[Avodah] Why we eat on erev YK?

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> 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...
>

But don't you get that every week with the shabbat seudot or with every
other chiyuv achila?
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