[Avodah] Waiting to Daven Maariv on Shavuous

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Tue, 19 May 2009 22:30:33 +0100
"Chana Luntz" <chana at kolsassoon.org.uk> wrote:

...

> really done something.  Whereas here in England, or even in Israel, you rush
> through dinner, which is far too late for one to really be able to eat
> (achila gassa really springs to mind) you get maybe an hour or two of

Why does eating late imply achila gasa?  On the contrary, one would
generally be hungrier than if he'd eaten earlier.  Do you mean that
because of the lateness of the meal people are eating before Yom Tov?

Yitzhak
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