Havdalah on Tisha b’Av By Someone Not Fasting
QUESTION
Chicago, IL
If someone is not fasting for Tisha b’Av, should they make full Havdalah after Shabbat?
ANSWER
If a person is going to eat on Tisha b’Av because they are sick, they should make Havdalah before they eat, whether that be at night or the next day. It is a full Havdalah, except we don’t do besamim and we don’t say the pesukim before. So it is only the cup, borei me’orei (if making Havdalah Saturday night), and HaMavdil.
שערי תשובה סימן תקנו
עבה”ט וכ’ בר”י בשם תשו’ כנה”ג ח”ב חולה שאוכל בט”ב יבדיל תיכף במוצאי שבת והב”י שם דעתו נוטה קצת שיכול
