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The validity of the fast. Esther's fast for what???

שו"תThe validity of the fast. Esther's fast for what???
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What is the point of fasting the Fast of Esther? The matter is accepted in the words of Maimonides, beginning of the fifth chapter of the Laws of Fasts, which gives fasts a current meaning. However, all this is in fasts that are words of Kabbalah, the Fast of Esther has nothing to do with current affairs. What will help me to fast in memory of… Who is interested in this memory? Why am I supposed to fast because 2500 years ago in an ancient country on the borders of Iran they fasted. Jewish history is full of fasts for all kinds of atrocities and decrees, and we have never had to remember the fact that they fasted. Is there any logic in this fast?


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Simply put, the Esther fast is not like other fasts and is not about making amends. It is a means of identifying with what was then. You do not fast because they fasted then, but because they fasted then. This is the way that the Sages saw fit to remember everything that happened then. Like on Purim, which is remembered in a different way. And perhaps the Sages want to convey to us the upheaval that the Jews went through then, fasting and fasting for redemption.  

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