In his article he noted that while private fasts are indeed prohibited during the month of Nisan (a major Orthodox objection to the placement of the day), communal fasts for tragedies befalling Jewish communities had indeed been declared throughout the pre-Modern period.
U svom članku naveo je da su unatoč stvarnoj zabrani privatnih postova tijekom nisana (što je glavni ortodoksni prigovor položaju toga dana), komunalni postovi za tragedije koje su pogodile židovske zajednice zaista bili proglašavani prije modernog razdoblja.