Faster Who Needs to Eat After Torah Reading
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Question
There was a minyan of only five people fasting on the fast day, and there was a diabetic person who decided to fast even though he was not obligated, so they could take out the Torah scroll. At noon, when the fast became difficult for him, he decided to break the fast. Did he violate a prohibition by causing the Torah scroll to be taken out, and was he required to continue fasting even though he was in distress? [Obviously not a matter of life and death].
Answer
Hello,
Since at the time of the reading he was fasting, even if he later needed to eat, it does not nullify the permission to read from the Torah scroll.
Of course, someone who is in a situation where they need to eat should not refrain from doing so for such a reason. There is no need to reach a life-threatening situation.