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One of the melachot in the process of preparing bread is Losh. The primary example of this melacha is kneading flour and water together to make dough. | |||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
#The three criteria necessary in order to violate the biblical prohibition of Losh are: | #The three criteria necessary in order to violate the biblical prohibition of Losh are: | ||
##there is a mixture of two ingredients, | ##there is a mixture of two ingredients, | ||
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==Making a Thick Mixture== | ==Making a Thick Mixture== | ||
#Generally, it is forbidden to make a thick mixture on Shabbat and even pouring in a liquid without mixing is forbidden.<ref>Hilchot Shabbat Bshabbat 13:23 p. 713 based on Sefer Hatrumah cited in Shulchan Aruch 321:16</ref> | |||
#If one needs to prepare a thick mixture on [[Shabbat]] and one can’t make it completely before [[Shabbat]], then one should before [[Shabbat]] mix some liquid into the solid so that all of the solid is saturated. On [[Shabbat]] one may mix in more liquid as long as this doesn’t cause the mixture to thicken and one also does the two variations above (switch order and way it’s mixed).<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 8:10 </ref> | #If one needs to prepare a thick mixture on [[Shabbat]] and one can’t make it completely before [[Shabbat]], then one should before [[Shabbat]] mix some liquid into the solid so that all of the solid is saturated. On [[Shabbat]] one may mix in more liquid as long as this doesn’t cause the mixture to thicken and one also does the two variations above (switch order and way it’s mixed).<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 8:10 </ref> | ||
# | #In cases of need for this food specifically, such as baby food, and it can't be made before Shabbat, it is permitted to make it with two variations, one in the pouring and one in the mixing.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 8:11 based on Mishna Brurah 321:68 regarding charoset. For Sephardim see Kaf Hachaim 321:90-91, 113 and Yalkut Yosef v. 3 Tikkunei Maachal n. 31 fnt. 41.</ref> | ||
# Examples of variations in the mixing include: 1) mixing with a criss-cross and removing the spoon each time, 2) just shaking the bowl to stir the contents, or 3) mixing with one's finger and not a spoon.<ref>Hilchot Shabbat Bshabbat v. 1 13:23 p. 713</ref> | |||
# It is permitted to make a little bit of a thick mixture on Shabbat for immediate consumption. Some say that this only applies to dry ingredients that wouldn't form a dough (''lav bar gibul'') such as matzah meal or roasted grain flour. The amount of what is considered a small amount must be less than what is usually done so that it is clear that this case is different than usual. It can't be more than a meals worth. Also, it must be made for immediate consumption.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 321:14, Hilchot Shabbat Bshabbat v. 1 13:24 p. 714</ref> | |||
==Making a | ==Making a Watery Mixture== | ||
#It is permitted to mix solid particles with a lot of liquid if it will result in a very watery mixture such as making baby formula from powder and water. Nonetheless, one must be careful to pour in the liquid at once and not gradually. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (in new edition 8:29), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Cohen, chap 11, pg 147), Menuchat Ahava (vol 2, 9:13, pg 302) </ref> | #It is permitted to mix solid particles with a lot of liquid if it will result in a very watery mixture such as making baby formula from powder and water. Nonetheless, one must be careful to pour in the liquid at once and not gradually. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (in new edition 8:29), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Cohen, chap 11, pg 147), Menuchat Ahava (vol 2, 9:13, pg 302) </ref> | ||
