Accustomed to fasting on a yahrzeit and wants to substitute it with additional Torah study.
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Question
Someone who has been accustomed to fasting for many years on the yahrzeit of his father, can he stop this practice and start studying Torah all day instead of fasting?
Answer
He can stop the practice of fasting and study instead, but he needs to perform a release of vows with an opening. This is done by taking three people, and it is preferable that one of them is knowledgeable in the laws of vows, and telling them that he wishes to release his vow, and if he had known he would regret it, he would not have vowed, and they should say to him three times: "You are released, you are released, you are released."
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