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Brushing one's teeth during Yom Kippur
AussieJTFer:
You're not allowed to wash your hands past the knuckles with no soap and a minimal amount of water.
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
next time their will be a fast day, I highly recomend eating an apple before the fast day starts. It cleans your mouth well and keeps you full providing energy. (also eat meat and other things before and brush your teeth), I think apples are just a great fruit which provides one with a lot of blessing even not on a fast dad. An appple a day keeps the docter away.
Dr. Dan:
--- Quote from: AussieJTFer on September 22, 2007, 10:59:50 PM ---You're not allowed to wash your hands past the knuckles with no soap and a minimal amount of water.
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This is a fence to prevent one from bathing or let alone enjoy bathing during Yom Kippur. Some people need this fence so not to be tempted from self-denial.
However, when i wash my hands on Yom Kippur i will go almost to my wrists and use soap so that I dont' have bacteria from my you know where on it especially if I"m going to shake hands with other people...
Dr. Dan:
--- Quote from: Tzvi Ben Roshel on September 23, 2007, 12:18:15 AM ---next time their will be a fast day, I highly recomend eating an apple before the fast day starts. It cleans your mouth well and keeps you full providing energy. (also eat meat and other things before and brush your teeth), I think apples are just a great fruit which provides one with a lot of blessing even not on a fast dad. An appple a day keeps the docter away.
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actually, that's true. If someone were on a diet and wanted to eat less, Apples make a great meal and are very filling.
Raulmarrio2000:
When I was aiming to convert, I avoided brushing my teeth and washing. No desodorant, no perfume, no bath..... Only washing my hands in the morning for prayer. I also avoided lether shoes and hearing music even accidentally. I had a fast meal, with bread and honey just after Mincha, brushed my teeth, took 4 or 5 glasses of water, and then.... nothing into my mouth since the candles were lit. And the same for Tisha BeAv. I also avoided somoking in all fasts, even the short ones, but now I have read that it is permitted by some Sefaradim to smoke in Tisha BeAv after Middady.
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