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The Anatomy of Restraint

Why does the Torah measure our most spiritual day - Yom Kippur - in dates and cheekfuls, in minutes and morsels? What does this obsessive precision about not eating reveal about the very nature of eating itself?

Shevitat Asor 2Tuesday, June 30, 2026

The Anatomy of Restraint

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About This Talk

Maimonides details the exact measurements that define eating and drinking on Yom Kippur, revealing that holiness isn't found in vague spirituality but in the precise boundaries of physical existence. Through understanding when we've transgressed, we discover what eating truly means.