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Anyone else fasting today?
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:24 am
Something about the snow and having the kids home is making it difficult.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:25 am
Why fasting?
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:27 am
Huh?
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clowny




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:27 am
What am I missing? What fast day is today?
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:27 am
amother wrote:
Why fasting?


Zayin Adar. Traditionally members of the chevra kadisha fast today.
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watergirl




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 10:31 am
For those wondering: https://www.ou.org/holidays/mo.....adar/
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Ridethewaves




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:20 pm
Oh. Was it Adar aleph or Bais?
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watergirl




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:25 pm
Ridethewaves wrote:
Oh. Was it Adar aleph or Bais?

Its beis. Check the link I posted. (Edited to remove the emoji that I must have fat-thumbed)


Last edited by watergirl on Tue, Feb 12 2019, 1:01 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:26 pm
Ridethewaves wrote:
Oh. Was it Adar aleph or Bais?

I asked my husband about that last night. I thought we commemorate/celebrate everything in adar b.....my birthday is ו אדר, and when he said last night is ז I thought for a minute that I missed it. He said he didn’t know why, but ז אדר is commemorated in אדר א.
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:27 pm
My birthday is in aleph so I’m super conscious Wink
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:41 pm
Ema of 4 wrote:
I asked my husband about that last night. I thought we commemorate/celebrate everything in adar b.....my birthday is ו אדר, and when he said last night is ז I thought for a minute that I missed it. He said he didn’t know why, but ז אדר is commemorated in אדר א.


Honestly, the head of our chevra sends out an invitation with the date for fasting and for mincha with selichot. Never really questioned whether אדר א or אדר ב.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 12:57 pm
Are you part of the chèvra kadisha?

This is very interesting. In my family, ladies fast on all the fast days but I never heard of this.

Are all members required to fast?
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MommyM




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 1:00 pm
Ema of 4 wrote:
I asked my husband about that last night. I thought we commemorate/celebrate everything in adar b.....my birthday is ו אדר, and when he said last night is ז I thought for a minute that I missed it. He said he didn’t know why, but ז אדר is commemorated in אדר א.


I once heard that birthdays are celebrated in אדר ב, but yohrtzeits are commemorated in אדר א.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 1:07 pm
amother wrote:
Are you part of the chèvra kadisha?

This is very interesting. In my family, ladies fast on all the fast days but I never heard of this.

Are all members required to fast?


All the members of ours fast (men and women chevras). It's to do teshuva for any upset we may have caused to the מתים. People take it pretty seriously
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mommyhood




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 1:27 pm
amother wrote:
Are you part of the chèvra kadisha?

This is very interesting. In my family, ladies fast on all the fast days but I never heard of this.

Are all members required to fast?

It’s a minhag for members of the chevra Kedisah it’s definitely not required. For my family members the men involved fast but the women do not.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 2:27 pm
In my city we do the chevra kadisha fast on 17 (I think) kislev. Don't know why its a different day. All the chevra members fast (men and women who are able to) and there are shiurim throughout the day and a catered dinner in the evening.
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 3:59 pm
amother wrote:
In my city we do the chevra kadisha fast on 17 (I think) kislev. Don't know why its a different day. All the chevra members fast (men and women who are able to) and there are shiurim throughout the day and a catered dinner in the evening.

Because it was considered to be the shortest day of the year. (Though that’s really dec 22)
Some places, people fast til aftern mincha if they can’t a whole day
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 12 2019, 5:32 pm
MommyM wrote:
I once heard that birthdays are celebrated in אדר ב, but yohrtzeits are commemorated in אדר א.


I read it was because Moshe was actually born and died in a leap year, in Adar Aleph.
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 13 2019, 6:41 am
We do the opposite, adar two
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Post Wed, Feb 13 2019, 6:49 am
MommyM wrote:
I once heard that birthdays are celebrated in אדר ב, but yohrtzeits are commemorated in אדר א.

Ya, I also read that and its because adar 2 is the real adar. That's why there are no bar mitzvas this month. The reason a yartzet is observed in Adar I (for those who died in a year with only one Adar) is because a child honors a parent on a yartzet so u want to do it at the first available opportunity, and I guess from there the custom spread to always observing yartzeit in Adar I. However Sefardim do Adar 2
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