Leviticus 23:
26 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto Yahweh.
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before Yahweh your Elohim.
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Numbers 29:
7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein.
Acts 27:
9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast (Greek word is #3521 nesteia, "...the fast of the Day of Atonement") was now already past, Paul admonished them.

IF the experience of observing the annual holy Sabbath Day of Atonement fast (NO eating and drinking at all whatsoever) is annually one of so much discomfort and painfulness to the body, this can be, if the engaging in a fast, is only when this date arrives. It is because the body lacks the habit in this practice besides on the Day of Atonement, a habit which is commanded (Matthew 9:14-15; Mark 2:18-20; Luke 5:33-35) to be a part of our aiming for an eternal-life entrance into the kingdom of heaven at our Savior's return.
Beginning to fast from about a day or two leading up to this commanded one holy day of fasting in the year, when and where possible, from my experience, enables a more comfortable and easier endurance throughout this annual holy day of fasting on the biblical calendar tenth (10th) day of the seventh (7th) moon Ethanim, when it arrives, beginning from this week Tuesday sunset 11th October 2016 (according to the Sunday evening 2nd October 2016 date of the earliest naked eye sighting of this past biblical seventh new moon from the Eastern Caribbean. Earliest naked eye sighting from elsewhere in the North America region - three in Texas and one in California - was an evening earlier on Saturday evening 1st October 2016).
Also, a daily consumption of preferably organic herbal-based dietary multi-vitamins/minerals supplement (except on the day of fasting!), can quite efficiently assists in a more comfortable and easier endurance throughout a biblical fast of no eating and drinking at all whatsoever, from one sunset to the next.
If you're having meals on the day immediately preceding the biblical sunset-start of a fast, the earlier you stop eating and drinking on that preceding day with lunch on time as the last meal, is another helpful means for an easier and more successful endurance throughout an upcoming biblical 24-hour fast, from sunset to sunset.

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