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Feeding Children on a Fast Day

Question

For children who eat on the Tenth of Tevet, is it permissible to give them meat or chicken?

Answer

Hello,

There is a difference based on the age of the children. A young child who does not understand the concept of the fast may eat meat. However, an older child who understands the mourning for the destruction should not be given meat or chicken.

Answered 29 December 2022 How answers are reviewed
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Mishnah Berurah, Siman 550, Se'if Katan 5.

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