Excessive eating / gluttony / coarse meal

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Excessive eating / gluttony / coarse meal

Excessive eating / gluttony / coarse meal

Unmannerly eating or rapid eating.

("Resh Lakish said: One who eats 'akhilah gasah' on Yom Kippur is exempt... Rabbi Yirmiyah said in the name of Resh Lakish: A non-priest who ate terumah in 'akhilah gasah' pays the principal but does not pay the additional fifth" – Yoma 80b. Also: "And 'akhilah gasah' for any person is like a deadly poison, and it is the main cause of all illnesses" – Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Deot, Chapter 4, 14, 103. Also: "The third wise man comes and decides between them, saying: For me, eating is good—and specifically 'akhilah gasah', eating with appetite!" – Sholem Aleichem, The Man with a Stomach, 78)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֲכִילָה גַּסָּה

Definition (Hebrew)

אֲכִילָה לֹא מְנֻמֶּסֶת אוֹ אֲכִילָה מְהִירָה.

("אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: הָאֹכֶל אֲכִילָה גַּסָּה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים פְּטוֹר...אָמַר רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: זֵר שֶׁאָכַל תְּרוּמָה אֲכִילָה גַּסָּה-מְשַׁלֵּם אֶת הַקֶּרֶן וְאֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם אֶת הַחֻמָּשׁ"- יוֹמָא פ ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וַאֲכִילָה גַּסָּה לַגּוּף כָּל אָדָם כְּמוֹ סֵם הַמָּוֶת,וְהִיא עִקַּר לְכָל חֲלָאִים"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת דֵּעוֹת,פֶּרֶק רְבִיעִי,יָד, 103, וְכֵן:"בָּא הֶחָכָם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ומכריע בֵּינֵיהֶם וְאוֹמֵר,כִּי אֲכִילָה יָפָה לִי, ודווקא אֲכִילָה גַּסָּה, אֲכִילָה לתיאבון!"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָדָם בַּעַל קֵבָה, עח)

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