Commentary for Pesachim 198:4
רב פפא אמר אפילו תימא רבי יהודה התם בערבי שבתות וימים טובים מן המנחה ולמעלה הוא דאסיר סמוך למנחה שרי אבל בערב הפסח אפילו סמוך למנחה נמי אסור
AND EVEN [IF HE RECEIVES RELIEF] FROM THE CHARITY PLATE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tamhuy, daily distributed food collected from contributors, soup kitchen (Jast.) . This was available only to the poorest of the poor, for he who had enough even for two meals only might not receive from the tamhuy (Pe'ah VIII, 7) ; even such must drink four cups of wine on the night of Passover.');"><sup>6</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Why particularly THE EVE OF PASSOVER?
Rashi on Pesachim
A little before Mincha
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Rashi on Pesachim
So that you will be hungry when eating matzah, which is a better way of performing the mitzvah.
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Rashbam on Pesachim
...One may not eat: So that he will eat the matzah that was commanded with a hearty appetite, so as to glorify the commandment.
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Rashbam on Pesachim
Because of the obligation to eat matzah- so that you do not eat anything before the biblical obligation to eat matzah. As it says in shmot perek 12, "on the eve( of the first night) you shall eat matzah"
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