Fasting today

Bethlehem, Israel
August 14, 2016 4:50am CST
The 9th of Av, Tisha b'Av, commemorates a list of catastrophes so severe it's clearly a day set aside by G-d for suffering. That is what I've been taught, but ill take it more as an healthy way to clean the body while I resting.. Today it's very hot so i hope all goes in healthy way. Good day to all :)
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@FourWalls (67804)
• United States
14 Aug 16
Have an easy fast.
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• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
Thanks
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• Philippines
14 Aug 16
I wish i was good at fasting but I just loose my mind every time I do. I wish there's way to stop being hungry.
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• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
Part of what makes it easy for me its the fact that its been a strict rule for years, and all ppl around me are doing the same, so its kind of supportive. I think that what makes any kind of group very strong in keeping its priorities.
@skysnap (20153)
14 Aug 16
I didn't had much to eat too. But used most of the left over from home. :)
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• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
Hope for you that you have saved something for tonight ;)
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
I never fast so I have no idea about it.,
• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
Interesting
• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
14 Aug 16
Doesn't fasting is also a way to hurt your body by depriving them of nutrition?
@FourWalls (67804)
• United States
14 Aug 16
Most people, especially in the West, can survive a day without food. Plus, in Judaism fasts are designed to be as "easy" on the body as possible. Since Jewish days begin at sundown, a fast lasts from sundown to sundown, meaning that the body only goes about 25 hours without food. Most Christians who fast and non-religious people begin their fasts "in the morning"...after not haven eaten since dinner the night before. So, when they fast "for a day" they're actually fasting more along the lines of 36-40 hours.
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• Bethlehem, Israel
14 Aug 16
Thanks 'four walls' for putting it this way ???? I am thinking that these days people are hurting their bodies with such bad nutrition that the body is not built to handle, Today my body rested from so much junk and non healthy food that im used to eat every day :)
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