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If one took on every Pesach stringency that has ever been practiced by every community ever, he’d starve to death!

A friend told me that as long as MIL was living with them he practically starved. His parents did not eat fish. His MIL came from one of those German Kehilos that did not eat fowl.

Visnits doesn’t not eat fish, Visnitzer Rebbe (Monsey) has for undisclosed reasons abstained from fowl all year. His first Pesach after that ???? he had to be Matir Neder.

From what I heard the minhag of “no fish” stems from pre refrigeration days. To keep the fish fresh some sort of Chametz was used. Those who use only “live fish” make sure to see the fish alive at purchase. Many Heimishe fishmongers sell fish from British Columbia (I think)with a cert from a Mashgiach that he saw the fish alive.