EATAPETA Meat-up
Y’know, I really don’t think I want to drive an hour there and back on Saturday.
You guys are going to have to give me a really good reason to come to Fredericksburg. I can celebrate EATAPETA Day here in Richmond just fine.
I’m getting a bit tired of driving long distances. Been spending a lot of time in the northern VA area lately.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Now that dailight “savings” time is here, it is too late to go all that way. Besides, the Shabbat meals should be sufficient.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Sabba’s got a point.
It’s a Jewish religious obligation to eat meat on Shabbat, so IEATAPETA Day is not just a fun way to stick it in PETA’s eye, it’s a Mitzvah!
March 14th, 2008 at 6:53 am
“Been spending a lot of time in the northern VA area lately.”
you say that like it’s a bad thing…
March 14th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Hey, I feel your pain. I commute to Fairfax from Stafford everyday. Sometime the idea of driving to Fredericksburg is too much for me…
Whatever you decide.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Sorry to hear it.
It’s probably way too late to organize something in Richmond for tomorrow, but maybe next year.
But on the plus side, if I’m eating at home, I can have a kosher hamburger.
Elisson: it’s really a custom, not an obligation. The custom comes from the Talmudic line “there is no happiness except with meat and wine”. This line refers specifically to the Temple sacrifices, not a general principle. By custom, we apply the phrase to our Shabbat meals, but it’s not an obligation. A vegetarian does not violate any laws by choosing to not eat meat on Shabbat.
As far as I know, the only actual obligation to eat meat is the Passover sacrifice, which (obviously) can’t be brought until the Temple is rebuilt.