Returns true if the given date is observed as a major or minor fast day.
Major fasts: Yom Kippur, Tish'a B'Av.
Minor fasts: Tzom Gedaliah, Asara B'Tevet, Ta'anit Esther, Ta'anit
Bechorot, Tzom Tammuz (plus BeHaB fasts when enabled).
Erev Tish'a B'Av — even though the fast begins at sunset — is not
counted here: only the actual fast day itself returns true.
Postponed fasts return true on the actual observed date (e.g. when
17 Tammuz falls on Shabbat and is observed on the 18th).
Returns
trueif the given date is observed as a major or minor fast day.Major fasts: Yom Kippur, Tish'a B'Av. Minor fasts: Tzom Gedaliah, Asara B'Tevet, Ta'anit Esther, Ta'anit Bechorot, Tzom Tammuz (plus BeHaB fasts when enabled).
Erev Tish'a B'Av — even though the fast begins at sunset — is not counted here: only the actual fast day itself returns
true. Postponed fasts returntrueon the actual observed date (e.g. when 17 Tammuz falls on Shabbat and is observed on the 18th).