Preparing foods on Shabbat
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Preparing food on Shabbat is a general topic that potentially can involve several melachot on Shabbat. If one wants to learn details about a certain melacha, please visit that melacha specifically. The specific related melachot include: Borer (Separating), Tochen(Grinding), Merakaid (Sifting), Lash (Kneading), and Ofeh and Bishul (Baking and Cooking). B"H below will be the halachot of a number of practical cases of preparing food on Shabbat.
Soda on Shabbat
- Many hold that it is permitted to make soda on Shabbat using a soda making machine that fills the water with carbon dioxide.[1]
Ripening an Avocado
- It is permitted to place an avocado that is too hard but possible to eat to the sunlight so that it softens if one's intention is to eat it on Shabbat.[2]
Cutting Fruit into Shapes
- It is permitted to scoop melon into balls with a ball scooper.[3]
- It is permitted to cut a food or fruit into a simple shape such as a triangle or square, but it is forbidden to cut it into a specific design or shape.[4]