1)

Why does it say "Hen l'Riv u'Matzah"?

1.

Radak: Your fast is only to quarrel. How will I desire it?!

2.

Malbim: If you gather l'Shem Hashem, it is like a yoke on you. However, if you gather in order to quarrel, or in order "to hit with the fist of evil", then you desire it.

2)

What is "Egrof"?

1.

Radak: This is known in Chazal (the fist), like 'Ba'alei Egrofim' (Pesachim 53b).

3)

Why does it say "Lo Satzumu cha'Yom"?

1.

Rashi: [You do not fast] like the law of a [fast] day, to break (humble) your hearts, so that your voice will be heard above.

2.

Radak: This is like keha'Yom. The prefix Chaf shows the truth of the matter, like "Hishav'ah Li ka'Yom" (Bereishis 25:33). You make heard above that you scream in Tefilah, as if you pour your Nefashos in front of Me, but it is not so. It is guile, as if I do not know your hearts.

3.

Malbim: A fast to make your voice heard above is utterly unlike your fast for quarrels. The latter you do with desire, and the former is a burden on you.

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