Should one eat fish before meat, or does it not make any difference?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: November 25, 2024

What to eat first in a meal; fish or meat, or either or?[1] When eating fish and meat in the same meal, the custom is to first eat the fish and only then the meat.

What to eat first in a meal; fish or meat, or either or?[1]

When eating fish and meat in the same meal, the custom is to first eat the fish and only then the meat. [Nonetheless, from the letter of the law, there is no precedence, and Bedieved, if one already ate meat, he may still eat fish afterwards.[2]]

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[1] Likkutei Torah Parshas Behalosecha 33b; See Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 1 footnote 30

[2] Kitzur SHU”A 33:2

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