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Chulin 8 / Yoreh Deah 87:3 - Rabbi Akiva holds that the prohibition of eating chicken with milk is Rabinnic (M'Drabanan) - the reason is to avoid confusion as people consider chicken meat. Fish would not be confused as it does not require slaughtering, however chicken does require slaughtering.
Once eggs are laid they are completely developed; and they ...
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To your last point, traditional caviar comes from sturgeon fish, which are not kosher.
Eggs from kosher fish, such as whitefish, are kosher, so you can find kosher-certified "caviar" made of such eggs.
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הגהות אשרי מסכת עבודה זרה פרק ב
רשב"ם כתב בשם רבינו שלמה דהיינו דג טהור שקורין בורביט"א ור' יהודה חסיד אמר כל מי שיאכל בורבוטא לא יזכה לאכול לויתן ופעם א' התירו רבינו אפרים ואמרו לו בחלום שהתיר שרצים וחזר בו ואסרו וכל הפוסק מלאכלו ינוחו ברכות על ראשו.
Quick translation:
"The Rashba"m writes in the name of R' Shlomo that there is a fish called ...
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Famous question. Rabbi Yosef Karo in his commentary Bait Yosef (which would serve as a first draft of sorts of the Shulchan Aruch) writes not to eat fish with milk (Yoreh De'ah 87:3). His Ashkenazic counterpart Rabbi Moshe Isserles famously commented, "rabbi Karo mixed his milk with meat!" (נראה שנתערב לרב בית יוסף בשר בחלב; Darkhei Moshe, ibid), as the ...
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There is a Kabbalistic idea that fish (which live in the water, representing עלמא דאתכסיא, the hidden realm) is on a higher spiritual level than meat (which represent עלמא דאתגליא, the visible world). We thus start with eating fish, thereby giving us the power to afterwards extract the "sparks of holiness" from the meat.
(Likkutei Torah of R' Shneur Zalman ...
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It seems to me based on these two fairly reliable opinions here and here that the proper barakha for most sushi is mezuznot.
Though if you have some of the more interesting varieties of sushi that are lacking the rice and comprise other things it will probably need to corrected accordingly.
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A couple of possibilities:
I recall hearing once that it was a miracle (neis), but cannot remember where or from whom I heard/saw it.
I similarly recall that the waters around the Teivah were not boiling (source and reason), so it is quite possible the fish hung around there.
The waters were only boiling on the surface and not in the depths of the sea (no ...
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The source is the Gemara (Shabbos 67A) which says as follows (translation from here):
כי האי תנא תני תנא בפרק אמוראי קמיה דר' חייא בר אבין א"ל כולהו אית בהו משום דרכי האמורי לבר מהני מי שיש לו עצם בגרונו מביא מאותו המין ומניח ליה על קדקדו ולימא הכי חד חד נחית בלע בלע נחית חד חד אין בו משום דרכי האמורי לאדרא לימא הכי ננעצתא כמחט ננעלתא כתריס שייא שייא
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe writes in Reshimos: "The prohibition of eating Milk and Fish [mentioned] in the Bais Yosef is considered to be a mis-write. Nonetheless, we are careful [not to], therefore we add something (butter). This is an instruction from the Tzemach Tzedek".
The editors of Shaarei Halacha Uminhag write that it seems that adding butter to milk ...
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There are a number of opinions that state that catch and release is forbidden halachically on account of צער בעלי חיים - causing the animal pain.
For example, according to the Rav Menashe Klein, Zt"l - Mishneh Halachot - Choshen Mishpat - Chelek 12, Siman 432, it is asur (forbidden) to fish for sport if the fish will not be used for food, and even if the ...
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Rabbi Hershel Schachter quotes Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (Divrei HaRav p. 192) as having been shown a swordfish and permitting it, claiming that there aren't any rules that mandate what the scales should look like.
He further notes some historical precedent for eating swordfish in Europe (my impression is there is some disagreement about what fish is ...
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If the fish is kosher (i.e. you can identify it as a kosher species in an acceptable way, e.g. you see the scales on the whole fish, or for skinless salmon by the red color of its flesh which is a sign of kashrus), and everything is cold and clean (fish and utensils), then the fish can be eaten l'chatchila. This is based on the Shach in Yoreh Deah 91 (#3), ...
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Teeth aren't an issue - unlike with land animals and birds, kosher fish can be predators. (In fact, barracuda is kosher - and you don't get much more toothy than that!)
Fish don't need a mesorah to be kosher (unless it's a corner case, such as where it's uncertain whether the scales are detachable from the skin, or where it resembles too closely a ...
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The Tzitz Eliezer 9:40 discusses swordfish and says they are forbidden. He says that it is quiet likely that the fish with a sword discussed in the Knesses HaGedola is really a sailfish which also has a small sword.
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In Chullin 27b, the Gemara points out that "animals, which were created from earth, are made kosher via two 'signs' [cutting the windpipe and the esophagus]; fish, which were created from the water, don't need anything to make them kosher; birds, which were created from the mud [containing both earth and water - Rashi], are made kosher via one 'sign.'"
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The following explanation is in a footnote at torah.org
22 For unknown reasons, Tosfos, Moed Katan 11a (quoted by Reb Akiva
Eiger Y.D. 116 and by Kaf ha-Chayim 170:79), advises against drinking
water [or soda] after fish. She'arim Metzuyanim B'halachah 33:2 (2)
suggests that for this reason whiskey - and not water - is customarily
drunk between ...
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I believe you have the cases reversed. If you can tell that the fish has scales then you do not need the fins because all scaled fish have fins as well and you know the fish is kosher. The converse is not true and if you find a piece of fish which you can identify as having fins you may not eat it until you ascertain it also has scales. (Shulchan Aruch Yoreh ...
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It would seem not from Trumas haDeshen P/K 105. The case in the end where he brings achzarius seems to be talking in a case where there were tamer options. Dead worms just won't catch fish. Although if your going for lake trout, mini-marshmallows work great!
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In SHU"T(questions and answers)
Siach Yitchok(יור''ד סימן שפ''ז)
SHU"T Pikudas Elezer(סימן ס''ז)
In reference to scaling the fish while alive he answers NO.He brings a proof from a Pri Megadim in the name of the Chinuch that the reason that Schechting needs a knife with no blemishes is because of Tzar Balay Chaim and since fish do not require Shechting ...
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There is a mishnah that explicitly permits fish and milk:
Hullin [8:1]:
כל הבשר אסור לבשל בחלב, חוץ מבשר דגים וחגבים
My translation: "One is not permitted to cook [and eat] any meat in
milk, except for the meat of fish and [permitted types of] locust"
So no, there is no halachic problem with eating fish and milk together, or else the ...
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It's also worth pointing out that those who follow the opinion of R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi (in his Seder Birchos Hanehenin 1:11, cited in Mishnah Berurah 208:25) should preferably eat sushi, or any other rice dishes, only during a meal of bread, because there are variant views as to whether rice is the orez mentioned in the Gemara, and this would affect the ...
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Rav Moshe Feinstein has a great responsa in which he says that if it gives you pleasure you may hunt. Fish are generally considered to be lower life forms in that we grant fish fewer halakhic protections (for example eiver min ha'hai does not apply to fish). Though Rav Moshe does say in his responsa that it is not something that he thins is great to do it ...
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The question is premised on an unlikely scenario. Did they let you into the kitchen and show you the industrial containers of tuna, mayo, oil, salt, pepper? Did you see them remove the wrap from the packaging? Did they microwave it first to soften it? Was the microwave clean? Did they check the lettuce? Did they cut the tomato without using the ham slicer? ...
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We can talk theoretically all day long about how to interpret that Gemara. But practically speaking:
If someone is conscious and choking, encourage them to cough if they can. If they can't breathe at all, (if there's someone else around have them call 911 immediately), get consent (if children, get consent from parent if around), and perform first-aid for ...
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There is a fundamental difference between eggs and caviar. Chicken eggs come in a totally separate shell - however caviar does not come in a seperate shell therefore it is still considered fish.
Although I do not have a source - the reason there is no source is that it must be clear that fish eggs are considered as fish. A small proof to this is on Rosh ...
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Halachically Speaking Vol. 3 Issue 9 (Avoiding Danger) brings many reasons why fish is eaten on Shabbos (footnote 45) - Some of these were brought in other answers:
Some say just like fish have their eyes opened, Hashem has his eyes opened at those who
fear him and have compassion on us (Otzer Hayidios Shabbos page 82:11).
Water is the source of life for ...
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Aruch HaShulchan OH 308:57 quotes the Rambam that (raw) unsalted fish cannot be touched.
סימן שח סעיף נז
עוד כתב שם: "מטלטלין בשר תפוח, והיינו מסריח, מפני שהוא מאכל לחיה. ומטלטלין בשר חי בין תפל בין מליח מפני שראוי לאדם, וכן דג מליח. אבל התפל - אסור לטלטלו" עכ"ל.
ואצלינו שאין חיות מצויות - אסור לטלטל בשר תפוח, אבל הטור והש"ע סעיף ל"א כתבו: מפני שראוי ...
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To continue Shalom's answer, I would like to bring down the opinion of the Taz that says the Bet Yosef made a misprint and meant to write fish with meat. So wrote the Hida. However, Maran HaRab Obadia Yosef in Yechawe Daat writes "Yesh Lehimana" meaning that is prohibited according to Sephardim. Rab Obadia Yosef brings a Kula from the Kaf HaHaim that butter ...
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The Gemara (Shabbos 108a) discusses whether we can write tefillin on the skin of a kosher fish. The Gemara answers that we will have to ask Eliyahu HaNavi:
אי פסקא זוהמא מיניה אי לא פסקא זוהמא מיניה
The Chidushei HaRan writes that at the time of Eve's sin, the snake transmitted zuhama (some sort of filth) onto her and the rest of Creation. When the ...
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The Mishna (Niddah 51B) says that "All [fish] which have scales have fins, and there are those which have fins but do not have scales."
The Gemara wonders why the Torah needs to give us two signs, if all fish which has scales have fins, and the Gemara answers "Yagdil Torah Veyadir" (To make the Torah great and glorious).
Rabbi Yossi Jacobson has a class ...
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