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Chatam Sofer on Tenth of Tevet falling on the Shabbat
Abudarham argued that should we not use a calculated calendar and should Tenth of Tevet fall on the Shabbat, we would be required to fast instead of postponing it. He learns this from the common ...
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Source that drinking on Purim is like fasting for two weeks
I have seen references (1, 2) to a saying from the holy Rebbe of Zitoshev that
"If a person drinks wine on Purim the way he is commanded it is the same as if he fasted twice from Shabbos to Shabbos!...
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