If one began a meal before Shabbat ended and nightfall arrived, must one stop eating?
Synopsis
One who began a meal while it was still Shabbat and darkness fell does not have to stop eating — because stopping mid-meal would appear to be dismissing the Shabbat queen. Drinking only (not within a meal) requires stopping. A minority opinion requires stopping even mid-meal if it is definitively night.
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