Saturday, 12 December 2015

halacha - Is one allowed to have a Thanksgiving Meal?


Is celebrating Thanksgiving with a formal sit down meal against Halacha?



Answer



There is a good summary of the pros and cons, and the various halachic opinions, here. In a nutshell: R' Moshe Feinstein and R' J.B. Soloveitchik seem to have little or no problem with such a meal, while R' Yitzchak Hutner (all three zt"l) argues that it is prohibited as a gentile custom.


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