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# Past the 9th hour, one shouldn’t drink so much that one won’t be hungry for the [[Shabbat]] meal. <ref>Mishna Brurah 249:14 writes that the permit to have snacks the whole day doesn’t include drinks. He concludes that one should at least be careful from 9 hours and on not to have too much that one won’t be hungry for the [[Shabbat]] meal. </ref> | # Past the 9th hour, one shouldn’t drink so much that one won’t be hungry for the [[Shabbat]] meal. <ref>Mishna Brurah 249:14 writes that the permit to have snacks the whole day doesn’t include drinks. He concludes that one should at least be careful from 9 hours and on not to have too much that one won’t be hungry for the [[Shabbat]] meal. </ref> | ||
==[[Brit Milah]] or [[Pidyon HaBen]] on Friday== | ==[[Brit Milah]] or [[Pidyon HaBen]] on Friday== | ||
# One may have the festive meal of a [[Brit Milah]] or [[Pidyon HaBen]] on Friday.<ref>Rama 249:2 writes that if the meal of a mitzvah that has a set time such as [[Brit Milah]] and [[Pidyon HaBen]] one can have the meal even on Friday. Mishna Brurah 249:12 adds that even if the [[Brit Milah]] was delayed because the child was sick or a [[Pidyon HaBen]] which was not performed on the 30th day, nonetheless the feast may be held on Friday. Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 531) agrees. </ref> However, it is preferable to make the meal in the morning (before [[Chatzot]], halachic midday). <ref>Mishna Brurah 249:13, Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 62) </ref> | # One may have the festive meal of a [[Brit Milah]] or [[Pidyon HaBen]] on Friday.<ref>Rama 249:2 writes that if the meal of a mitzvah that has a set time such as [[Brit Milah]] and [[Pidyon HaBen]] one can have the meal even on Friday. Mishna Brurah 249:12 adds that even if the [[Brit Milah]] was delayed because the child was sick or a [[Pidyon HaBen]] which was not performed on the 30th day, nonetheless the feast may be held on Friday. Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 531) agrees. </ref> However, it is preferable to make the meal in the morning (before [[Chatzot]], halachic midday).<ref>Magen Avraham 249:6, Mishna Brurah 249:13, Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 62) </ref> | ||
# It is permitted to a brit milah and the meal on Friday even if it was delayed past the eighth day.<ref>Mishna Brurah 249:12</ref> | # It is permitted to a brit milah and the meal on Friday even if it was delayed past the eighth day.<ref>Magen Avraham 249:5, Mishna Brurah 249:12</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to do a pidyon haben and its meal on Friday even if it is delayed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 249:12, Chazon Ovadia (Shabbat v. 1 p. 31)</ref> Some poskim, however, hold that if it was delayed the meal shouldn’t take place on Friday.<ref>Ben Ish Chai (Lech Lecha no. 21)</ref> | # It is permitted to do a pidyon haben and its meal on Friday even if it is delayed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 249:12, Chazon Ovadia (Shabbat v. 1 p. 31)</ref> Some poskim, however, hold that if it was delayed the meal shouldn’t take place on Friday.<ref>Magen Avraham 249:5, Ben Ish Chai (Lech Lecha no. 21)</ref> | ||
# One can go to the festive meal of a Brit Milah on Friday even if it is meat and even there is a minyan of people there anyway.<ref>Shlah (Shney Luchot Habrit Ner Mitzvah Shabbat n. 6) quotes the Maharash Lublin (Maharshal) who on Fridays wouldn’t go to a meat Brit Milah meal if there was a minyan without him. The Shlah disagreed since it is permitted to have a special meal for the Brit Milah on a Friday since it is a timely mitzvah. Magen Avraham 249:6 agrees with the Shlah.</ref> | |||
==Wedding on Friday== | ==Wedding on Friday== | ||
