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1) If a food [which is fully cooked] was placed on a blech from before Shabbos and the flame or other heat source was inadvertently turned off or if it became extinguished on its own, as long as it is still warm it may be transferred to another blech.
The aforementioned applies even if the flame went out before Shabbos and wasn't noticed until on Shabbos. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74;Bishul:38 and Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchasa Perek1 footnote 69. See also Shu"t B'Tzel HaChachma Vol. 4 Siman 137 where he rules stringently with this)
2) If the wrong pot was removed from the blech (e.g. on Friday night one removes the Cholent instead of the chicken soup) and placed down with intent not to return it, upon discovery of the mistake, according to many Poskim it may be returned to the blech so long as it is fully cooked and still warm. (See Shu"t Shevet HaKehasi Vol. 3 Siman102)
Other Poskim,however, are stringent with this and prohibit returning the pot to the blech. For Halacha L'ma'aseh a Rav must be consulted. (See Shu"t B'Tzel HaChachma ibid. and Shu" t Be'er Moshe Vol. 6 Siman 113)
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Reader's Question:
Does Hamotzi end after the bracha is said or after the kazayos of bread is eaten?
If the process is not complete until the bread is eaten - then why are we allowed to stop after the bracha to sprinkle salt or honey on the bread.?
Wouldn't we need to pre-sprinkle the bread even before netilas yedayim to avoid interupting the process?
Answer:
As far as the hefsek after washing is concerned, Hamotzi is over as soon as the Bracha is recited.
That being said, it is important to eat the bread immediately after saying the bracha of Hamotzi. BUT, it isn't a Hefsek to dip in the salt or honey as that is a part of eating the bread.
Incidentally, you write "sprinkle the salt". The proper way for the salt to be applied to the bread is to "dip" the bread into the salt [three times, according to some], and not to "sprinkle" it.
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Kiruv begins at home!
As the start of our sedra attests to, Yaakov sent messengers to Eisav ahead of the grand reunion; to placate Eisav in the hope that Eisav would not fight. Rashi (32:4) tells us that these messengers were actually angels - which begs the question: why did Yaakov not send human messengers?
One answer is that Yaakov was trying to be mekarev(bring closer to Hashem) his twin brother.
Yaakov hoped that seeing the spiritual faces of these angels would make Eisav change his ways and repent.
Indeed, this is not the first time Yaakov tries to get his brother to mend his ways. One reason why Yaakov was constantly kicking out in the womb whenever Rivkah passed a Shul/Beis Midrash was not for himself (Yaakov was learning Torah with an angel in the womb), but for Eisav - for Eisav to be born in such a place of kedusha and to be influenced by it.
Similarly, as Rav Chaim Halpern points out, this was why Yaakov initially planned for Eisav to marry Leah - again, in the hope that Leah would cause Eisav to repent.
Submitted by daily reader JJ.; Taken from www.shortvort.com
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- 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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