Re: Are turkeys kosher?

Cdawnr@aol.com
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 09:44:23 -0500 (EST)

ENisenbaum <ENisenbaum@aol.com> wrote:
<<Some discussion has risen about the Rabbinic fence not to eat poultry and
milk together because it looks like meat.The purpose of this fence is not
because of the appearance, that chicken looks like meat. Were that to be
so, as was pointed out, certain foods that look like pork, for example,
would also be prohibited. Or perhaps fish and milk would have been
prohibited. The concern was that halachically chicken is like meat insofar
as they both require slaughtering, and people may come to think that if
chicken can be eaten with milk,though it requires slaughtering, perhaps
meat too could be eaten with milk. Fish, which does not require
slaughtering, was never included in the fence. >>

I could be wrong on this, but I believe that the Sephardi minhag is not to
eat fish and milk together. If that is so, then what is the fence for that?

Also--can someone please refresh my memory on why we wash netilat Yadaim
(ritual washing of hands) for bread. Someone asked me the reason and my
mind went blank.

Thankyou CDawnR@Aol.com