Gedaliah Day 2024 is on Saturday, September 28, 2024: What are your secrets at avoiding temptation on Fast Days?
Saturday, September 28, 2024 is Gedaliah Day 2024. The heartbeat of the lakewood community Today – Tzom Gedaliah
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We spend a lot of the day in shul, so it isn't so bad. Then, by the time we get home, it's around 4-ish, so truthfully I just curl up into a ball on my bed and read or sleep. Reading helps because I just lose myself in the book; sleeping, for obvious reasons.
Fast dates for 5769:
Oct. 2 - Tzom Gedaliah
Jan. 6 - Asara b'Tevet
Mar. 9 - Ta'anit Esther
Apr. 8 - Ta'anit Bechorot (if you're eligible)
July 9 - Tzom Tammuz
July 30 - Tisha b'Av
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Do I have to fast on The Fast Of Gedaliah and Yom Kippur?
Rabbinic law allows the use of medicine on fast days, and even insists on it. A famous rabbi ate on Yom Kippur during a cholera epidemic. Therefore, if you take the medication with water, you are not breaking any law.
what are some important days for judaism?
There are so many...so let's start here...
A Jewish Holiday Listing for 2007
Tu B'Shevat
Work permitted February 3, 2007
Ta'anit Esther
Work permitted March 1, 2007
Purim
Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible. March 4, 2007
Shushan Purim
Work permitted March 5, 2007
Passover
Work is permitted only on April 5-6-8 with certain restrictions. April 2-10, 2007
Second Passover
Work permitted May 3, 2007
Lag B'Omer
Work permitted May 6, 2007
Shavuot
No work is permitted May 22-24, 2007
The 17th of Tammuz
Work permitted July 3, 2007
Tish'a B'Av
Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible. July 23-24, 2007
Rosh Hashanah
No work is permitted. September 12-14, 2007
Fast of Gedaliah
Work permitted September 16, 2007
Yom Kippur
No work is permitted. September 21-22, 2007
Sukkot
Work is permitted only on Sep. 30-Oct. 1-3 with certain restrictions. September 26- October 2, 2007
Hoshana Rabbah
Work permitted until an hour before sunset. October 3, 2007
Shemini Atzeret October 4, 2007
Simchat Torah
No work is permitted October 5, 2007
Chanukah
Work permitted, except Shabbat when work is not allowed year-round. December 4-12, 2007
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