Eating Live Fish
Question:
I have a theoretical question regarding the kashrus of fish. May one eat a live fish? Does it have a prohibition of Eiver Min Hachaiy?
Answer:
While the prohibition of Eiver Min Hachaiy does not apply to live fish and hence it is permitted to eat a piece of flesh that has been removed from a live fish, nonetheless, it is forbidden to eat the fish while it is alive due to a separate prohibition of Baal Teshaktzu.
style="text-align: justify">Source: See Rama Y.D. 13:1; Tosefta Terumos 9:6; Hagahos Maimanis Shechita 1 Os Gimel and Hagahos Mordechai Chulin Remez 743 regarding locusts; Tosafus Chulin 66a and Shabbos 90b regarding fish; Peri Chadash 13:1; Peri Toar 13:2; Yad Avraham 13