Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!pegasus!avi From: avi@pegasus.UUCP (Avi E. Gross) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Kosher Meals -- meat and fish together Message-ID: <981@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:40:10 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.981 Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:40:10 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 02:43:00 EST References: <1815@cbscc.UUCP> <508@pyuxmm.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 31 Robert Block made a very reasonable concise attempt at explaining what the ground rules for Kosher are. However, he did mention one rule that I never heard of -- as part of being "Kosher". (pyuxmm!rib) 2 - No prohibited mixture of permitted items a) meat must be separate from dairy b) fish is not eaten *together* with meat He did not have enough room (it takes volumes) to explain what it means to keep meat separate from dairy, although I do agree that this is part of being Kosher. I have never heard of the second point. Where is it written that fish has to be eaten seperately from meat? I know that it is a custom to use a different fork -- or one that has been washed again. I never understood the origin of that custom. Is there really a reason for it, and does mixing meat and fish in the same dish make it treif? Does the same apply for fish and chicken? I honestly believe that this is no different than the way some people are able to use rice on Pesach and some aren't. It is just a custom passed on by some of our parents. We rarely have fish in my parents home on friday night, (and some people tell me that you MUST have fish then), so the situation rarely presents itself. I always assumed that fish was parve, and the reason for the separate fork was to avoid accidentally swallowing the bones, or just to avoid mixing the taste of the fish with anything else. I eat fish with my hands, anyway. :-) -- -=> Avi E. Gross @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6241 suggested paths: [ihnp4, allegra, cbosg, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!avi