Advice on maintaining the pre-dawn meal and breaking the fast with fresh dates.

The Shaykh : Likewise, have your pre-dawn meal, have your pre-dawn meal in the last part of the night. For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it. He said: . And he (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) did it himself. And he said: . So when the pre-dawn meal is brought to you, keep three things in mind. Keep three things in mind. When the pre-dawn meal is brought to you, keep three things in mind:
The first: What is it? Complying with the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so that you may be among those who said: We heard and we obeyed.
The second: Following his example, following the example of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as if he is having his pre-dawn meal right in front of you.
The third: Differing from the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians. I do not know if we keep these meanings in mind? Yes? Few, few people do, either out of ignorance or forgetfulness. But strive to do this. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the truth. For the pre-dawn meal, you eat and drink, and then you abstain from the rising of the dawn. All day long you do not eat or drink, and yet Allah helps you with it. By what? By the pre-dawn meal that you ate and drank. How much do you drink in the summer days in one day? How much? How much, Adam? I mean, do you drink once every five minutes or what? How much? I mean, is five times enough? More than ten times. No more, unless you are suffering from some affliction. Then, when you fast, you are patient until the setting of the sun. All of this is from the blessing of the pre-dawn meal, from the blessing of the pre-dawn meal. When breaking the fast, choose to break it with fresh dates. And fresh dates are available now, praise be to Allah. On the tops of the date palms? In the refrigerators, praise be to Allah. If you do not find them, then on dried dates. If you do not find them, then on water.
Here I ask: These are plates of sweets, and you do not have dried dates, but you have water. Plates of sweets and a glass of water. Which do you break your fast with: the plates of sweets or the water? The water, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And he did not say: then on sweets. So water is better than plates of sweets. Then, once you have drunk, eat as much as you wish.