Other Activities

Other Activities

One is permitted to work on fast days (Tisha Be’Av is an exception). In addition, one may shower and wear leather shoes. Some say that one should not take hot showers or have marital intimacy (unless it is mikvah night) on public fast days. A ba’al nefesh (scrupulous person) will be strict about these.

Certainly, women may bathe in preparation for mikvah and immerse as usual on the night of a fast, and men may immerse in the mikvah on the morning of a fast.

On fast days one should take care to not get angry. If one does business, one should take care to be perfectly honest and conduct the transactions in a subdued manner.