6016 - An Alcohol Problem?
Question
Someone that has trouble with the idea of fasting, can he take a liquor drink at the Seudas Hamafsekes before commencing Tisha Beav?
Answer
On question 4356, we wrote:
Mishna Berura (552: 4) rules that it is prohibited. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that there are several products available that can make the fasting easier and should be taken before the fasting begins.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: July 23, 2026
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