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# Even for those who are strict it is permitted to cut between letters even if that destroys the word.<ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shemirat Shabbat Kihilchita 9: footnote 38 </ref> | # Even for those who are strict it is permitted to cut between letters even if that destroys the word.<ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shemirat Shabbat Kihilchita 9: footnote 38 </ref> | ||
# Many poskim permit breaking the letters if the letters are baked into the cake itself.<ref> Mishna Brurah 340:15, Aruch Hashulchan 340:23, Sh"t Har Tzvi 214, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 11:8, Sh"t Or Litzion 2:40 </ref> | # Many poskim permit breaking the letters if the letters are baked into the cake itself.<ref> Mishna Brurah 340:15, Aruch Hashulchan 340:23, Sh"t Har Tzvi 214, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 11:8, Sh"t Or Litzion 2:40 </ref> | ||
# If the cake was cut before [[Shabbat]] and one simply wants to separate the pieces, there is no issue to separate them on Shabbat.<ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shemirat Shabbat Kihilchita 11: footnote 30 </ref> | # If the cake was cut before [[Shabbat]] and one simply wants to separate the pieces, there is no issue to separate them on Shabbat.<ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shemirat Shabbat Kihilchita 11: footnote 30, [https://outorah.org/p/51825/ OU Article about Cutting a Decorated Cake on Shabbos] </ref> | ||
# One solution is to place the lettering on another layer such as a small cookie sheet and slice it off before cutting the cake.<ref>[https://eretzhemdah.org/newsletterArticle.asp?lang=en&pageid=48&cat=7&newsletter=249&article=896 Eretz Chemda] writes that it is permitted to slice off the lettering before eating the cake.</ref> See the laws of [[Borer]] to see if in any particular case it is an issue of separate. | # One solution is to place the lettering on another layer such as a small cookie sheet and slice it off before cutting the cake.<ref>[https://eretzhemdah.org/newsletterArticle.asp?lang=en&pageid=48&cat=7&newsletter=249&article=896 Eretz Chemda] writes that it is permitted to slice off the lettering before eating the cake.</ref> See the laws of [[Borer]] to see if in any particular case it is an issue of separate. | ||
