Drinking Breast Milk
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Question
I wanted to ask about breast milk: the law states that a two-year-old child who has stopped nursing for a day or two is forbidden to nurse again. The question is whether this is due to modesty laws or the prohibition of consuming something from a human. The differences are: a) Is it permissible to give him milk in a bottle, and only nursing is forbidden, or is it forbidden in any case? b) Is it permissible for a woman to taste her own milk?
Answer
It is explained in the Gemara and Shulchan Aruch that it is permissible to drink a woman's milk from a vessel. However, in the Pri Megadim Yoreh De'ah 81, it is written that one should not be lenient for a healthy person.
And according to the law, it seems permissible to drink from a vessel.
Source
Ketubot 60 and Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, Siman 81