Reply To: making a siyum on a yahrtziet

In the biography it brings that rav chaim usually tried to have a kos of wine when finishing a mesechta
But if he was in kollel he always made at least a shehakol (even if only on water)
By celebrating every siyum with food it cements the association and gives more credence to the idea of using a siyum to get out of fasting