Fasting
17th of Tammuz: A time of mourning and fasting
The minor fast on the 17th of Tammuz lasts just from sunrise to sunset. Only eating and drinking are prohibited.
Intermittent fasting offers more than just weight loss
Does intermittent fasting really work? - opinion
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Jerusalem is thriving. Why on Tisha Be’av do we mourn its destruction?
While they agreed that the “major” fast day of Tisha Be'av (the fast of the fifth month) remained compulsory, the Sages were more emboldened about the minor ones.
Fast of 17th of Tamuz and its lessons today
The historic events of 17th of Tamuz center around these initial breaches and warnings of bigger problems to come.
Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: Times and customs
See fast start and end times for your area.
How to lose the weight gained during coronavirus
How to do it for real? Start changing the way you think and eating less
New initiative to commemorate Holocaust through fasting
Holocaust survivors in Israel also expressed support for the initiative.
Asara B'Tevet, the siege of Jerusalem: Fast start and end times
The fast is unusual because it is the only fast that can fall on a Friday, as it does this year.
Taking responsibility on Yom Kippur
The coronavirus may compel people to look at the world and their place in it this year in a very different way.
Passing on kindness
In rabbinic literature, the biblical ideal of hessed encompasses mitzvot such as visiting the sick, burying the dead, comforting the mourner, and helping a bride and groom rejoice.
The echoes of Yom Kippur
As the Ne’ila service closes out Yom Kippur, we become a better and more refined version of who we are.
The confession of an ardent Zionist
Am “Al het” of the shortcomings of a people returned to its land.
