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A '''break-fast''' is the meal eaten after [[Jewish]] fast days such as [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Tisha B'Av]]. Jewish fasts differ from the fasts of other religions in that no food or drink is consumed, including bread and water. The major fasts last over 25 hours, from before sundown on the previous night until after sundown on the day of the fast.<ref>http://jik3.kamens.brookline.ma.us/cgi-bin/holidays.cgi</ref> |
A '''break-fast''' is the meal eaten after [[Jewish]] fast days such as [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Tisha B'Av]]. Jewish fasts differ from the fasts of other religions in that no food or drink is consumed, including bread and water. The major fasts last over 25 hours, from before sundown on the previous night until after sundown on the day of the fast.<ref>http://jik3.kamens.brookline.ma.us/cgi-bin/holidays.cgi</ref> |
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To break the fast, it is customary to eat a light meal consisting of salads and dairy foods. <ref>http://www.quickfasting.com/how_to_break_your_fast.html How to break your fast</ref>Heavy food on an empty stomach is usually avoided. Sometimes the fast is broken with tea and cake before eating a full meal.<ref>http://judaism.about.com/od/yomkippu1/a/yk_fast.htm</ref> |
To break the fast, it is customary to eat a light meal consisting of salads and dairy foods. <ref>http://www.quickfasting.com/how_to_break_your_fast.html How to break your fast</ref>Heavy food on an empty stomach is usually avoided. Sometimes the fast is broken with tea and cake before eating a full meal.<ref>http://judaism.about.com/od/yomkippu1/a/yk_fast.htm</ref>A drink of milk or juice before the post-fast meal helps the body to readjust and diminishes the urge to overeat or eat too rapidly.<ref>http://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/431178/jewish/Tips-for-an-Easier-Fast.htm</ref> |
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Customs for the first food eaten after the Yom Kippur fast differ. Polish and Russian Jews will have tea and cake. Syrian and Iraqi Jews eat round sesame crackers that look like mini-bagels. Turkish and Greek Jews sip a sweet drink made from melon seeds. Some start with herring to replace the salt lost during fasting. <ref>http://www.jewishworldreview.com/ess/ess_btf.php3</ref> |
Customs for the first food eaten after the Yom Kippur fast differ. Polish and Russian Jews will have tea and cake. Syrian and Iraqi Jews eat round sesame crackers that look like mini-bagels. Turkish and Greek Jews sip a sweet drink made from melon seeds. Some start with herring to replace the salt lost during fasting. <ref>http://www.jewishworldreview.com/ess/ess_btf.php3</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:03, 12 August 2008
A break-fast is the meal eaten after Jewish fast days such as Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av. Jewish fasts differ from the fasts of other religions in that no food or drink is consumed, including bread and water. The major fasts last over 25 hours, from before sundown on the previous night until after sundown on the day of the fast.[1]
To break the fast, it is customary to eat a light meal consisting of salads and dairy foods. [2]Heavy food on an empty stomach is usually avoided. Sometimes the fast is broken with tea and cake before eating a full meal.[3]A drink of milk or juice before the post-fast meal helps the body to readjust and diminishes the urge to overeat or eat too rapidly.[4]
Customs for the first food eaten after the Yom Kippur fast differ. Polish and Russian Jews will have tea and cake. Syrian and Iraqi Jews eat round sesame crackers that look like mini-bagels. Turkish and Greek Jews sip a sweet drink made from melon seeds. Some start with herring to replace the salt lost during fasting. [5]
Some Orthodox Jews do not eat meat and wine at the break-fast after Tisha B'Av because the burning of the Temple on the 9th of Av is said to have continued until noon on the 10th of Av. [6]
References
- ^ http://jik3.kamens.brookline.ma.us/cgi-bin/holidays.cgi
- ^ http://www.quickfasting.com/how_to_break_your_fast.html How to break your fast
- ^ http://judaism.about.com/od/yomkippu1/a/yk_fast.htm
- ^ http://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/431178/jewish/Tips-for-an-Easier-Fast.htm
- ^ http://www.jewishworldreview.com/ess/ess_btf.php3
- ^ http://www.aish.com/tishaBavOverview/tishaBavOverviewDefault/Tisha_BAv_-_The_Ninth_of_Av.asp
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