{"id":5851,"date":"2010-02-07T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T07:33:46","slug":"05-07-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-07-11\/","title":{"rendered":"11 \u2013 The Torah Reading for Fast Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <i>Shacharit<\/i> and <i>Minchah<\/i> of public fast days, we read the Torah section that describes how God forgave the Jews for the sin of the golden calf (Tractate <i>Sofrim<\/i> 17:7, SA 566:1).\u00a0 This symbolizes that just as God forgave us for the sin of the calf and gave us a new set of tablets, so will He forgive all of our sins and rebuild the HolyTemple, speedily in our days.<\/p>\n<p>Most <i>poskim<\/i> hold that we read the <i>haftarah<\/i> of \u201c<i>Dirshu HaShem<\/i>\u201d (<i>Yeshayah<\/i> 55) at <i>Minchah<\/i>, and all Ashkenazim follow this practice (Rama 566:1).\u00a0 However, most Sefardim do not read a <i>haftarah<\/i>.\u00a0 Nonetheless, a Sefardic Jew who is called up third to the Torah in a place where they read the <i>haftarah<\/i> should read it with its blessings (<i>Yaskil Avdi<\/i> 6:9; see <i>Torat HaMo\u2019adim<\/i> 4:2).<\/p>\n<p>These readings are read only in a place where at least six people are fasting\u2026\u00a0 One should only call a person who is fasting up to the Torah on a fast day.\u00a0 If, however, someone who is not fasting was [accidentally] called up to the Torah, and he is embarrassed to say that he failed to fast, he may go up to the Torah.<sup><a href='#_ze01ftn7_15' id='_ze01ftnref7_15' class='aup1'>[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Ashkenazim recite the <i>Avinu Malkeinu<\/i> prayer after the <i>Shemoneh Esrei<\/i> of both <i>Shacharit<\/i> and <i>Minchah<\/i>, while Sefardim do not.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_ze01ftnref7_15' id='_ze01ftn7_15'>[15]<\/a>. The Mishnah Berurah (566:21) cites a dispute as to whether a person who is not fasting can go up to the Torah if called, and he concludes that if the person is a Torah scholar and is worried about disgracing God\u2019s name, he may go up.\u00a0 The author of <i>Torat HaMo\u2019adim<\/i> (4:5-6) writes that such a person should not go up to the Torah.\u00a0 The Chatam Sofer (OC 157), however, maintains that one who is not fasting may [<i>le-chatchila<\/i>] receive an <i>aliya<\/i> on mandatory fast days, and the Aruch HaShulchan (566:11) concurs.\u00a0 Therefore, it seems that anyone who is embarrassed may rely on these authorities and go up to the Torah.\u00a0 See <i>Piskei Teshuvot<\/i> (566:4, 7).\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Shacharit and Minchah of public fast days, we read the Torah section that describes how God forgave the Jews for the sin of the golden calf (Tractate Sofrim 17:7, SA 566:1).\u00a0 This symbolizes that just as God forgave us for the sin of the calf and gave us a new set of tablets, so [&hellip;]<\/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-5851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05-07"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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