May one eat a live fish? Does it have a prohibition of Eiver Min Hachaiy?

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.

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

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