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When the prophets instituted the four fasts after the destruction of the FirstTemple, they modeled them after the fast of Yom Kippur, which is how the Rabbis usually enact decrees, modeling them after the Torah’s commandments. Since Yom Kippur lasts an entire day, [the prophets] instituted the four fasts [as full-day fasts], and since there […]