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'''"Derekh Bishul"''' | '''"Derekh Bishul"''' | ||
Our Sages teach us that the language of "לֹא-'''תְבַשֵּׁל'''-You shall not '''cook'''" implies that the ''Biblical'' | Our Sages teach us that the language of "לֹא-'''תְבַשֵּׁל'''-You shall not '''cook'''" implies that the ''Biblical'' | ||
The above concept is referred to in the Talmudic phrase: "''Derekh Bishul Asera Torah''-The Torah only forbade [milk and meat in] a cooking manner". Included in the law of "''derekh bishul''" is the | The above concept is referred to in the Talmudic phrase: "''Derekh Bishul Asera Torah''-The Torah only forbade [milk and meat in] a cooking manner". Included in the law of "''derekh bishul''" is the qualification that only cooking with fire (similar to the prohibtion of cooking on Shabbat) is considered "cooking" from the Torah's point of view. <ref> Hullin 108A </ref> prohibition only applies to milk and meat '''cooked''' together.<ref> Ibid </ref> For example: If a piece of meat was soaking in milk for 24 hours; it would not be Biblically prohibited (even though soaking or pickling something for 24 hours is generally considered cooking Halakhically <ref> ''requires source'' </ref>). | ||
Please take note that we are only speaking in terms of the Torah prohibition here | Please take note that we are only speaking in terms of the Torah prohibition here. It is Rabbinically forbidden to eat milk and meat together if they were not cooked together <ref> S"A, ibid </ref>, and to cook milk with meat without using fire and water (e.g. roasting). | ||
== Ambuigity of the Torah == | == Ambuigity of the Torah == |