Is the Fast of Tevet considered a 24 hour fast?

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Is the Fast of Tevet considered a 24 hour fast, or does it begin in the morning until early evening?

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score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '14 at 23:37

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Only Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av are 25-hour fasts. The others are minor fasts, from dawn (first light, before sunrise) until nightfall (full dark). The minor fasts are:

Fast of Gedaliah (3 Tishrei)
10 Tevet
Fast of Esther (13 Adar)
Fast of the Firstborn (for those to whom it applies) (14 Nisan)
17 Tamuz

You can read more about these fasts at Judaism 101.

answered Dec 31 '14 at 23:37

Monica Cellio

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+1. For some discussion about theoretically fasting from the nighttime, see this related question. – Fred Dec 31 '14 at 23:46

Is the Fast of Tevet considered a 24 hour fast?

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