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QUESTION

Houston, TX

A woman from my shul has the following issue with fasting:

Although she is fine while fasting, experiencing only headaches, she becomes extremely nauseous when she eats after the fast, and can’t keep any food down for a few hours. What should I tell her regarding fasting on Tisha BeAv?

ANSWER

This is a tricky one, since it is not the fasting that makes her nauseous, but the eating afterward.

One way to approach this would