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Waiting Time for a Child Between Meat and Milk

Question

How long should a child wait between meat and milk?

Answer

Up to age 3 - eat or drink something in between. Up to age 6 - one hour. Until the age of Bar Mitzvah - the amount of time usually waited between lunch and dinner, and at least 3 hours.

Answered 14 February 2024 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 89

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