[Avodah] Why we eat on erev YK?

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:03:53PM +0200, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: 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?

I think it should be considered an opportunity to practice eating in
order to live a life of avodas Hashem, rather than living to eat.

Through such practice, we would hopefully get to the point where we
can similarly sanctify the satisfaction of all our physical needs. Not
just sleeping, but sleeping in order to have the energy to do His
Will. Etc...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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