Talk:Break fast

This article should be deleted - there is no such term as "break fast" in two words, and the information here (if there is anything worthwhile) can easily be incorporated in the Yom Kippur article. --Gilabrand (talk) 06:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed—please delete.--Redaktor (talk) 23:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

This article, which I initially created as a stub, was merged by someone else into Ta'anit. I undid the merge because, though I created it at a Jewish point of view, I feel the topic is not limited to Judaism and has the potential to be expanded to describe break fasts in other religions. Nevertheless, deleting is not the appropriate course of action for stubs or short articles. If you do not like it that way, the best you can do is be patient until someone comes along and expands it. Xyz7890 (talk) 05:13, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

p.s. I have just added this article to the see also sections of several fasting-related articles of various religions. Hopefully this will help get people to notice and improve it. Also, a category "Fasting" would help. Xyz7890 (talk) 05:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment: This article is hilarious. I especially like the bit about Turkish and Greek Jews who sip a sweet drink made from melon seeds. Chesdovi (talk) 00:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Judaism & breaking the fast
Other religions make have fasts, but apparently they don't make a big production about the meals before and after the fast in the way that Judaism does. I have not found any other usage of the word "break fast" or "break the fast" as a noun apart from the Jewish connection. I deleted the paragraph that xyz used to start the article because it is poorly written, unencyclopedic, anecdotal and unsourced. The same information has been restored with proper citation. --Gilabrand (talk) 04:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no Jewish source for having such a "meal". This is a fabricated article. Chesdovi (talk) 15:11, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, my problem with the article was linguistic - calling it "break fast." But apart from that, there ARE customs associated with breaking the fast that might be of interest to readers.--Gilabrand (talk) 16:21, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There will be no problem in adding these customs to Fasting in Judaism then. Besides from Seudah Shlishit and Seudat Chiyat HaMatim, we have Seudat mitzvah which inclues Seudah HaMafseket, which pertains to fast days and is mentioned in Jewish law. Chesdovi (talk) 16:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)