On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
Category - יום כיפור
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 2
The first portion of this essay[1] covered General Guidelines (including how a Choleh may gauge in advance whether he can fast, why the treating physician’s judgment carries special weight, and how to understand a...








