#5631 Have a Beahab?

Question

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?

Answer

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

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Rabbi

Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam,

Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs

Shlit’a

Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a

Published: October 30, 2025

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