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Electronic Cigarette on a Fast Day

Question

Why is it forbidden to smoke an electronic cigarette on the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet?

Answer

Hello,
since it involves vapor from a beverage, it is considered as drinking.

Answered 12 January 2025 How answers are reviewed
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Amram Fried, shlita

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