08-02-2012, 12:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2018, 07:56 AM by Director Michael.)
Is fasting multiple times an appropriate way to repent for certain sins? There are certain remedies given by the AriZal (https://asknoah.org/essay/rabbi-yitzchak-luria) that require multiple fasts to fully repent for certain sins. Is this something that should be done if one wants to seriously repent for those certain sins? If this amount of fasting is not recommended, would a smaller amount of fasting be appropriate, for example, 1 day a week or 1 day a month, or is it better to avoid fasting altogether if one is not commanded to do so?