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29 ‎[1] AND IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER UNTO YOU. This service.
‎[2] IN THE SEVENTH MONTH, ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, YE SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS. Since Scripture writes, *And let your soul delight itself in fatness* (Is. 55:2), we know that affliction is the reverse of delight and that affliction of the soul refers to fasting. Furthermore, Scripture states, *And satisfy the afflicted soul* (Is. 58:10), the meaning of which is like *And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry* (*Ibid*.), for it is the style of the prophets to repeat themselves. Now since we have tradition there is no reason to go on searching. *I afflicted my soul with fasting* (Ps. 35:13) is no proof because the word fast is mentioned. The general rule is, whenever we find in Scripture the word affliction connected to soul, the reference is to a fast.
‎[3] THE HOME-BORN, OR THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG YOU. We are not permitted to let him do any work, but we do not force him to fast.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC