Many of us are surprised to be fasting on a Friday. We do so because we are careful to always fast on precisely the tenth day of Tevet – no matter on which day of the week it falls. We would even fast ...

Question: Is there any significance to the fact that the fast of the Tenth of Tevet (Asara B’Tevet) almost immediately follows Chanukah and that it is the shortest of all the fast days? Does this ...