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Yom Kippur & Fast Days

This section includes both halachic and medical information about fasting for pregnant and nursing women, as well as other questions about fast days relevant to the laws of niddah and to women's health.

Articles

  Breastfeeding and the Four Fasts
  Breastfeeding and Yom Kippur
  Pregnancy and the Four Fasts
  Pregnancy and Yom Kippur

Questions & Answers

  Mikveh & Sunday Tisha B'Av
  Yom Kippur and breastfeeding
  Fasting, pregnancy, & childbirth
  Fasting after early miscarriage
  Immersion for Teshuvah
  Tzom Gedaliah early in pregnancy
  Dehydration on Yom Kippur
  Fast day spotting
  Immersion for non-niddah purposes
  Progesterone pill on Yom Kippur
  Risk of premature labor
  Pregnant on Tishah B'Av
  Labor on Yom Kippur
  Niddah on Yom Kippur
  Pregnancy & fasting Yom Kippur
  Tishah B'Av hefsek
  Tevilah after Yom Kippur
  Pills on Yom Kippur
  Mikveh after Yom Kippur
  Fast if might be pregnant?
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