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What someone who has problems fasting should do in Tishá BeAv? [closed]

What should someone who, in every 24h fast, feels extremely nauseated, and then vomits at some point in the last 3 hours, do in a fast like Tishá BeAv? Once I asked a Rabbi, and he said that eating ...
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Do the customs in regards to *Yud Av* apply to *Yud-Aleph Av* on a year when the fast is pushed off?

I know that people have the custom (I don't know how universal it is), to keep a lot of the restrictions of the nine days until Chatzos on Yud Av. Such as not eating meat or doing laundry. This year ...
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Eating for strength to bury on Tisha B' Av

Can one (halachically) eat to have the strength to dig a grave for a recently passed away Jew? Assume you can't pay a gentile to do it for you.
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What are the opinions regarding eating small-bits-at-a-time (“leshiurin”) on Tisha B'Av when necessary?

I know on Yom Kippur, if someone is medically required to eat, s/he should do so with only a bit of food every few minutes, to avoid the full severity of eating "a full serving in one sitting." On ...
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Chair on Tisha'bav [closed]

Who must sit on a chair on Tishbav?