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From: avi@pegasus.UUCP (Avi E. Gross)
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Subject: Re: Kosher Meals -- meat and fish together
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Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:40:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:40:10 1984
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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. :-)



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