Commentary for Pesachim 136:12

אמר רב תנחומא לא מן הדא אלא מן הדא ר' איסתניס הוה כד אכיל ביממא לא הוה אכיל ברמשא ולמה לא הוה אכיל הכא ביממא כדי שיכנס לשבת בתאוה.

Rav Tanchuma said, "It is not from this [that he did not eat], it is from this: Rebbi was delicate - when he would eat during the day, he would not eat at night. And why did he not eat here during the day? So that he would enter Shabbat (Passover) with desire (hungry)."

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