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Colitis - Fast of Tisha B'Av

Question

A woman who takes medication every morning due to intestinal inflammation (colitis) and cannot take it with just juice because the taste of the medication is very unpleasant for her, can she take the medication on the fast of Tisha B'Av?

Answer

Shalom Rav

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

When the illness is active, one should not fast at all. One should eat and drink as usual.

Answered 11 August 2024 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

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 554, Se'if 6

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