Q&A: Eating Meat During the Nine Days
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Eating Meat During the Nine Days
Question
I understood that it is permitted to eat meat during the Nine Days if it is for a celebratory mitzvah meal, such as completing a tractate. Is it permissible to make a completion celebration for a tractate that I finished a long time ago in order to eat meat? And if so, is it also possible after the fast ends (considering that it is a postponed fast, etc.)?
Answer
After the fast ends, one can be lenient when the fast was postponed. Before that — no. I do not understand the urgency to eat meat. Is it really so hard to hold back for nine days?
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