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9 days & fish

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greenfire ↓

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 9:21 am

so we're not supposed to eat meat during the 9 days ... what about the fact that fish is also a luxury - costly, delicious - why are we allowed to enjoy and have hanoah from salmon, etc. or other delectables ...

also what about the person who needs protein and perhaps can only get it from chicken or meat - does it then become permissable ...

chen

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 9:44 am

Hard to imagine a person who could get protein ONLY from meat or chicken, and not from any of those special nutritional beverages that are like infant formula for adults, but if it were so, then chicken would be preferable since technically it's not "meat" even though we treat it as such. If they literally needed meat to survive (again, very hard to imagine but theoretically possible, I suppose) then of course it would be permissible.

Where is it written that you can't enjoy your food during the nine days? Nowhere have I seen it listed as a mitzvoh that you must eat detestable food during this period. But if you really want to go (you should excuse the expression) whole hog with the suffering, don't have broiled salmon. chunk light tuna is every bit as good a source of protein. (So is beans and rice.)

Nicole

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 9:47 am

I actually saw in Rabbi Barclay's book- "Guidlines to the three weeks and nine days" that is is permissible for certain ppl to eat meat during the nine days if they would need it for health reasons. If I'm not mistaken, he even mentioned that pregnant women may eat meat if they feel they "need" to.
Obviously, each person needs to ask his own rabbi.

cindy324

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 2:20 pm

I def. consider fish like salmon and sea bass to be a luxury item. Costs waaay more than some chicken bottoms, or even cutlets! I paid $13 for 2 slices of salmon fillet today Sad

Insane!

↑ greenfire ↓

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 2:23 pm

chen wrote:

Where is it written that you can't enjoy your food during the nine days? Nowhere have I seen it listed as a mitzvoh that you must eat detestable food during this period. But if you really want to go (you should excuse the expression) whole hog with the suffering, don't have broiled salmon. chunk light tuna is every bit as good a source of protein. (So is beans and rice.)

hey chunk light tastes like catfood ... jo no es un gato Wink

pero a mi me gusta arroz ...

suomynona

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 2:45 pm

greenfire wrote:

hey chunk light tastes like catfood ... jo no es un gato Wink

pero a mi me gusta arroz ...

for the record, I only like chunk light.

bashinda ↓

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 7:20 pm

there are other types of fish besides salmon. Flounder is much cheaper.

↑ greenfire ↓

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 7:35 pm

suomynona wrote:

greenfire wrote:

hey chunk light tastes like catfood ... jo no es un gato Wink

pero a mi me gusta arroz ...

for the record, I only like chunk light.

and I only like "solid white" ...

↑ greenfire

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 7:36 pm

bashinda wrote:

there are other types of fish besides salmon. Flounder is much cheaper.

but it still is expensive ... so ... same thought ...

↑ bashinda

Mon, Jul 16 2007, 8:32 pm

I think flounder has to be cheaper than meat. Maybe it's more expensive in Cleveland though.

Ima'la ↓

Tue, Jul 17 2007, 4:02 am

After the churban, some people wanted to refrain all the time from eating meat, wine, etc. and put all sorts of restrictions upon themselves, until the rabbanim said, "No - this is not the way" and set down clear, specific guidelines. So the rules they made are the rules, and that's it. That doesn't mean you HAVE to eat salmon, and if you feel the churban more by refraining, fine - but make sure not to make it into an extra mitzvah...

↑ Ima'la

Tue, Jul 17 2007, 4:04 am

P.S. Chunk light is lower in mercury Tongue Out

...besides, that's all they have here in E"Y and by now I'm used to it...when I went back to America, I wondered why people were eating albino tuna....

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