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Chayei Adam - K’lal 144 - Laws of Erev Yom Kippur

eat meat except on days when tachanun is omitted, may eat meat the night
before erev Yom Kippur [as well], but only when it is actually night, but not earlier,
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even if he has already davened maariv. It is also proper to avoid eating dairy,
butter, garlic, and eggs, even from the morning because [these things] promote
the production of male seed. 9

[ 2 ] It is forbidden to fast any sort of fast [on erev Yom Kippur]. If one had a
bad dream of the sort that he would [otherwise] fast for, and is scared for himself
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and wants to fast, he should fast until the seudah ha’mafsekes. [This is because]
certainly by Torah law it is sufficient to eat once. However, since [if one fasts
until] after chatzos it is already considered a fast, it is better not to fast. If he
wants, he can accept upon himself to fast another day and it will be accepted as if
he fasted today. So it appears to me. 11

]3[ [On erev Yom Kippur,] we don’t say tachanun or lamenatzeach because it
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says “b’yom tzarah” (on the day of pain). We also don’t say mizmor l’todah
because in the times of the Beis HaMikdash it was forbidden to offer any eaten
korban on erev Yom Kippur since he is detracting from the amount of time it can
be eaten; ordinarily, a korban can be eaten at least that day and the following

םדו רשב
that one who vowed not to eat meat except Shelah writes that erev Yom Kippur is included
on yom tov may eat meat for the seudah and for this halacha, it begins the night before
ha’mafsekes. Here, he references what his (except in places where they say many selichos
words in 608:7 that the prevalent custom was on erev Yom Kippur and therefore by
not to eat meat for the morning meal. definition, the night before is classified as a
However, since it is our custom to do so, and day when tachanun is said). The Magen
vows are subjective and very much depend on Avraham adds that for this however, the day
context, intent and social norms, one would only begins at nightfall, and not earlier, even if
be in fact permitted to eat meat in the one has already davened maariv (which would
morning as well, notwithstanding his vow not in some respects, define it as night).
to eat meat except on yom tov.
9. The Kol Bo writes that on erev Yom
8. Some had a custom not to eat meat Kippur, one should only eat light foods which
except on days when tachanun is omitted. The are easily digestible so that he is not weighed

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