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and so too, on the eve of the 9th of Av that occurs on Shabbat, one need not reduce the amount of food he eats; rather, he may eat and drink as much as he requires and bring to his table a meal even like that of King Solomon in his time. If the 9th of Av occurs on Friday, we bring him an egg-bul
It was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda said: We were once sitting before R' Akiva, and it was the 9th of Av that occurs on Friday, and they brought him a slightly cooked egg, and he swallowed it without salt. And it was not that he desired it so much that he ate it; rather, he did so to show the
And R' Yosei says: He must fast and complete the fast. R' Yosei said to the other rabbis: Don’t you agree with me with regard to the 9th of Av that occurs on Sunday, that one must stop eating on Shabbat while it is still day? They said to him: Indeed, we agree. R' Yosei said to them: What is the di
They said to him: There is a difference. If you said that one may leave Shabbat in a state of affliction, that is because he ate and drank the entire day and will not suffer if he fasts a few minutes at the end of the day. Can you say that it is the same to enter Shabbat in a state of affliction,
And Ulla said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, and on the 9th of Av that occurs on Friday one must complete the fast. The Talmud poses a question: Do we really act in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei? And the Talmud raises a contradiction based upon the following