Related%20passage for Yoma 1:4

כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים לֹא הָיוּ מוֹנְעִין מִמֶּנּוּ מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה, עֶרֶב יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים עִם חֲשֵׁכָה, לֹא הָיוּ מַנִּיחִים אוֹתוֹ לֶאֱכֹל הַרְבֵּה, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַמַּאֲכָל מֵבִיא אֶת הַשֵּׁנָה:

All seven days they did not keep food and drink from him; but as it started getting dark on Yom Kippur eve, they did not permit him to eat much, for eating is sleep-inducing. [They did not permit him to eat much even of those foods which do not cause one to become heated, and they kept from him entirely those foods which increase heat and semen, such as milk, eggs, meat, oil, old wine, and the like.]

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