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Fish with Meat or Dairy

Fish and meat may not be cooked or eaten together. However, unlike milk and meat, fish and meat may be eaten at the same meal as separate courses. Silverware and plates which have been used for fish may only be used for meat after they have been washed. Between the fish and meat courses, one should eat something that does not stick to the palate and take a drink (preferably other than water). Some people also rinse their hands slightly between courses.

Customs vary regarding the use of fish and dairy. Most communities permit the combination of fish and butter. In certain communities, fish is not combined with milk or cheese. Fish and dairy may be served at the same meal with separate plates and silverware.

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Posted: Dec 25, 2011
To Anonymous, Copenhagen
a. While there may have been a time in history that poultry was not considered "meat," it was never forbidden with meat, as milk is.

b. If you do not have meat at home you do not need to have meat dishes and one set is sufficient.
Posted By Rabbi Menachem Posner

Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Can poultry be milk?
Is it true that once poultry and milk was one category and meat an other ?

If there is no trace of meat in the house, is it neccessary to use two sets of plates and cutlery ?
Posted By Anonymous, Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted: Dec 11, 2011
dairy and meat
My colleague keeps kosher. I was in our office lunch room and she had cottage cheese and fruit and then a slice of kosher sausage. I asked if she could eat the meat with the cottage cheese and she said if she waited ten minutes she could eat the meat but not the other way around. I thought there was a six hour wait between dairy and meat and meat and dairy. Please advise.
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Oct 26, 2011
Re:
Dairy can certainly be eaten after fish.
Posted By Yisroel Cotlar, Cary, NC

Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Answer to Ari
After fish dairy is allowed( not milk).
Posted By TT

Posted: Oct 17, 2011
Dairy after fish
If after eating fish I want a dessert which is dairy, is that allowed? Also if I use silverware to eat meat and at the same time rice, which sponge should my wife use to wash the silverware, the one for meat or the one for parve, netural? Thanks for your help.
Posted By ARI, Miami, Fl

Posted: July 3, 2011
To Igerne and others:
Please have a look at Is Lox and Cream Cheese Parve? for an informative article on why we do not eat fish with meat (and some dairy).
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org , Montreal, QC

Posted: July 1, 2011
is fish pareve
I have ALMOST the same question than anonymous -if the fish is considered pareve, how come it is that the plates and silverware used for fish, can only be used for meat once they have been washed? Thanks
Posted By Igerne, Paris, France

Posted: Mar 24, 2011
fish and cheese
The custom in Lubavitch , was to eat fish and cheese together it was only milk that they didn't eat with fish.
Posted By TT, ny

Posted: Mar 5, 2011
fish and milk
i think only in the sephardic community it is forbidden.we ashkenazis have tuna melt among other fish/dairy dishes
Posted By mark r, brooklyn, ny



 


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