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Ramban on Leviticus 16:29/רמב"ן על ויקרא ט״ז:כ״ט
אתְּעַנּוּ אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כְּבָר בֵּאֵר רַבִּי אַבְרָהָם כִּי כָל עִנּוּי שֶׁיִּמָּצֵא בַּמִּקְרָא דָּבֵק עִם הַנֶּפֶשׁ הוּא הַצּוֹם, לִסְתֹּם פִּיהֶם שֶׁל הַקָּרָאִים מְחוּקֵי שֵׁם:
1TE’ANU’ (YE SHALL AFFLICT) YOUR SOULS. Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra has already explained — in order to silence the words of the Karaites,134, Note 277. may their name be blotted out135 may mean: “those whose names are blotted out” from the ranks of Israel. — that all expressions of inuy (affliction) found in Scripture together with the word “soul,” mean fasting.