i asked my grandfather about fasting. He said, in the ‘olden days’ people didn’t have food like today, and didn’t eat like today. Fasting wasn’t a big deal physically. The purpose was to be able to daven, learn, do hisbodedus without stopping to go have a meal. The not eating meant no hefsek from the purpose of the day. He bemoaned the fact that nowadays people are focused on the food aspect and miss the tachlis of the day, and wondered if the purpose of fastinng has been lost in this generation.
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