1) A common method of removing some liquid (e.g. soup) from a pot without removing the solid items (e.g. the vegetables in the soup) is to place the cover of the pot almost totally on the pot and to tilt the pot and allow the liquid to escape via the small opening formed by the cover being a little bit off the pot.
Is doing this on Shabbos considered Borer with a utensil?
Some Poskim prohibit this method even if being done immediately before the meal as they rule that indeed it is Borer with a utensil. (Ruling of Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal and YBL"C Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Shlita quoted in Sefer Orchos Shabbos Perek 3 footnotes 82 and 83)
Other Poskim, however, allow this if being done immediately before the meal, as they don't consider this a utensil, rather they look at the cover as an extension of one's hand as the cover is only being utilized the protect the hands from the messy and/or hot liquid. (Ruling of Rav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita, ibid.)
2) The same reasoning would apply when using a ladle to remove solids from within a pot containing a mixture of solids and liquid where the ladle is tilted in such a way to only remove the solids while the liquid is left to flow back into the pot, where some Poskim would consider this Borer with a utensil and others would consider the ladle an extension of the hand.
For Halacha L'ma'aseh, of course, each individual must consult their own Rav.
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Reader's Question:
Does the Shulchan Aruch state that one must be standing when taking off Tefilin?
Answer:
Yes, indeed it does state that one should be standing when removing the Shel Rosh (Siman 28:2) and for Ashkenazim, when taking off the Shel Yad as well.(Mishna Berura Siman 28 S"K 6)
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The Midrash says that there is nothing Hashem loves more dearly then Tznius, modesty.
When the malachim came to Avraham and asked, "Where is Sara your wife?" they were inquiring about what zechus (merit) she, a barren women of ninety years, would merit having a child.
Avraham replied, "She is in her tent," implying that in the zechus of her Tznius, she is worthy of Hashem's promise that 'Kings will come from you.'
(Pesikta Rabasi 46:1; Kli Yakar Bereishis 18:9)
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