[Avodah] Why we eat on erev YK?

[Liron Kopinsky]

Hope everyone had an easy fast.

At the seuda hamafseket, I was thinking about what it is that we are trying
to accomplish by eating on the 9th of Tishrei. I have heard many reasons
(granted a reason isn't necessary since it's a gezeirat hakatuv) as to why
we fast on the 10th: it gives us an opportunity to actually focus on what
the day is about without needing to run from this meal to the next, the inuy
helps us think about our sins, helps us think about other people who are
needy, eating a lot makes the fast easier/harder (I've heard both) etc.

But how does eating on the 9th serve "as if we fasted"?

Or maybe more to the point, what are we supposed to be thinking about as we
eat?

Kol Tuv,
Liron
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