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THE OBLIGATION TO EAT ON EREV YOM KIPPUR
AND HOW IT RELATES TO WOMEN
Eating on Yom Kippur is of course forbidden under strict penalty. But Chazal declare that that very same action of eating is
actually a mitzvah on the day before, Erev Yom Kippur.
ב דומע אפ ףד ,אמוי תכסמ ילבב דומלת 1 .
רמול אלא !ןינעתמ רושעב אלהו ?ןינעתמ העשתב יכו העשתב םכיתשפנ תא םתינעו :יתפדמ בר רב אייח ינתד
ירישעו יעישת הנעתה וליאכ בותכה וילע הלעמ - יעישתב התושו לכואה לכ :ךל
Masechet Yoma 81b
As Hiyya bar Rav of Difti taught: “And you shall afflict your souls on the ninth day of the month” (Vayikra
23:32). But does one afflict oneself on the ninth of Tishrei? Doesn’t one afflict oneself on the tenth? Rather, the
verse comes to tell you: Anyone who eats and drinks on the ninth the verse ascribes him credit as though he
fasted on both the ninth and the tenth.
The Gemara does not explain the reason for this mitzvah or the precise derivation. Rashi suggests that eating on the ninth
is simply done in preparation for the fast on the tenth.
ב דומע אפ ףד ,אמוי תכסמ י”שר 2 .
,הרשעב תונעתהל לכותש העשתב ךמצע ןקתה רמולכ העשתב םתינעו :ארק עמשמ יכהו - ’וכו התושו לכואה לכ
.העשתב הנעתמ וליאכ אוה ירה :ךל רמול ,יוניע ןושלב ארק היקפאדמו
Rashi, Masechet Yoma 81b
Anyone who eats and drinks – this is what the verse implies: Afflict yourselves on the ninth, meaning that you
should prepare yourself on the ninth in order that you will be able to fast on the tenth. And the fact that the verse
uses the language of affliction [inui] teaches you that [one who eats] is considered as if he fasted [mitaneh] on
the ninth.
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