Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 209:7

ופליגא דרב הונא דרב הונא חזייה לההוא גברא דשתה מיא קודם הבדלה אמר ליה לא מיסתפי מר מאסכרה דתנא משמיה דרבי עקיבא כל הטועם כלום קודם שיבדיל מיתתו באסכרה רבנן דבי רב אשי לא קפדי אמיא

so does the Sabbath make [it an] appointed [meal] in respect of kiddush.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nothing whatsoever may be eaten before kiddush; thus we see that the Sabbath automatically makes it a Sabbath meal.');">¹¹</span> Now they understood from him: just as it makes [it an] appointed [meal] in respect of kiddush, so does it make [it an] appointed [meal] in respect of habdalah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One must not eat at the conclusion of the Sabbath before habdalah. They understood that if a man commences during the day, the conclusion of the Sabbath automatically renders what follows an appointed meal, which is forbidden before habdalah, hence habdalah must be recited in the middle of the meal.');">¹²</span>

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