When Dinner Interrupts...What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?! Podcast By cover art

When Dinner Interrupts...What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?!

When Dinner Interrupts...What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?!

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 Jewish Custom & Convention! Learning the How and Why of our Cherished Traditions On the 9 Days. Part 2: When Dinner Interrupts... What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?! Observance of Tisha B’av seems to require a proverbial Seuda Hamafseket or “Last Supper” before the fasting commences. But why make hay out of final morsels; after all isn't it about abstention? A quick glance at the Mishna serves to solidify the query. Yet, a careful analysis of early Talmudic sources along with classic medieval commentary reveals tantalizing meaning and deeper purpose. A fresh new understanding of what this final meal represents, with a special emphasis on its hidden flavors can only be fully appreciated in its unusual Shabbat incarnation.
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