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Dr. Dan:
Rationalthought asked me a thoughtful question and here's my answer:

Here's the thing...I'm not orthodox so my advice will not be according to halacha...but this is what I personally do.

I brush my teeth after dinner before Kol Nidre
I brush my teeth in the morning before I go to temple...why? Because I don't want the person next to me in the shul to smell my bad breath and be unable to concentrate on his prayers to Gd.  Certainly, I would extend that curtiousy to him as I woudl hope he woudl do the same for me.

But let's say you are super religious and are afraid that you might swallow some toothpaste and enjoy it, then brush your teeth and floss before Kol Nidre after dinner and you'll be fine.  Maybe have some morning breath, but oh well.

honestly, toothpaste is not food nor enjoyable to swallow...Technically, if one were afraid to swallow toothpaste for the sake of the fence around the Torah, couldn't one swallow his own saliva when he was thirsty during Yom Kippur?

New Yorker:

--- Quote from: Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim on September 20, 2007, 07:18:38 PM ---You're not even supposed to put inedible stuff into your mouth to wet it.



--- End quote ---

And people wonder why I'm secular.  ::)

Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
Its once a year, before the holy day comes in brush your teeth really well, flose, and use scope.

Dr. Dan:
listen i respect those who also refrain from even placing inedible things in the mouth: finger nails, pencils, saliva, boogers etc...

however, this rule is a fence and if it is goign to cause someone to be tempted to eat and forget Gd, then they shouldn't do it. To each their own.

Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
 the question would be if a person is allowed to rinse his mouth out just with water, while of course spitting it out without swallowing? Just a little water to swirl around in his mouth in the morning to clean out his mouth. The question today, asks if that is permissible. Maran clearly writes in Seman 567 that this is certainly forbidden on the fast days of Yom Kippur and Tisha BeAv. And therefore the Halacha, when one wakes in the morning, or during the course of the day, it is forbidden to rinse his mouth with water even if he has his head down and even if it’s a little water, and even if he’s careful to spit it all out.

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