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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 686
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<b>דין תענית אסתר. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>בחנוכה ופורים מותר להתענות לפניהם ולאחריהם:
Laws of Fast of Esther. Contains 3 paragraph: One is allowed to fast the day before and after Chanukah and Purim.
מתענין בי"ג באדר ואם חל פורים באחד בשבת מקדימין להתענות ביום חמישי: הגה ותענית זה אינו חובה לכן יש להקל בו לעת הצורך כגון מעוברות או מניקות או לחולה שאין בו סכנה ואפי' כואבי עינים שאם מצטערים הרבה לא יתענו ויפרעו אחר כך אבל שאר בריאים לא יפרשו מן הצבור [חדושי אגודה בשם מחזור ויטרי] ואם חל פורים ביום א' שמתענים ביום ה' שלפניו וחל בו ברית מילה מותר לאכול על המילה ולמחר ביום ו' יתענו האוכלים [הגהות מנהגים]:
We fast on the 13th of Adar. And if Purim falls on Sunday, we start the fast on Thursday. Rema: This fast is not required, therefore you can be lenient for the time of the fast, for example: one who is pregnant, nursing, or not dangerously sick. And even if only you have pain in your eyes that is bothering you a lot - you shouldn't fast, and fast on a later day. But other people [who don't have these conditions] - they should not separate themselves from the rest of the congregation. And if Purim falls on Sunday, and the fast moves to the Thursday before, and it falls on a circumcision, you are allowed to eat for the circumcision, and the next day on Friday, those who ate should fast.
יש מתענים ג' ימים זכר לתענית אסתר:
There are those who fast three days in remembrance of the fast of Esther.
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