Tag: fasting

Michael Kurin explores different interpretations of what marks an end of mourning the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash.

In an earlier Lehrhaus piece, Jeffrey Saks pointed to an obscure custom referenced by Shai Agnon not to eat until the tefillin strap marks fade from one’s arm. Here, Mois Navon shares what happened when he tried adopting this custom for himself.