Fast - A Sick Person Who Only Needs to Drink
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Question
Hello, due to protein in the urine and risk to the kidneys, the doctor forbade me from fasting without drinking, meaning I must drink during the fast, including on Yom Kippur, in measured amounts. On a fast like the Seventeenth of Tammuz, what about food, is there any point in fasting only from eating?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
One who is considered sick is not required to fast from either food or drink.
[Except on Yom Kippur, where if a person needs only food or only drink, they are prohibited from adding what they do not need]
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 550