The eating we do today is at least on the level of the mon from heaven. The Torah, the second luchos of Yom Kippur was only given to those who ate the mon. The mon itself is the food of the malachei hashares that Moshe ate on har sinai, "lechem abirimb ochal ish", yet it still is considered that he did not eat or drink on the mountain. Thus our eating today on erev Yom kipper and receiving the Torah tomorrow is considered fasting for two days.
Yakov said to Eisav כה אמר עבדך יעקב. - the word כ״ה hints to the acceptance of מלכות שמים in the 25 letters of the pasuk שמע ישראל, the concept of עבדך. We say "listen ישראל," like it says in this pasuk, "thus says Yakov.״ He then says עם לבן גרתי I lived with Lavan, גרתי גימט׳ תרי״ג, this refers to the second paragraph of Shma, והיה the acceptance of the מצוות. This is like our sages said about Shma, why do we preface the first paragraph of Shma to the second? To first accept upon yourself the rule of heaven and afterwards the rule of the מצוות. Ohr Hatorah Vayishlach, Mamer Im Lavan Garti
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