Question: I take regular medication and have managed
successfully to fast on Yom Kippur by eating a small piece of cake and a shot
of juice with my pills. What do I do on Tisha B’Av?
Answer: A Choleh She'ain Bo Sakanah is defined as one
who is confined to bed as a result of their illness (See Shulchan Aruch
and Rema OC 328:17). Only one who is considered this ill would be allowed to
eat Shiurim (less than a Kezayis in a short amount of time) on Yom
Kippur. The Mishna Berura (554:16) writes that Tisha B'Av is like any other
Rabbinical fast whereby a Choleh She'ain Bo Sakanah should break their
fast. In Biur Halacha (554:6), however he writes that if they can manage to eat
in Shiurim on Tisha B'Av they have not technically broken their fast.
R' Dr. Avraham Avraham writes (Nishmat Avraham 4 OC 554:1) that
only one who is eating to prevent becoming ill should utilise Shiurim.
One who is ill should eat normally. Others, including the Aruch Hashulchan (OC
554:7) write that there is no concept of Shiurim on Tisha B'Av.
The custom is that one who isn't fasting should not receive
an Aliyah on Tisha B'Av (Shulchan Aruch OC 566:6 and Mishna Berura 566:19).
Following a personal incident when he had to eat, the Chasam Sofer (Teshuvos OC
157) writes that this Halacha doesn't apply on Tisha B'Av.
One who is not fasting omits Aneinu in his Amida (Biur
Halacha 565:1) though should say Nachem if he says Birkas Hamazon (Rema OC
557:1).
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