- Q. Kvod Horav
Shlit’a. Is it true that people who don’t keep the fasting and
the Selichot of Beahab, should still refrain from eating then meat
and drinking wine? What exactly is the Beahab tradition and its
meaning?
A.
he Fast of Behav (תענית
בה"ב)
refers to a tradition of Jews from Ashkenasi communities to fast on
the Monday, Thursday, and then following Monday after the Yomim Tovim
of Peisach and Sukos. While today few people fast, many Ashkenazi
communities recite the Selichos for these days. Practically, the
fasts are observed in the months of Iyar and Cheshvan, so as not to
fast in the happy months of Nisan and Tishrei
See
next question.
Rabbi
A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam,
Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs
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