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#If one notices that one put a food on the fire and it hasn’t completely cooked, one must remove it before it becomes fully cooked in order to avoid further violation of [[Shabbat]].<ref>Rambam 9:5, 39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 554) </ref> | #If one notices that one put a food on the fire and it hasn’t completely cooked, one must remove it before it becomes fully cooked in order to avoid further violation of [[Shabbat]].<ref>Rambam 9:5, 39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 554) </ref> | ||
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#It is forbidden to accelerate the [[cooking]] of a food which is on the fire.<ref>Rambam 9:4. This is codified as halacha in Shulchan Aruch 254:4 in regards to the halacha of stirring food on the fire. Rabbi Akiva Eiger 318:1, 39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 559), and [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 7) also quote this as the halacha. </ref> | #It is forbidden to accelerate the [[cooking]] of a food which is on the fire.<ref>Rambam 9:4. This is codified as halacha in Shulchan Aruch O.C. 254:4 in regards to the halacha of stirring food on the fire. Rabbi Akiva Eiger 318:1, 39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 559), and [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 7) also quote this as the halacha. </ref> | ||
#For example, not fully cooked chulent may not be moved from one area on the blech to another area which is closer to the fire.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 554), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 7) </ref> One may also not remove chulent from the pot on Friday night if the chulent isn’t fully cooked because doing so will hasten the [[cooking]] for the rest of the pot.<ref>[[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 8) </ref> | #For example, not fully cooked chulent may not be moved from one area on the blech to another area which is closer to the fire.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 554), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 7) </ref> One may also not remove chulent from the pot on Friday night if the chulent isn’t fully cooked because doing so will hasten the [[cooking]] for the rest of the pot.<ref>[[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 8) </ref> | ||
#Similarly, if one turned on one's water urn right before [[Shabbat]] and the water isn't yet boiling, one may not take out water because in doing so one will hasten the [[cooking]] of the rest of the water remaining in the urn.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 559), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 8). See, however, Minchat Yitzchak 3:137. </ref> | #Similarly, if one turned on one's water urn right before [[Shabbat]] and the water isn't yet boiling, one may not take out water because in doing so one will hasten the [[cooking]] of the rest of the water remaining in the urn.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2 pg 559), [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 8). See, however, Minchat Yitzchak 3:137. </ref> | ||
#It is forbidden to cover a pot, even if it is on the blech, as long as the food isn’t fully cooked because covering it hastens the [[cooking]] process. Thus, one must beware not to open the cover of any pot on the blech, because one will not be permitted to return it to the pot.<ref> | #It is forbidden to cover a pot, even if it is on the blech, as long as the food isn’t fully cooked because covering it hastens the [[cooking]] process. Thus, one must beware not to open the cover of any pot on the blech, because one will not be permitted to return it to the pot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 257:4, [[Shabbos]] Kitchen (p. 9). Menuchat Ahava 2:1:13 p. 54 writes that covering an uncooked pot is only rabbinic cooking since it is grama. His proof is Sanhedrin 76b and Shulchan Aruch 257:5. However, he admits that he is in disagreement with the Meiri Shabbat 73b and Bartenura 7:2, though he rules against them. The Or Letzion 2:30:14 in the footnote seems to agree with the Menuchat Ahava. However, Yalkut Yosef disagrees strongly disagrees because by definition covering a pot is part of the process of cooking and cooking is defined as something that otherwise would be grama.</ref> | ||
#Another important ramification of this halacha is stirring food on the fire. See the relevant halachot [[Stirring hot food|below]]. | #Another important ramification of this halacha is stirring food on the fire. See the relevant halachot [[Stirring hot food|below]]. | ||