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What are Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Yehuda actually arguing about regarding eating before Shabbos (שבת)? The shiur develops a chiddush from the Rambam (רמב"ם)'s dual formulation: Rabbi Yossi holds Shabbos requires desiring a formal seudah, while Rabbi Yehuda holds it requires actual food appetite. This explains their dispute and why Erev Pesach (פסח) has additional stringencies.
This shiur analyzes Pesachim 99b, focusing on the machlokes between Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Yehuda regarding eating on Erev Shabbos (שבת) and Erev Pesach (פסח). The Gemara (גמרא) presents Rav Papa's teretz that according to Rabbi Yehuda, there's a distinction between Erev Shabbos/Yom Tov (where eating is prohibited from mincha and onwards) and Erev Pesach (which has an additional chumra of 'samuch l'mincha'). Rabbi Zweig examines the fundamental question of what Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Yehuda are actually arguing about. The Shulchan Aruch in siman 529 rules that me'ikar hadin, regular meals that one eats during the week are permitted all day on Erev Shabbos, following Rabbi Yossi. However, one cannot be kovea seudah (establish a formal meal), especially fancy meals beyond what one normally eats.
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Pesachim 99b
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