Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Siman 126

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How do we keep the Churban in mind even in our joy? The Kitzur has Chazal set a commemoration at every occasion of joy: an unplastered square by the door, a course left out, ashes for a chassan, and limits on music and laughter. The Kitzur then turns to an individual's fast in a time of tzarah, as part of teshuva, and how such a fast is accepted and kept.

Key points

• The Kitzur has a square amah opposite the entrance left unplastered, to remember the Churban.
• For a chassan and kallah, the Kitzur permits song and music, but not rejoicing to an extreme.
• The Kitzur has a personal fast accepted at Mincha the day before, with set exceptions.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Remembering the Churban in building
2. 1:04Meals, jewelry and the chassan
3. 2:04Music and song after the Churban
4. 3:33Fasting over a personal tzarah
5. 4:50Accepting a personal fast
6. 6:54Conduct during a personal fast
7. 8:06Exchanging a vowed fast

Topics

• Churban
• Ta'anis Yachid
• Kabbalas Ta'anis