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Ideally (le-chatchila<\/i>), one should not wash one\u2019s mouth on the minor fasts, because there is concern that one might swallow drops of water.\u00a0 However, one who detects that his breath smells bad may wash out his mouth, because he has no intention to drink, only to clean his mouth.\u00a0 Still, he should be very careful not to swallow any water.\u00a0 One may use toothpaste in order to clean out his mouth thoroughly and remove a bad smell, if not doing so causes him distress.<\/p>\n

Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av is a stricter fast, which entails a prohibition against washing oneself. \u00a0Therefore, one should act more stringently and, unless it is very necessary, not rinse his mouth.\u00a0 Only someone who would be greatly distressed may wash out his mouth and brush his teeth, without toothpaste, even on Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av.\u00a0 On Yom Kippur, however, when one must fast according to Torah law, one should not be lenient.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[6]<\/a>. True, the Shulchan Aruch (567:3) writes that one should not rinse one\u2019s mouth on a fast day, but many Acharonim, including the Mishnah Berurah (567:11), state that it is permitted, if not doing so would cause distress.\u00a0 And it is even permitted on Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av, if the suffering is great.\u00a0 We are more sensitive today, and refraining from washing out one\u2019s mouth causes most people distress.\u00a0 Therefore, such people may wash their mouths.\u00a0 Regarding toothpaste, see Berachot<\/i> 14a: \u201cOne who is fasting may taste [food], without any issue.\u201d\u00a0 Most Rishonim understand that the Gemara is talking about tasting without swallowing, in order to know how the dish tastes [and whether it needs more salt or the like], but it is forbidden to swallow.\u00a0 There is also debate as to which fast day is at issue.\u00a0 According to the Rosh, the Gemara is talking about any communal fast (except Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av), and the Shulchan Aruch (567:1) agrees.\u00a0 Tosafot hold that the Sages permitted tasting only on personal fast days, not on communal ones.\u00a0 The Rama writes that the custom is to act strictly and not to taste anything on a fast day.\u00a0 However, the Mishnah Berurah (567:6) writes that one may be more lenient if [the tasting] is for the sake of a seudat mitzva<\/i> (a religious meal).\u00a0 All the more so, one who suffers when he does not brush his teeth with toothpaste may act leniently.\u00a0 Perhaps even the Rama would agree with this, because the person has no intention to taste [the toothpaste], only to clean out his mouth.\u00a0 Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av is more stringent, because washing in general is forbidden on the day, included in which is washing one\u2019s mouth.\u00a0 Nonetheless, someone who is greatly distressed may wash [his mouth], but without toothpaste, because even the Rosh who rules leniently on the issue of tasting food on a fast day forbids it on Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av.\u00a0 We rule even more strictly regarding Yom Kippur, because its prohibition is Torah-based, and one is forbidden by Torah law [to eat] even less than the proscribed amount [for which one receives punishment].\u00a0 See further: Torat HaMo\u2019adim<\/i> 1:10-11, Mikra\u2019ei Kodesh<\/i> (Harari) 3:5, and Piskei Teshuvot<\/i> 567:1.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ideally (le-chatchila), one should not wash one\u2019s mouth on the minor fasts, because there is concern that one might swallow drops of water.\u00a0 However, one who detects that his breath smells bad may wash out his mouth, because he has no intention to drink, only to clean his mouth.\u00a0 Still, he should be very careful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05-07"],"yoast_head":"\n5 \u2013 Rinsing One\u2019s Mouth - Peninei Halakha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-07-05\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 \u2013 Rinsing One\u2019s Mouth - 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