Laws & Stories: The 4 Fasts

"The Four Fasts," the latest volume in the renowned "Laws & Stories" series, aims to provide easy access to the knowledge and practice of Judaism. It contains everything you need for the solemn moments of the Jewish year: the four fasts related to the destruction of the Temple and the exile.

Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
Fast of the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av)
The Fast of Gedalia
Fast of the 10th of Tevet

- Accounts: the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem, the collapse of Betar, Kamtsa and Bar Kamtsa, the 10 martyrs,...
- Text: The Megillah of Eikha translated into French
- Laws: relating to the 4 fasts, the 3 weeks, Tisha B'Av,...
- Reflections: Mashiach, the reconstruction of Beth Hamikdash,...

Often on fasting days, we lose sight of why we are fasting. This book should awaken us... and address this issue.

APPROVALS:
- Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
- Rav Shlomo Amar, Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Rabbi Asher Weiss


* 288 pages
* Softcover