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Jewish Holidays: Feast or Fast?

As a general principle, Jewish holidays are divided between days on which you must starve and days on which you must overeat. Many Jews observe no fewer than 16 fasts throughout the Jewish year, based on the time-honored principle that even if you are sure that you are ritually purified, you definitely aren't. Though there are many feasts and fasts, there are no holidays requiring light snacking.

THE DIET GUIDE TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS

Rosh Hashanah - Feast

Tzom Gedilia - Fast

Yom Kippur - More Fasting

Sukkot - Feast

Hashanan Rabbah - More feasting

Simchat Torah - Keep fasting

Month of Heshvan - No feasts or fasts for a whole month.

(GET A GRIP ON YOURSELF!)

Hanukkah - Eat potato pancakes

Tenth of Tevet - Do NOT eat potato pancakes

Tu B'Shevat - Feast

Fast of Esther - Fast

Purim - Eat pastry

Passover - Do NOT eat pastry

Shavuot - Dairy feast (cheesecake, blintzes etc.)

17th of Tammuz - Fast (DEFINITELY no cheesecake or blintzes)

Tish B'Av - Very strict fast (don't even THINK about cheesecake or blintzes)

Month of Elul - End of cycle. Enroll in Center for Eating Disorders before High Holidays arrive again.

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