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==General Guidelines of Cooking on [[Yom Tov]]== | ==General Guidelines of Cooking on [[Yom Tov]]== | ||
# It’s permissible to cook on [[Yom Tov]] only if one intends to eat the food that’s prepared that day of [[Yom Tov]]. However, one may not cook for the next day whether it’s a weekday, [[Yom Tov]], or [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 503:1, Shemirat | # It’s permissible to cook on [[Yom Tov]] only if one intends to eat the food that’s prepared that day of [[Yom Tov]]. However, one may not cook for the next day whether it’s a weekday, [[Yom Tov]], or [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 503:1, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 2:1 </ref> | ||
# Food which wouldn’t have deteriorated by being cooked before [[Yom Tov]] should be cooked before [[Yom Tov]]. However, if one forgot, one may cook on [[Yom Tov]] but should do so with a variation from the regular method. <Ref>Rama 495:1, Mishna Brurah 495:8 and 10 </ref> Additionally, if it was physically impossible to cook before [[Yom Tov]], or guests came on [[Yom Tov]] one may cook without a variation. <Ref> Shemirat | # Food which wouldn’t have deteriorated by being cooked before [[Yom Tov]] should be cooked before [[Yom Tov]]. However, if one forgot, one may cook on [[Yom Tov]] but should do so with a variation from the regular method. <Ref>Rama 495:1, Mishna Brurah 495:8 and 10 </ref> Additionally, if it was physically impossible to cook before [[Yom Tov]], or guests came on [[Yom Tov]] one may cook without a variation. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 2:2 </ref> Nonetheless, water may be heated up on [[Yom Tov]] even without a variation. <ref> Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (chap 2 note 6) </ref> | ||
# One may cook a whole pot of meat even if one only needs one piece because the extra meat improves the taste of the whole dish <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 503:1, Mishna Brurah 503:5 </ref> as long as one doesn't say that one is doing for after [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 503:6 </ref> | # One may cook a whole pot of meat even if one only needs one piece because the extra meat improves the taste of the whole dish <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 503:1, Mishna Brurah 503:5 </ref> as long as one doesn't say that one is doing for after [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 503:6 </ref> | ||
# If someone cooked on Yom Tov for the next day, after the fact the food is permitted.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 503:1, Mishna Brurah 503:13</ref> | |||
==Lighting a fire on [[Yom Tov]]== | ==Lighting a fire on [[Yom Tov]]== | ||
# It’s permissible to cook on [[Yom Tov]] as long as the flame was lit before [[Yom Tov]] or the timer was set for it to begin operating on [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>Shemirat | # It’s permissible to cook on [[Yom Tov]] as long as the flame was lit before [[Yom Tov]] or the timer was set for it to begin operating on [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:27 </ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to turn on an electric stove on Yom Tov.<Ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115</ref> | # It is forbidden to turn on an electric stove on Yom Tov.<Ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115</ref> | ||
# One may not raise or lower the temperature of an electric stove. <Ref>Shemirat | # One may not raise or lower the temperature of an electric stove. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:27 because in doing so you'll usually be extinguishing one coil and heating up another in its place. | ||
* How do electric stoves work? This writeup is only a beginning and needs more research: | * How do electric stoves work? This writeup is only a beginning and needs more research: | ||
* Some electric stoves have discrete temperature options such as low, medium, and high. In those stoves, depending on the temperature setting that it is on, a particular circuit is connected and used to heat up the stove to that temperature. When a temperature is adjusted, the circuit that was previously connected is disconnected and a new circuit is connected. In such cases, adjusting the temperature on Yom Tov is forbidden since connecting and disconnecting circuits is an issue of electricity on Yom Tov and if the metal is red hot then additionally it involves igniting a fire and extinguishing it. Sources: Shemirat | * Some electric stoves have discrete temperature options such as low, medium, and high. In those stoves, depending on the temperature setting that it is on, a particular circuit is connected and used to heat up the stove to that temperature. When a temperature is adjusted, the circuit that was previously connected is disconnected and a new circuit is connected. In such cases, adjusting the temperature on Yom Tov is forbidden since connecting and disconnecting circuits is an issue of electricity on Yom Tov and if the metal is red hot then additionally it involves igniting a fire and extinguishing it. Sources: Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:33, [http://www.yisharon.org/shabbatmode Rabbi Meir Sendor]. | ||
* Some electric stoves use a variable temperature and the temperature depends on the voltage going through the circuit, which is adjusting depending on the temperature setting. There is one caveat; the circuit isn't continuously connected. Rather it alternates between being connected and disconnected depending on whether the heating element is at the desired temperature. When the heating element is below the right temperature, the circuit is closed in order to heat up and when it is at the right temperature, the circuit is disconnected for some time. The issue is that if one raises the temperature when the circuit is disconnected, one will cause the circuit to close immediately and if one lowers the temperature when the circuit is closed one will cause the circuit to open immediately. Sources: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/12666/do-all-modern-electric-stoves-have-binary-heating-elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzBG-xLV6Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdYp8CFjdU, http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21432/what-temperatures-do-low-medium-high-on-the-stove-correspond-to, and [http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-cooking-ovenyomtov.htm the Star-K]. | * Some electric stoves use a variable temperature and the temperature depends on the voltage going through the circuit, which is adjusting depending on the temperature setting. There is one caveat; the circuit isn't continuously connected. Rather it alternates between being connected and disconnected depending on whether the heating element is at the desired temperature. When the heating element is below the right temperature, the circuit is closed in order to heat up and when it is at the right temperature, the circuit is disconnected for some time. The issue is that if one raises the temperature when the circuit is disconnected, one will cause the circuit to close immediately and if one lowers the temperature when the circuit is closed one will cause the circuit to open immediately. Sources: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/12666/do-all-modern-electric-stoves-have-binary-heating-elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzBG-xLV6Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdYp8CFjdU, http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21432/what-temperatures-do-low-medium-high-on-the-stove-correspond-to, and [http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-cooking-ovenyomtov.htm the Star-K]. | ||
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# On [[Yom Tov]], an oven which is thermostatically controlled, is permitted to be opened and closed in order to put in, check, or remove food. <Ref> Shemirat | # On [[Yom Tov]], an oven which is thermostatically controlled, is permitted to be opened and closed in order to put in, check, or remove food. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 1:30 </ref> | ||
==Extinguishing a Fire== | ==Extinguishing a Fire== | ||
# If a food is burning and in order to cook it one needs a lower flame, some permit lowering the flame<Ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115, 1:150</ref>, while others say that one should light a new flame which is smaller and not extinguish the other one.<ref>Mishna Brurah 514:6 | # If a food is burning and in order to cook it one needs a lower flame, some permit lowering the flame<Ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115, 1:150</ref>, while others say that one should light a new flame which is smaller and not extinguish the other one.<ref>Mishna Brurah 514:6 | ||
