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title: "Tzom kal in Hebrew"
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question: "What does Tzom kal mean in Hebrew?"
answer: "Easy fast — the Yom Kippur line you will see on supermarket signs and in group chats."
description: "Easy fast — the Yom Kippur line you will see on supermarket signs and in group chats."
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# Tzom kal

צום קל — Tzom kal

Easy fast — the Yom Kippur line you will see on supermarket signs and in group chats.

Coverage of the holiday shutdown (no cars in religious cities, no radio in some homes) still uses tzom kal in the crawl, not “happy Yom Kippur.”