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1)Food that has been totally cooked is no longer subject to the prohibition of cooking. This concept is referred to in Halacha with the terminology of "Ain Bishul Achar Bishul, a cooked item can no longer be cooked".
However, with regard to this concept there is a differentiation between dry foods and liquid foods or foods that contain liquid. A totally dry cooked item (such as potato Kugel or chicken cutlet) may be placed on top of an urn, crock pot or another non-direct heat source on Shabbos even if it will be heated above Yad Soledes Bo. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 318:4) The reason for this is that this second heating does not cause any new chemical changes in the food as it was previously cooked (and even when it turned cold, it did not revert back to being an uncooked food, rather it was a cooked food that became cold) and this new heating action just makes the cooked food warm. 2)However, a food which loses its "cooked" status upon becoming cold (such as water, soup, gravy or any other liquid or liquid containing food, in which case the liquid reverts back to being an uncooked liquid), according to many Rishonim is no longer considered a cooked food and thus isn’t covered by "Ain Bishul Achar Bishul", and it may not be re-cooked on Shabbos. Some Rishonim maintain that even with regard to liquid foods we apply the concept of "Ain Bishul Achar Bishul". (See Bais Yosef Siman 318) Most Poskim, however, rule stringently and prohibit reheating any previously cooked liquid containing foods which have become cold. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 318:4. Tomorrow, B’Ezras Hashem, we shall discuss what temperature is considered "cold" in regard to this Halacha.) The Thirty Nine Avos Melachos of Shabbos:
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Chizuk For Today:
We are told that one of the 10 nisyonos (trials) of Avraham Avinu happened in this week’s sidrah, "Lech Lecha Me’artzecha...".
The question is asked: how is this a nisayon?
Immediately after the commandment, Avraham Avinu gets a havtacha (guarantee) from Hashem, that he will become a great nation and multiply.
This sounds like an offer he can’t refuse!
Explains the Sfas Emes: The nisayon here was, how was Avraham Avinu going to respond; that despite the havtacha, was Avraham Avinu going to act lishma (for the sake of Hashem), because it was what Hashem told him, or for the sake of the havtacha.
We see that, B"H, Avraham Avinu was successful and he passed this test with flying colors, just like the others.
B’Ezras Hashem, we should always be emulating this middah(character trait) of acting purely lishma, despite the brachos and rewards that may accompany our good deeds!
Submited by Aaaron F.
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות - one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in Olam Haba - the world to come. (Talmud Niddah 73a)
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