Eating for the Sick on the Eve of Yom Kippur
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Question
Does a sick person who needs to eat on Yom Kippur have the mitzvah to eat on the eve of Yom Kippur?
Answer
Even a sick person who will eat on Yom Kippur has the mitzvah to eat on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Source
Although according to the reasons brought in the Mishnah Berurah (Siman 604) that the mitzvah is to ease the fast, this mitzvah does not apply to those who will eat. However, there are additional reasons among the Rishonim (see Shaarei Teshuvah by Rabbeinu Yonah 304) that the matter is to show our joy in the atonement of Yom Kippur, and other reasons. These reasons also apply to the sick.