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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 [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 1:30 </ref> | # 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</ref> | # 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 | ||
* The Gemara Beitzah 22a says that according to Rabba it is forbidden to extinguish a flame to avoid a loss of money. Based on one reading of the gemara, the Rif (Beitzah 11b) concludes that it is forbidden also to extinguish a fire in order so that your food doesn't burn. This is also the opinion of the Rambam (Yom Tov 4:6). However, the Rashba (Avodat Hakodesh 2:7:85, Beitzah 22a s.v. im) and Mordechai (Beitzah 681) hold that it is permitted to extinguish so that your food doesn't burn. The Ran (Beitzah 11b s.v. gemara) seems to agree. The Rosh (Beitzah 2:19) concludes that if your food is burning you should light a smaller fire rather than extinguish this fire and cook the food on that smaller fire. If there's no way to light a smaller fire then it is permitted to extinguish the fire. The Bet Yosef 514:1 and Maggid Mishna (Yom Tov 4:4) equate the opinion of the Rashba and Rosh. The Shulchan Aruch 514:1 follows the opinion of the Rif and Rambam, while the Rama follows the opinion of the Rashba and he too seems to equate the Rashba and Rosh (Darkei Moshe 514:1). Therefore, the Mishna Brurah 514:6 concludes according to the Rama if your food is burning it is permitted to light another smaller fire to cook the food and that's preferable to extinguishing or lowering this fire. | |||
* Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 1:115) holds that it is permitted to even light another fire. The Dirshu Mishna Brurah n. 7 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 13 fnt. 52) as disagreeing with Rav Moshe and explaining that it is better to light another fire rather than lower the larger fire because lighting a fire is a positive melacha that enables cooking while extinguishing a flame is more similar to removing something that was preventing cooking. </ref> Sephardim can also rely on the lenient opinion for a gas stove.<ref>Even though Shulchan Aruch 514:1 is strict to forbid extinguishing for the purpose of not burning food, Chazon Ovadia (Yom Tov p. 58) is lenient for a gas stove. See Yabia Omer 1:31 and 3:30.</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
