Hungering for What Was
Five times during the course of the year, aside from the Biblically enjoined day of Yom Kippur, observant Jews the world over engage in fasting: Tzom Gedaliah, Asara b’Tevet, Ta’anit Esther, Shiv’ah Asar B’Tammuz and Tish’ah B’Av. On Ta’anit Esther, we limit our physical pleasure as Esther and the Jews of the time limited their…
