‘Should I Fast?’ – An Alarming Response by Kav Halacha

Kav Halacha is an English-language halachic hotline in Israel.

Someone [an adult!] with a kidney transplant called to ask about Yom Kippur, and was told to have 30 CC every 9 minutes.

This is not the shiur at all! Nor were they told anything else.

Thankfully, they then checked out organization Matnat Chaim’s expert guidelines:

Big difference, no?

Some other articles:

  1. A Quote From Rabbi Avi Grossman:
  2. Don’t Ask Forgiveness Tomorrow!
  3. HYEHUDI: What’s Been Popular Over the last 31 Days…
  4. Yom Ha’atzma’ut – Dating the Thing
  5. Rabbi Nosson Kopshitz’s View of ‘Rabbi’ Ovadya Yosef’s Halachic Rulings

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