Having a Meal on Erev Shabbat: Difference between revisions

# On Friday, even in the morning, one may not make a large meal which one normally wouldn't have during the week.<ref> Gemara Gittin 38b, Rambam Shabbat 30:4, Shulchan Aruch 249:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:10, Aruch HaShulchan 249:4, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin). The Shulchan Aruch explains that the reason is so that a festive meal on Friday doesn't take away from one's appetite for the [[Shabbat]] meal and this is included in Kavod [[Shabbat]]. The Magen Avraham 249:4 quotes another reason from Rabbenu Chananel; if one is involved in preparing a festive meal it'll prevent one from preparing for [[Shabbat]]. Mishna Brurah 249:10 agrees. Raavad on Rambam argues that it is only prohibited from midday, while the Maggid Mishna explains that the Rambam held that it was forbidden all day. Tur in his own opinion and Bet Yosef in the Rambam agree that the prohibition is all day.</ref>

# Ashkenazim hold that it is permitted to do a siyum and the meal on Friday<ref>Mishna Brurah (Biur Halacha 249:2 s.v. oh)</ref>, while Sephardim hold that the siyum and meal should be postponed by saving a little bit of the gemara until after Shabbat.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (v. 1 p. 36)</ref>