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===Crock-pot===
===Crock-pot===
# In order to return food to a crockpot or the crockpot insert back into the electric setting the conditions of insulating (hatmana) and returning (hachzara) must be met (as described above). 1) If the insert pot is raised such as with marbles or the like then there's no issue of hatmana.<ref>Rabbi Willig in The Laws of Cooking and Warming Food on Shabbat p. 126 quoting Rav Elyashiv. See Orchot Shabbat p. 540 who has a letter from Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who forbade doing hachzara on a regular crock-pot.</ref> 2) The food must be cooked. 3) The heating element must be covered such as by covering the surface with aluminum foil which then extends upwards and is seen before the adjustable setting.<ref>Rabbi Willig in The Laws of Cooking and Warming Food on Shabbat p. 124</ref> 4) At the time it was removed one's intent was to return it. 5) The pot remained in one's hands. 6) The food remains slightly warm. If it is a liquid, according to Sephardim it must be Yad Soledet Bo.
# In order to return food to a crockpot or the crockpot insert back into the electric setting the conditions of insulating (hatmana) and returning (hachzara) must be met (as described above). 1) If the insert pot is raised such as with marbles or the like then there's no issue of hatmana.<ref>Rabbi Willig in The Laws of Cooking and Warming Food on Shabbat p. 126 quoting Rav Elyashiv. See Orchot Shabbat p. 540 who has a letter from Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who forbade doing hachzara on a regular crock-pot.</ref> 2) The food must be cooked. 3) The heating element must be covered such as by covering the surface with aluminum foil which then extends upwards and is seen before the adjustable setting.<ref>Rabbi Willig in The Laws of Cooking and Warming Food on Shabbat p. 124. 39 Melachos v. 2 p. 614 and 647 writes that in order to avoid hachzara it is necessary to line the inside with foil in order to return the ceramic pot to the crock pot heataing element. With respect to hatmana, he cites a dispute between Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Rav Moshe Feinstein. TO avoid that question he says that it is proper to line the walls of the crock pot so that they are visible from the outside. </ref> 4) At the time it was removed one's intent was to return it. 5) The pot remained in one's hands. 6) The food remains slightly warm. If it is a liquid, according to Sephardim it must be Yad Soledet Bo.
# Some say that one may leave fully cooked food in a crock-pot which is on a timer (set from before [[Shabbat]]) to turn on [[Shabbat]] morning and off [[Shabbat]] afternoon, however, some question this. <ref>[http://www.ou.org/webcast_kosher Rabbi Hershel Schachter] (OU Kosher Webcast, min 13-16) says that even though the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata is lenient there is room to be strict because the Chazon Ish had a doubt about this. </ref>
# Some say that one may leave fully cooked food in a crock-pot which is on a timer (set from before [[Shabbat]]) to turn on [[Shabbat]] morning and off [[Shabbat]] afternoon, however, some question this. <ref>[http://www.ou.org/webcast_kosher Rabbi Hershel Schachter] (OU Kosher Webcast, min 13-16) says that even though the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata is lenient there is room to be strict because the Chazon Ish had a doubt about this. </ref>


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