Milchigs for Shabbos Meal

 

Question:

Can I eat milchig on Seudas Shabbos, Friday night and/or Shabbos Day (fish, then milchig) instead of chicken or beef, because I like dairy more and/or because I sometimes get stomach aches from chicken & beef?

Is there a place where it says you can’t consume dairy or enjoy dairy instead of beef (בשר ודגים)?

 

Answer:

There is a mitzva to enjoy Shabbos with special tasty food. For most people, this would mean fish (fish has significance for shabbos for other reasons as well) and meat, and Kabalah and Chasidus ascribes value to these foods too. However one who does not enjoy it need not eat it.

Same applies for yom tov for the mitzva of joy.

 

Sources:

ראה שו”ע אדה”ז רמב, ב. ובנוגע לדגים בפרט בס”ז. תקכט, ז.

 

 

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