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Novardok Yeshiva Ate Meat Every Meal During Tisha B'Av Nine Days by Holding Daily Talmud Completions
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 22 hours ago
What happened
The Novardok Yeshiva, facing severe food shortages during World War I, held a Talmud tractate completion at every meal during the Nine Days to permit eating meat, a practice historically recognized by various Jewish authorities despite the general prohibition of meat during this mourning period.
- 01The Nine Days traditionally forbid eating meat and wine, except in Yemenite communities.
- 02The Shulchan Aruch permits meat at a siyum meal, but some authorities restrict intentional timing.
- 03Novardok Yeshiva held daily siyums during WWI to legally eat meat amid food shortages.
- 04Historical sources show other rabbis and Hasidic leaders also completed tractates during the Nine Days to permit meat.
- 05This practice has rabbinic legitimacy across Lithuanian and Hasidic traditions.
- 06The article underscores the balance between halachic observance and practical needs in Jewish law.
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