This is one of those strange topics that gets jumbled around a lot, and since I've seen a lot of people go a lot of different directions with it, I figured I'd bring it up here for the sake of seeing what other folks had heard.

I was reading about the Fast of the Firstborn, part of the Passover celebration, and what I'd read suggested that a Hebrew fast actually only went from sunrise to sunset, and not a full 24 hour run as some had suggested previously.

I'd also heard about the spiritual benefits of such a move and wondered if it may not be a good idea in times like these, which are full of the need of spiritual benefits.

So go ahead, folks, fill me in. I've heard plenty of things, and a lot of them contradict, so I figured this might be a good way to tip a scale one way or another.