had shabbat dinner at my rabbis house last week with her family and because I was open about being new to keeping kosher they were really politely corrective when I almost broke kosher, a gentle "oh you can't do that" and then an explanation, it gave me such a strong feeling of being in a new country and having friends coach me on how to order coffee in their language or how to use their trains. which yeah that is what acculturation is like I guess
Anyways, you're apparently not supposed to mix meat with fish either??
I asked why and they all were like "goodness it's silly, there's no good reason, the rabbis just didn't know how things work" they say all this while also handing me a separate plate so that I can hold to this rule they don't see a point in. that's just so fascinating to me haha
After havdalah I looked up where this kashrut comes from and apparently it's a public health concern, with the Talmud worrying that mixing meat and fish would lead to bad breath and indigestion. Yeah that is pretty silly and also I will still continue to keep the two separate
