לז"נ ר' יצחק עמרם אליהו בן ר' אברהם אשי זצ"ל יום השנה יום ב' דראש השנה
During
the Cholera Epidemic, the wisdom of the day was in
order to avoid contacting the disease,
not having
an empty stomach.
Reb Akiva
Eiger and his Bais Din made a Takanah*, Anyone with an empty
stomach is not Yotzei Tekias Shofar.
They all had
to get up early (before Alos) and eat. For those who were weak
they made a half hour break between The Tekios
Demeyushav and the Tekios Deamidah to make Kiddush
and eat. Having a break at this time is not acceptable,
but due to the situation, the Bais Din insisted on
it.
It is very
interesting that the Bais Din didn’t consider it as an
option, to make Kiddush before Tekias Shofar.
*One of the other Takanos was to finish Musaf
by 10.30am. and every second seat had to remain
empty
