Q&A: Eating Before Prayer
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Eating Before Prayer
Question
Hello Rabbi, is it permitted to eat before prayer?
Answer
In principle, no. On the Sabbath, some have the custom to be lenient. In Maimonides, Ninth Principle, it seems this is a Torah-level prohibition (from “Do not eat over the blood”), but that is not the plain meaning of the text.