Permissible ways to heat up food on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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* The Gemara and Rishonim discuss under what conditions may one return food to the fire. Based on the Rama 253:2, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 1:18 rules that one may return food to a fire on [[Shabbat]] only under the following conditions: 1) the food is fully cooked, 2) it’s still somewhat hot (see the footnotes to [[#The opinion of the Ran]] about which foods need to be somewhat hot), 3) it was removed with intent be to returned, 4) one kept his hand on it, and 5) the fire is covered. For the slightly variant conditions according to Sephardim, see Yalkut Yosef 253:9.</ref> | * The Gemara and Rishonim discuss under what conditions may one return food to the fire. Based on the Rama 253:2, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 1:18 rules that one may return food to a fire on [[Shabbat]] only under the following conditions: 1) the food is fully cooked, 2) it’s still somewhat hot (see the footnotes to [[#The opinion of the Ran]] about which foods need to be somewhat hot), 3) it was removed with intent be to returned, 4) one kept his hand on it, and 5) the fire is covered. For the slightly variant conditions according to Sephardim, see Yalkut Yosef 253:9.</ref> | ||
===Returning Food to a Covered Fire (Blech)=== | ===Returning Food to a Covered Fire (Blech)=== | ||
# It is forbidden to return | # It is forbidden to return a pot of food to a covered fire unless the other conditions of Hachzara are met. That is, the food would need to be cooked, remain hot since it was removed from the fire, still in one's hand, not put down on the floor, and remove with the intention to be returned.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 1:20</ref> | ||
# A blech is a piece of metal covering a fire. If the blech extends beyond the actual fire, some poskim permit returning food from the refrigerator to a part of the blech that isn't directly over the fire.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 1:26 writes that some are lenient to consider the part of the blech that isn't directly over the fire to be 'near the fire.'</ref> Other poskim hold that if it is Yad Soledet Bo it is completely considered like an uncovered fire.<ref>Rav Nevinsal in Byitzchak Yikareh 253:1 s.v. muter</ref> | # A blech is a piece of metal covering a fire. If the blech extends beyond the actual fire, some poskim permit returning food from the refrigerator to a part of the blech that isn't directly over the fire.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 1:26 writes that some are lenient to consider the part of the blech that isn't directly over the fire to be 'near the fire.'</ref> Other poskim hold that if it is Yad Soledet Bo it is completely considered like an uncovered fire.<ref>Rav Nevinsal in Byitzchak Yikareh 253:1 s.v. muter</ref> | ||
