אֵין מְשִׂיחִין בַּסְּעוּדָה, אֵין מְשִׂיחִין בִּשְׁעַת הַסְּעוּדָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

One should not talk during the meal, one should not talk whilst eating

הגדרה (אנגלית)

One should not speak while eating (to converse also means to talk).

("One should not talk at the meal lest the windpipe precede the esophagus and a danger results" – Taanit 5b; similarly: "One should not talk during the meal, so as not to come to danger" – Maimonides, Book of Love, Laws of Blessings, Chapter 7, 6, 257)