Eating before Ma'ariv
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Question
May one eat at a Sheva Berachot meal and rely on a “phone guard”? He asked a halachic authority regarding Ma'ariv, and the rabbi told him that one must be stringent because there is intoxication.
Answer
After Mincha Ketana it is forbidden to eat a large meal, such as a Sheva Berachot meal, and one needs an actual guard, and it is sufficient that he speak with someone on the phone who will call him to remind him. Likewise, for Ma'ariv one needs an actual guard, and if they begin before sunset no guard is needed.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 233 and 235
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