Children Fasting on Yom Kippur
One of the things that takes precedence above all else on Yom Kippur for adults is fasting, but what about children? Is it permitted for them to fast if they want? Should they be encouraged to fast? This Elul, join Rabbi Chaim Brovender as he explores what the great sages in the Gemara said about this topic. This advanced Gemara shiur will start from Masechet Yoma daf 82a.
Children Fasting on Yom Kippur: Children Fasting on Yom Kippur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender is the Rosh Yeshiva of WebYeshiva and President of ATID - The Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions in Jewish Education, in Jerusalem. He was the founding Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hamivtar and Michlelet Bruria (today, Midreshet Lindenbaum) where he pioneered the teaching of Gemara to students for whom the Talmud had been a closed book. For over forty years he has been a leading force in teaching Torah in Israel and enabling his students to "learn how to learn" according to the renowned "Brovender Method."