Educating Children to Fast — Tisha B’Av
Question
Shalom u’vrachah,
I would like to know whether there is an obligation or value in educating young children to fast on Tisha B’Av, as on Yom Kippur (for a number of hours).
Thank you very much.
I would like to know whether there is an obligation or value in educating young children to fast on Tisha B’Av, as on Yom Kippur (for a number of hours).
Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom u’vrachah
There is no mitzvah of chinuch in this regard.
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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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Azamerah Lishmecha 337
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