Limmud NY

There are six communal-wide fast days on the Jewish calendar, ranging from the biblically-mandated Yom Kippur to the rabbinically-enacted Taanit Esther. While we still observe the minor fast days today, it is not so clear that we are obligated to do so. In this session we will study the Gemara in Rosh HaShanah that questions what it means to mourn in a time of freedom, and explore how rabbis have understood the answers throughout history.