Q&A: Meat on a Holiday for Vegetarians
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Meat on a Holiday for Vegetarians
Question
Is it permissible to forgo eating meat on a Jewish holiday, for reasons of vegetarianism?
Answer
Absolutely. We don’t eat meat. We rejoice with other foods.
Discussion on Answer
*From the wording
Some understood this to refer only to peace-offerings. In any case, Maimonides wrote that the obligation is to rejoice in any way.
But from the wording of the Sages, who said, “There is no joy except with meat,” it sounds like there is specifically an obligation to eat meat?