[Avodah] fish and milk

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Saul Weinreb asked:
> The debate about meat and fish is well known, that we are
> machmir even though current science doesn't identify any
> health risks with meat and fish together, but that is
> because it has become accepted as an issur in klal yisrael.
> it is hard to believe that we could apply the same rules to
> fish and milk, which most people do not accept as dangerous
> AND medical science has not identified any such danger? 

I think that the source of your confusion lies in the words "most people", which you seem to equate with "most ashkenazim".

In other words, the same way that we are machmir on meat and fish even though current science doesn't identify any health risks with it, but that is because it has become accepted as an issur in klal yisrael, so too, Sefardim are machmir on *milk* and fish even though current science doesn't identify any health risks with it, but that is because it has become accepted as an issur among Sefardim.

Akiva Miller

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