<div dir="ltr">Hope everyone had an easy fast.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But how does eating on the 9th serve "as if we fasted"?</div><div><br></div><div>Or maybe more to the point, what are we supposed to be thinking about as we eat?</div><div><br></div><div>Kol Tuv,<br>
Liron</div></div>