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The Gemara teaches us that the rabbis argued about what of this Mishna is based on Torah law and what is based on rabbinic law. Does it matter what a person eats? Can the food be treiefot? At what point did we make an oath that we would not eat such food - on Mount Sinai? or simply before Yom Kippur? How do we define “inuy” affliction? According to Rashi, the Rabbis set aside certain rabbinic prohibitions in order to increase a person’s mental anguish and thus allow him to better fulfill the mitzva of affliction on Yom Kippur. According to Rashi’s understanding, this talmudic passage contradicts our proposal, for it follows from what he says that the Yom Kippur prohibitions are intended to cause pain and anguish. Most Rishonim, however, understand the passage differently.