A Halachic Riddle
I cooked something in my kitchen. It’s completely pareve and edible, but I can’t add it to a dairy dish nor to a meat dish. I can only eat it as is, or improve it by adding other pareve items.
In a few days I will describe how I (accidentally) made this dish.
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Rafi G Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 4:23 AM
fish cooked in a fleishig pot?
Safranit Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 6:43 AM
I’m with Rafi..(although I couldn’t have figured it out myself)
Rafi G Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 7:00 AM
do I get a prize?
mominisrael Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 7:17 AM
Rafi, I still have some left over in the freezer. . .
Rafi G Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 9:08 AM
thanks but I don’t eat fish…
SephardiLady Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 3:30 PM
My guess is the same as Rafi’s guess, but I got there a little differently.
In Israel and in some American communities, some Sephardim might serve a parve item cooked in a meat pot with a dairy item like yogurt later. But, if they follow the rulings of some Sephardi authorities, they would not serve a fish item with dairy. So meat or milk aside I immediately concluded it must be fish. But since you are Ashkenazi, I had to add fish in a meat pot.
Halacha is fun!
Ezzie Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 11:54 PM
I got the fish part, but good thinking Rafi, I’m guessing.
frumhouse Said,
May 18, 2007 @ 3:59 AM
Either what Rafi said, or with a bit of a twist – fish, cooked in a pareve/disposable dish, made with onions that you cut with a fleishig knife?
RR Said,
May 18, 2007 @ 9:33 AM
Curious!
Questioner Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:26 AM
Is there a halachic reason for not mixing fish and meat? Or just a (very understandable) personal preference?
Questioner Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:26 AM
Is there a halachic reason for not mixing fish and meat? Or just a (very understandable) personal preference?
mominisrael Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:52 AM
Yes, there is a halacha about not mixing fish and meat; the Talmud mentions a health concern. They can be eaten one after the other, though, and usually some neutral food or drink is eaten in-between. Some communities also don’t eat fish and milk together, but that is based on a textual error in a later halachic work.
mominisrael Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:52 AM
Yes, there is a halacha about not mixing fish and meat; the Talmud mentions a health concern. They can be eaten one after the other, though, and usually some neutral food or drink is eaten in-between. Some communities also don’t eat fish and milk together, but that is based on a textual error in a later halachic work.
Questioner Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:18 PM
Interesting. But cooking fish in a fleishig pot doesn’t violate the halacha about not mixing fish and meat?
Questioner Said,
May 22, 2007 @ 4:18 PM
Interesting. But cooking fish in a fleishig pot doesn’t violate the halacha about not mixing fish and meat?
mominisrael Said,
May 27, 2007 @ 6:05 AM
We looked it up in the Shulchan Aruch, and it is okay.
mominisrael Said,
May 27, 2007 @ 6:05 AM
We looked it up in the Shulchan Aruch, and it is okay.