Yechiel Michel Epstein

“ Our hearts should trust that the day of Yom Kippur will bestow upon us blessing and good tidings, and that the Holy on Blessed be He will forgive our sins, and seal our year for blessings and good outcomes. ”

“ This is because a fast is more difficult to endure directly after a period of pleasure. Since there is a command on the day before Yom Kippur to eat, drink, and feel content the following day's fast will certainly feel more difficult. Therefore it is, in a sense, as though the fast were on the ninth and tenth. Though one's ability to withstand the fast is certainly strengthened and improved by eating beforehand, it is the discomfort experienced that is heightened by the immediate change of state. ”

“ On this day we eat fish and meat just as we do on a Festival. It appears that this Mitzvah to eat is only in the daytime before Yom Kippur, and not the previous night of the ninth, for since the purpose is to create strength to better withstand Yom Kippur, the benefits will only be felt from the immediate day before, and not the previous night. ”