fast day

Speed Atonement: An auctioneer-turned-rabbi officiates at a Yom Kippur service, giving a new meaning to “fast day.”

It’s a slow moment in the middle of a fast day, at the start of a whirlwind week.

In the Jewish calendar, today is a fast day.

They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples.

They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.