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@Ali - You make good points, but, alhamdulillah, ibaadat is never sacrificed. For example between Iftaar and Taraweeh I can comfortably complete one para.

Also, the women folk tend to cramp in as much ibadat as possible in this month. For example, my mother is close to one khatam already and I haven't seen her hand barren from a tasbeeh.
That's why the savouries etc. are all prepared before Ramadhaan. Food preparation, and, consumption time is downed to a minimum despite the hordes of food that are available.

And, like brother Abu Hajira stated, it's a matter of urf.

@sudoku - Agreed. My brother is performing Taraweeh in Namibia and he says that people smoke during roza, fast when they feel like it.
I'd also prefer this thread see a light-hearted approach as far as possible.

I'd like some assistance. I've been asked to give a short tafsir program in one of our local masajid after taraweeh namaaz. Now I have part of Ma'ariful Quraan (from where I will derive a brief introduction of the compilation, etc. of the Quraan.) and Tafseer Uthmani. I have Jalalain as well, though I do, unfortunately have difficulty extracting the gist of what was read during the night from Jalalain Shareef in comparison to the above kitaabs.

Any pointers?
If I recall correctly Mufti Desai Saheb compiled a Ramadhaan specific tafsir kitaab.