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Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur

Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur

Join Rabbi Dovid Fink in exploring what halachic sources say about illness and fasting on Yom Kippur. How do we define illness? When and to what extent can fasting be set aside in cases of illness, pregnancy, child-birth, and nursing?

September 7, 2011 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur: Lesson 1
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We begin with the primary sources dealing with life-threatening illness on Yom Kippur (and Shabbat).

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September 14, 2011 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur: Lesson 2
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September 21, 2011 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur: Lesson 3
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October 5, 2011 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Illness & Fasting on Yom Kippur: Lesson 4
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In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertᅠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.