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We will now B'Ezras Hashem, resume Hilchos Bishul, where we left off before Chanukah.
1) Hatmana, insulating a pot containing food (e.g. wrapping it in a towel) in a non permissible way, is another rabbinical Gezeira that was enacted to prevent the transgression of Bishul, cooking and Hav'arah, kindling a flame. (See Talmud Shabbos 34a)
Hatmana in a non permissible way can sometimes be prohibited even if done on Erev Shabbos, as we shall discuss in the next few days.
There are two kinds of insulation which we will be discussing:
a) Hatmana B'Davar Hamosif Hevel, insulating with materials that will increase the heat of the food in the pot.
b) Hatmana B'Davar She'Aino Mosif Hevel, insulating with materials that only maintain the heat of the food but do not increase the heat.
2) Hatmana only applies to the extra covering that one may place around a pot but doesn't apply to any initial covering that is directly covering the food (i.e. the pot, or a piece of aluminum foil that the food is placed in) (See "The Shabbos Kitchen' by Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita page 70 footnote 2 for a lengthy discourse behind this ruling)
Hatmana in a non permissible way applies equally to partially and fully cooked foods. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 257:7)
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QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
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Reader's Question:
Is there a proper custom to distribute the portions [of Challah] to
others at the table BEFORE the one making the bracha eats his portion?
Or at least for him to SLICE all the portions before eating his own portion?
Answer:
The one making the Bracha should eat first, then slice the rest of the pieces and distribute, as not to have a hefsek between the Bracha and the eating. When distributing, he should give his wife first and then the rest of the participants according to chashivus, or age. (Psak of the Mishna Berura 167:79, although the Rama and others Pasken like Tosefos and the Mordechai that he may slice all the pieces, give them out and then eat, as they hold doing so is not a Hefsek)
CHIZUK CORNER
As a Zechus for the Refuah Shelaima of one of the Gedolei HaDor, the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva , HaRav Chaim Stein Shlita, R' Chaim Yaakov ben Chasya Miriam, B'soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel, we will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
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אל תתיאש מן הרחמים
Chizuk For Today:
שערי דמעות לא ננעלו
The Gates of Heaven Never Close for Tears.
Tears streaming down the face of a Jew are never for nought.
They may not work today. or tomorrow. or even in your lifetime.
But work they do.
Sha'arei DeMaos Lo Ninalu.
Hashem sees them. He treasures them. He will answer them. every last drop.
Often it seems like they slide down our faces and down the drain.
But nothing could be further from the truth; Tears will ultimately wash away our pain.
Rain flows downward. Tears flow upward.
The flow of our tears will open the floodgates
and ultimately the salvation of Hashem will rush down upon us all and cleanse our broken hearts.
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