Communal fast days

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Giving Tzedaka

  1. It’s customary to give Tzedaka at mincha on a fast day, the value of the amount of food one would have eaten that day. [1]

Restricted activities on the fast days

  1. A Baal Nefesh should be strict not to wash oneself in hot water or anoint oneself, however it’s permitted to wash with cold water or wash one’s hands, feet, and face with hot water. [2]
  2. One shouldn’t go swimming in a pool or ocean on a fast day. [3]
  3. It’s permitted to make a Shehechiyanu on a fast day. [4]
  4. There’s a dispute whether one may take a haircut on a fast day and it’s preferable not to. [5]
  5. Some Sephardim had the minhag to wear tefillin on fast days at Mincha so as to complete 100 Brachot, however the widespread minhag isn’t so. [6]
  1. ↑ Mishna Brurah 566:12
  2. ↑ Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Shaar HaTzion 550:8
  3. ↑ Pitchei Teshuvot 550:6 and Sh”t Bear Moshe 3:77
  4. ↑ Pitchei Teshuvot 550:8 in name of Pri Megadim A”A 551:42 and Kaf HaChaim 550:209
  5. ↑ Pitchei Teshuvot 550:8
  6. ↑ Sh”t Yechava Daat 2:67
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