<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Micha Berger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:03:53PM +0200, Liron Kopinsky wrote:<br>
: But how does eating on the 9th serve "as if we fasted"?<br>
<div class="im">: Or maybe more to the point, what are we supposed to be thinking about as we<br>
: eat?<br>
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</div>I think it should be considered an opportunity to practice eating in<br>
order to live a life of avodas Hashem, rather than living to eat.<br>
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Through such practice, we would hopefully get to the point where we<br>
can similarly sanctify the satisfaction of all our physical needs. Not<br>
just sleeping, but sleeping in order to have the energy to do His<br>
Will. Etc...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>But don't you get that every week with the shabbat seudot or with every other chiyuv achila? </div></div></div>