What are the health benefits attributed to eating morning bread (pat shachairit), and does this constitute a religious duty?
Synopsis
The Talmud enumerates numerous health benefits of morning bread. The Mishnah Berurah and Aruch HaShulchan both record these, with the Mishnah Berurah explicitly framing the maintenance of bodily health as a religious obligation.
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