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- From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew M. Solovay)
- Subject: Re: Yom Kippur 5754 (in 1993)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.033319.26626@netcom.com>
- Organization: Smiley Abolition Front
- References: <1992Nov20.191857.6736@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov20.224335.15921@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:33:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.224335.15921@cbnews.cb.att.com> ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov20.191857.6736@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jweber@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (jodi.weber) writes:
- >>2) What are the rules regarding fasting in this case?
-
- >We fast on Yom Kippur whenever it is, even Shabbat.
- >
- >(If you had asked about sexual activities, quite appropriate for an
- > ordinary Shabbat, we refrain from them on Yom Kippur too.)
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- On the other hand, the calendar is set up to prevent Yom Kippur
- from ever falling on a Friday or Sunday. Chazal felt that it
- would be too great a hardship to have two days in a row with
- Shabbat-level restrictions.
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- Andrew Michael Solovay
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- "When angry, count four. When very angry, swear."
- --Mark Twain
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