><BR><BR>>> As far as I
can discern, the Sha'ar Hatziyon (or Sha'ar Hatziyun) lived 150<BR>years ago.
How is it relevant to quote what he says of "today"? <<<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>We are ALWAYS living in times of decrees on Klal Yisroel. The exact
circumstances and the degree of severity change from year to year and
from country to country but anti-Semitism is a constant.</DIV>
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<DIV>My own feeling is that we should nevertheless follow the same
practices we have always followed.</DIV>
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