Fasting on the Yahrzeit of One's Rabbi
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Question
Is there significance in fasting on the day my Rosh Yeshiva passed away?
Answer
According to the basic law, if most of one's Torah knowledge comes from him, there is a great merit in fasting on this day, but it is not obligatory. However, in our times, there is no rabbi from whom most of one's wisdom comes.
Source
Mishna Berura, Siman 568, S"K 46: "It is good to fast on the day one's distinguished rabbi passed away, as one is obligated to honor him more than one's father [Shla]." Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 372, writes: "In Torat Chaim, Shavuot (20a), a hint to this is mentioned from the sugya, see there. According to this, it would also be a mitzvah to fast on the day one's rabbi passed away." This means that if the source is from Shavuot 20a: "as on the day one's father passed away," it is also written "as on the day one's rabbi passed away."
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