fasting

What It Feels Like to Fast

Recovering the benefits of denial.

Tisha B’Av 101

Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar.

Preparing for Yom Kippur

What to do in the days and hours before the Day of Atonement.

Fasting and Asceticism

What is prohibited on Yom Kippur?