– Q. Can one drink diluted fruit juice at the Seudas Hamafsekes (last meal before fasting begins)? It is very helpful for me. Can one take then a Lechaim zip?

A. Some Poskim permit drinking coffee or tea at the Seudas Hamafsekes (Shaarei Teshuva 552: 1), similarly some Poskim permit diluted juice in need. However, Poskim prohibit any alcoholic drinks.

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