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Apparently, you can become exempt from certain fasts (such as the fast of the firstborn) by making a seudat mitzvah, particularly a siyum.

Why/how is this possible?

If it is because you are eating that meal l'shem mitzvah, (1) what is the evidence that such a meal is truly l'shem mitzvah (i.e., is it commanded somewhere that one must make a meal upon completion of a learning section?); (2) why can't we do that for any fast; and (3) does that mean you must still fast for the rest of the day, besides the seudah?

"Food" for thought, maybe a separate question: Is there any obligation to do your l'shem mitzvah stuff in a way that it will not get in the way of other mitzvot--if easily possible? (Such as, in this case, making your siyyum on a different day from the fast...)

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    – Gershon Gold
    Apr 21, 2016 at 19:09
  • @GershonGold, who is the mechaber of that sefer (Tzvi Reisman)?
    – Noach MiFrankfurt
    Apr 22, 2016 at 1:14
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    One of the notei keilim to Shulchan Aruch (perhaps the sh"a itself, I don't recall the shiur exactly) rules that when Ta'anit Tisha b'Av is pushed off to the next day, the ba'alei hasimchah for a bris should wash themselves and have a festive meal, despite it being a fast day.
    – Noach MiFrankfurt
    Apr 22, 2016 at 1:15
  • @NoachmiFrankfurt You mean he should do so on the "new" date of Tisha b'Av, right?
    – SAH
    Apr 22, 2016 at 2:46
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    @SAH, when the fast is deferred to the tenth. I have heard this referred to as Ta'anit Av, rather than Tisha b'Av.
    – Noach MiFrankfurt
    Apr 22, 2016 at 2:47

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