Q. Dear Rav. My father zt’l followed the tradition of not drinking water at the Tekufa Time. (Change of Season – See next Question). This year following the luach it is 4.30 AM on Sunday 7/1/24.

I have a number of questions. Firstly which water is actually involved and when can we not drink it? What if it is a sealed bottle or water from the tap?

A. On question 4060 we wrote that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one hour suffices.

Poskim mention that for those who keep the tradition of not drinking water during the hour of the beginning of the Tekufa, as mentioned above, once the water collected then, it maintains its restrictions even after that time and when used or mixed with other edibles, the ones that keep this tradition should abstain from consuming them.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a