Wilhelmus à Brakel The Christian’s Reasonable Service Vol. 4, pp. 3-10. Fasting To fast [Hebrew: (ta‘anith)], is a derivative of the words to oppress, humiliate, torment, as well as to be distressed. Others translate this Hebrew word as “to fast”: “And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness” (Ezra 9:5); “Is it… Read More Wilhelmus à Brakel on Fasting