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A siyum for someone fasting on a yahrzeit

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Question

Someone who is fasting a yahrzeit fast, and during the day a siyum is made as part of a meal — may he eat at this meal, or must he complete the fast until its end?

Answer

Shalom u’vracha 

A siyum does not exempt someone who is fasting a yahrzeit fast from the fast.

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