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Mixing Milk and Meat: The Basics

(ג)... אֲבָל בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה (שֶׁבִּשְּׁלוֹ) בַּחֲלֵב בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה. אוֹ בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה (שֶׁבִּשְּׁלוֹ) בַּחֲלֵב בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה מֻתָּר לְבַשֵּׁל וּמֻתֶּרֶת בַּהֲנָיָה...

(ד) וְכֵן בְּשַׂר חַיָּה וְעוֹף בֵּין בַּחֲלֵב חַיָּה בֵּין בַּחֲלֵב בְּהֵמָה אֵינוֹ אָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה מִן הַתּוֹרָה לְפִיכָךְ מֻתָּר לְבַשְּׁלוֹ וּמֻתָּר בַּהֲנָיָה.

וְאָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִפְשְׁעוּ הָעָם וְיָבוֹאוּ לִידֵי אִסּוּר בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב שֶׁל תּוֹרָה וְיֹאכְלוּ בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה בַּחֲלֵב בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה.

(3) ...However, if it is the meat of a Kosher animal in the milk of a non-Kosher animal; or, if it is the meat of a non-Kosher animal in the milk of a Kosher animal, cooking is permitted and benefit is permitted...

(4) Similarly, the meat of a wild beast [like bison or venison] and the meat of a fowl together with the milk of a wild beast or the milk of a domesticated animal is not forbidden according to Scriptural Law. Therefore it is permitted to cook it and it is permitted to benefit from it.

It is forbidden to partake of it according to Rabbinic Law so that people at large will not be negligent and come to violate the Scriptural prohibition against milk and meat and partake of the meat of a kosher domesticated animal [cooked] in the milk of a kosher domesticated animal.

Questions:

1. According to Maimonides (the author of the Mishneh Torah), if either the meat OR the milk is from a non-Kosher animal, is it considered Basar B'Chalav according to the Torah?

2. According to Maimonides, why did the sages prohibit the mixing of poultry and milk?

Fill in the translations in the lines where it is missing. The bolded phrase can be found in the Frank Dictionary.

אמר רב אחא בריה דרב איקא:


אמר קרא


(שמות כג, יט) "לא תבשל גדי"


דרך בישול אסרה תורה


Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika, said:



“You shall not cook a young goat” (Exodus 23:19).



The following source was written Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet (known as RaShBA), a rabbi who lived in Spain in the middle ages.

Fill in the translations in the lines where it is missing. The bolded phrase can be found in the Frank Dictionary.

ולמה הוציאו הכתוב בלשון בישל?


לומר לך


שלא כדרך בישל


אינו אסור מן התורה


אלא מדברי סופרים.


Why does the Torah use the language of "cooking"?


To tell you





The following talmudic passage is the source for waiting between meat and milk:

אמר מר עוקבא אנא להא מלתא חלא בר חמרא לגבי אבא דאילו אבא כי הוה אכיל בשרא האידנא לא הוה אכל גבינה עד למחר עד השתא ואילו אנא בהא סעודתא הוא דלא אכילנא לסעודתא אחריתא אכילנא
Mar Ukva says, In comparison to my father, regarding this matter, I am vinegar the son of wine. My father, when he ate meat, would not eat cheese until the same time the next day. But I, even if I won't eat it at this meal, I'll eat it at the next meal.

Question:

3. Based on this source, how long do you think someone should wait between meat and milk?