Commentary for Berakhot 27:7
בעי מיניה אשיאן תנא דבי ר' אמי מר' אמי השרוי בתענית מהו שיטעום אכילה ושתיה קביל עליה והא ליכא או דילמא הנאה קביל עליה והא איכא
[He asked of him] Ashyan, a Tanna of the school of R. Ammi, asked R. Ammi : May one who is undergoing a fast taste anything? If he has taken upon himself [to abstain from] eating and drinking, it comes under the heading of neither ; or is it that he has taken upon himself [to abstain from] any kind of gratification, and [tasting] is to be so regarded?
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M. : R. Isaac b. Ashyan.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
A voluntary fast is here meant. On a statutory fast there is no question that tasting (e.g. food that is being cooked) is forbidden.
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