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We have a one-year-old, BH. Is it OK to give him milk and then meat and vice versa without waiting in between?

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    You got my downvote. While this site is great for discussions of halacha, one should not use it for practical halachic questions, which should be directed to a competent authority. Your question is quite clearly a practical question applicable to you right now.
    – msh210 ♦
    Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 17:07
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    @msh please keep your moral judgements to yourself. what i do with the answers that i am given is my business
    – avrohom
    Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 17:15
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    I apologize. I didn't mean to sound like I was passing judgement on you, and I wasn't. I meant only that the question is off-topic for the site: it's an administrative/"meta" comment about the question, rather than a moral comment about your actions.
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    It is perfectly fine to ask practical questions here in order to collect data, raise awareness, etc. (See the end of lo.yodeya.com/2010/01/more-from-linkedin-what-if-crowd-is.html). If, as in most cases, it's necessary to talk to your Rabbi to get a practical ruling for yourself, the sources and ideas brought up here (particularly for more obscure topics) can be helpful in the conversation with the Rabbi. All that said, polite reminders to "CYR" are perfectly appropriate in response to what look like attempts to get Pesak from the m.y crowd.
    – Isaac Moses ♦
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    @BarryHammer How would that help them if they wanted to feed the child milk right away?
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Many Rabbanim I have heard say that starting from 1 wait an hour, from 2 - 2 hrs, and then increase it to the full six hours by 6 - however as usual Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi.

However between milk and meat unless it is the type of cheese that needs waiting, even adults just need to take a drink and a cracker or wash out the mouth, etc.

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  • @gers adults need to wait an hour is what i heard most people do
    – avrohom
    Commented Jan 25, 2011 at 23:36
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    Never heard an hour, heard of 1/2 hour according to some.
    – Gershon Gold
    Commented Jan 25, 2011 at 23:38
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    One hour is indeed a popular custom, based on the Zohar.
    – Alex
    Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 4:07
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    I would say "many" people wait an hour or a half-hour, both customs are not unheard-of. Plenty of good Jews don't, though.
    – Shalom
    Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 16:36
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A good in depth treatment available here.

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Baby - 3 (no need to wait)

3 - Age of Chinuch (wait 1 hour)

Age of Chinuch (wait according to family minhag)

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    Do you have a source for this recommendation (including "my grandmother said this is what we do"), or is this just your considered opinion?
    – Isaac Moses ♦
    Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 13:24
  • I think it is in a sefer called children in halacha. I will b'n check for you once home
    – Moshe Yitzhak
    Commented Dec 5, 2011 at 10:05
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    found a source?
    – ertert3terte
    Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 0:35

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