לֵךְ֩ כְּנ֨וֹס אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן וְצ֣וּמוּ עָ֠לַי וְאַל־תֹּאכְל֨וּ וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּ֜וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ לַ֣יְלָה וָי֔וֹם גַּם־אֲנִ֥י וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י אָצ֣וּם כֵּ֑ן וּבְכֵ֞ן אָב֤וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־כַדָּ֔ת וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָבַ֖דְתִּי אָבָֽדְתִּי׃
“Pergilah, kumpulkan semua orang Yahudi yang ada di Susan, lalu berpuasalah untukku. Janganlah makan dan janganlah minum selama tiga hari, malam dan siang. Aku dan dayang-dayangku pun akan berpuasa seperti itu. Sesudah itu aku akan menghadap raja, walaupun hal itu bertentangan dengan undang-undang. Jika aku harus binasa, biarlah aku binasa.”
Tosefta Ta'anit
All who said [that after the first three fasts of Kislev had passed without rain, then for the next three fasts] they may eat and drink while it is still day, [but] they are forbidden from working, bathing, and anointing, from wearing shoes (lit., "sandals"), [and] from marital relations (Taan. 1:6), the day is forbidden for work but the night is permitted. From where is it derived that the day follows after the night? As it is said (Esther 4:16), "Go assemble all the Jews who are found in Shushan... [Do not eat or drink for three days -- night and day]." All those who said [that for the three fasts ordained after the 17th of Cheshvan (Taan. 1:4)], they may eat and drink once it gets dark, [and] they are permitted in working, bathing, and anointing, and in wearing shoes, [and] in marital relations, they may eat and drink until eastern [horizon] can be seen, the words for Rebbi. Rabbi Elazar b'Rabbi Shimon says, until the crow of the rooster. [But if] he slept and got up, he is forbidden immediately. All those who said they are forbidden from wearing shoes, one may put on shoes upon leaving a city, and remove them upon arriving to [another] city, and you may say the same regarding ostracism and mourning.