Commentary for Pesachim 136:6

ואידך הא דקתני כלי הכא פלוגתא דרבי אליעזר ור' יהושע אתא לאשמועינן:

Mar son of Rabina would fast the whole year, except on the Feast of Weeks, Purim, and the eve of the Day of Atonement. The Feast of Weeks, [because] it is the day on which the Torah was given: Purim, [because] 'days of feasting and gladness' is written in connection therewith. The eve of the Day of Atonement: for Hiyya b. Rab of Difti taught: And ye shall afflict your souls on the ninth day of the month: do we then fast on the ninth? Surely we fast on the tenth! But this is to tell you: whoever eats and drinks on the ninth thereof, the Writ ascribes [merit] to him as though he had fasted on the ninth and the tenth. <br>

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