Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 157
Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 157 — English translation
Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.
- 1Laws of When To Establish One's Meal. Containing 1 Se'if: When the fourth hour [of the day] arrives, one should establish his meal. And if he is a Torah scholar and he is occupied with his learning, he should wait until the sixth hour, but he should not delay more than that for it is considered like throwing a stone into a [wine] pouch if he did not eat anything that morning.
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דיני זמן קביעות לסעודה. ובו סעיף אחד:
כשיגיע שעה רביעית יקבע סעודתו ואם הוא תלמיד חכם ועוסק בלימודו ימתין עד שעה ששית ולא יאחר יותר דהוי כזורק אבן לחמת אם לא טעם מידי בצפרא:
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