Is it forbidden to hold a feast or celebratory meal on Erev Shabbat that one does not ordinarily hold on a weekday?
Synopsis
It is forbidden all day on Erev Shabbat to hold an extraordinary feast in honor of Shabbat, so one enters Shabbat with appetite. Authorities debate the reason: appetite for Shabbat meals, or showing disrespect to Shabbat by treating Erev Shabbat the same as Shabbat itself.
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