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Food Preparation on Shabbat (Part of the Shabbat Experience at BT) Lunch and Learn – January 14, 2021 Rabbi Chai Posner Food Preparation on Shabbat (part of the Shabbat Experience at BT) Lunch and Learn – January 14, 2021 Rabbi Chai Posner *Thanks to Rabbi David Fried for preparing most of these sources Biblical Melacha of Cooking and the Rabbinic Prohibition of Warming רמב"ם הלכות שבת פרק ט Rambam Hilchot Shabbat Chapter 9 .1 הלכה א Chapter 1 ... אחד האופה את הפת או המבשל Baking bread, boiling food, boiling dyes, and heating water are all… את המאכל או את הסממנין או …included in the Melacha of cooking המחמם את המים הכל ענין אחד הוא... Halacha 3 One who cooks over the fire something which is already fully הלכה ג ,cooked, or something that would not be improved at all by cooking ...המבשל על האור דבר שהיה מבושל is exempt from the Biblical prohibition [, but may sometimes be כל צרכו או דבר שאינו צריך בישול כלל .[rabbinically prohibited פטור. תלמוד בבלי מסכת שבת דף לו עמוד ב Mishnah Masechet Shabbat 36b .2 כירה שהסיקוה בקש ובגבבא - נותנים If stove was lit with straw, one may place a pot of food on it [before עליה תבשיל. בגפת ובעצים - לא יתן Shabbat]. If it was lit with peat or wood, one may not place food on עד שיגרוף, או עד שיתן את it unless the coals were raked out, or a layer of ash placed on top of האפר...בית שמאי אומרים, נוטלין אבל [them…Beit Shammai says that once the pot is removed [on Shabbat לא מחזירין ובית הלל אומרים, אף it may not be returned. Beit Hillel says it may [sometimes] be מחזירין. .returned רש"י מסכת שבת דף לו עמוד ב Rashi Masechet Shabbat 36b .3 עד שיגרוף - ... שמא יחתה בגחלים. One may not leave food on the stove from before Shabbat] unless] לא מחזירין - בשבת, דמיחזי כמבשל. .[the coals were raked, lest you come to adjust the coals [on Shabbat One may not return the food to the stove on Shabbat, because it looks like you are cooking. [Note: Even though Rashi makes this comment to explain Beit Shammai, it is generally assumed that Beit Hillel would also agree that there is a prohibition of doing things that look like cooking. They just have a more lenient definition of what looks like cooking.] General principles: Michzi k’bishul – looks like cooking Shema Yechateh – concern one may stoke the coals – actual cooking Mevushal vs. non mevushal – something that is already cooked vs. not cooked We see all of these principles practically played out: Shehiya-Leaving Food on the Stove from before Shabbat שולחן ערוך אורח חיים סימן רנג סעיף א Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 253:1 .4 כירה ..., אם הוסקה בגפת שהוא פסולת של A stove…if it was lit with peat, it is prohibited to leave a pot of זיתים או בעצים, אסור ליתן עליה תבשיל food on it from before Shabbat unless it is fully cooked to the מבעוד יום להשהותו עליה, אא"כ נתבשל כל point that any additional heat would make it worse, because צרכו והוא מצטמק ורע לו, דליכא למיחש שמא then there is no worry that someone would try to adjust the יחתה, .coals או שהיה חי שלא נתבשל כלל דכיון שהוא חי Likewise, if it is completely raw, and there is no way it will be מסיח דעתו ממנה עד למחר, ובכל הלילה יכול ready before the next morning, and it will be ready by להתבשל בלא חיתוי, morning without any adjusting of the coals, we also do not need to worry. אבל אם נתבשל קצת ולא נתבשל כל צרכו, ואפי' נתבשל כל צרכו והוא מצטמק ויפה לו, However, if it is cooked a little, but not fully cooked, or even if חיישינן שמא יחתה ואסור להשהותו עליה it is fully cooked, but additional heat would make it better, we אא"כ גרף דהיינו שהוציא ממנה כל הגחלים, .are concerned that someone would try to adjust the coals או קטם דהיינו שכסה הגחלים באפר למעט Therefore one may not leave the pot on the stove unless the חומם; .coals were raked or covered in a layer of ash ואם נתן בה חתיכה חיה, מותר כאילו היתה If a piece of raw meat was placed in the pot right before כולה חיה דעל ידי כך מסיח דעתו ממנה. Shabbat, it would be permitted just like when the whole pot is ואפילו אינה גרופה )פי' שמשך הגחלים completely raw, because it will not be ready until the next מהתנור( וקטומה )פי' שכסה הגחלים באפר(, .morning מותר לסמוך לה קדירה בסמוך חוצה לה; ... If the pot is near the stove, but not directly on it, one may leave it there even if the coals are not raked or covered. וי"א שכל שנתבשל כמאכל בן דרוסאי )פי' שם There are those who say that if it is cooked to the level of אדם שהיה אוכל מאכלו שלא נתבשל כל Ma’achal ben Drusai (a person who would eat food that was צרכו(, ..., מותר להשהותו ע"ג כירה. אפי' not fully cooked but was minimally edible—usually about 1/3 הוסק בגפת ועצים אפי' אינה גרופה וקטומה; or ½ cooked), one may leave it on a stove that is lit with peat ולא הוזכרה גרופה וקטומה והוסק בקש וגבבא .or wood, even if the coals are not raked or covered אלא כשהתחיל להתבשל ולא הגיע למאכל בן According to this opinion, raking or covering the coals are only דרוסאי; וכן לענין אם נטל הקדירה מעליה ובא relevant for food that has not reached Ma’achal Drusai or if להחזירה עליה בשבת... הגה: ונהגו להקל .you want to return the food to the stove on Shabbat כסברא האחרונה. .Rema: Our custom is to be lenient like the second opinion ביאור הלכה סימן רנג ד"ה * ונהגו להקל ”Biur Halacha 253 “Nahagu Lehakel .5 לכתחלה בודאי טוב ליזהר Ideally, it is certainly better to follow the more stringent opinion What constitutes “covering the coals” on our stoves? 6. Rabbi Shimon Eider, Halachos of Shabbos p. 339 The minhag is to place a “blech”—a sheet of metal—over the burners that are lit, to cover the flame (following the opinion of Rav Moshe Feinstein). This serves as an indication that he desires less heat, so he will not come to raise the fire, or as a visible reminder not to raise the fire. Preferably, the knobs of the stove (i.e. the controls) should also be covered (following the opinion of Rav Aharon Kotler). See summary below of Shehiya (placing before Shabbat) … Chazara-Returning Food to the Stove on Shabbat שולחן ערוך אורח חיים סימן רנג סעיף ב Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 253:2 .7 כירה שהיא גרופה וקטומה ונטל הקדירה If the coals of the stove are raked or covered, and you took the מעליה אפי' בשבת, מותר להחזירה כל זמן pot off of it on Shabbat, you may return it so long as it is still שהיא רותחת. הגה: ועודה בידו )טור(, ולא simmering Rema: and still in your hand and you have not placed it הניחה ע"ג קרקע. הגה: ודעתו להחזירה on the ground [the place where you would store it when you are )טור(; ודוקא על גבה, אבל לתוכה אסור. .... .done with it] Rema: and you had the intention to return it However, you may only return it to the top of the stove, but returning to inside the oven is forbidden….(M”B – since it looks הגה: ודוקא שהתבשיל מבושל כל צרכו (like cooking )ב"י(, ואז מותר להחזיר, ואפילו לכירה אחרת, אבל אם לא נתבשל כל צרכו אסור, Rema: It is only ever permitted to return it to the stove it if is fully אפי' לאותה כירה )מיימוני פ"ג(. ,cooked, and one may even return it to a different stove. However if it is not fully cooked, one may not even return it to the same stove. וי"א דכל זה אינו אסור רק כשנטלו מן הכירה מבעוד יום, ולא החזירו עד שחשכה; אבל אם There is one opinion that all of these requirements apply only if לקחו משם משחשכה, אפי' הניחו ע"ג you took it off before Shabbat started and are putting it back קרקע מותר )ר"ן פ' כירה וכל בו(, וכן נוהגים after dark. However, if you took it off after dark, you may return להקל בתנורים שלנו שיש להם דין כירה, it even if you already placed it on the ground. Many in our וסומכין עצמם על דברי המקילין, וטוב ,community have the custom to be lenient relying on this opinion להחמיר. מיהו אם ,but it is better to be strict. However, if it has cooled down נצטנן, לכ"ע אסור )ב"י(. .returning it would be prohibited according to all opinions משנה ברורה סימן רנג ס"ק נד Mishnah Berura 253:54 .8 כ"ז שהיא רותחת - פרט זה אינו דומה לכל So long as it is still simmering-This requirement is not like the הנזכרים בסעיף זה דבהם הטעם הוא דלא others mentioned here, which are specific rabbinic requirements התירו חכמים חזרה כ"א באופן זה אבל בזה in order to return food to the fire. The reason for this one is that הטעם הוא דכיון שנסתלק מרתיחתו דהיינו since it is no longer simmering, meaning it has dropped below the שאין היד סולדת בו יהיה בו שוב איסור בישול ,temperature at which one’s hand would withdraw from it וכדלקמן בסימן שי"ח ס"ד ולפי מה שפסק reheating the liquid would constitute a Biblical violation of הרמ"א שם סט"ו בהג"ה נהגו להקל אם לא .cooking as the Shulchan Aruch explains in Siman 318, se’if 4 נצטנן לגמרי: Based on the Rema in Se’if 15, the Ashkenazi custom is to be lenient as long as it is not fully cooled.
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