Is it permitted to eat a regular meal (one that one ordinarily eats on weekdays) on Erev Shabbat, and from when does it become forbidden?
Synopsis
A regular weekday-style meal is permitted all day on Erev Shabbat by strict law, but it is a mitzvah to refrain from establishing such a meal from the ninth hour onward. Excessive drinking that satisfies and destroys appetite is prohibited from the ninth hour.
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