Tuesday
6 Iyar 5771;21st Day of the Omer
May 10, 2011
1) Sechitah, the act of squeezing and extracting liquids from a fruit (or other items), is a Toladah (subcategory) of the Av Melacha (primary) of Dosh, and is in many cases biblically prohibited.
2) There are three levels of Sechitah:
a- Squeezing olives and grapes, whose byproducts - olive oil and wine - are a) significant liquids, b) are normally squeezed and c) additionally their prime use is in the liquid form. Extracting these juices is biblically prohibited. (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 320:1) (Other commonly squeezed fruits may fall into this category as well as we shall discuss in the next few days B'Ezras Hashem.)
b- Squeezing Strawberries and Pomegranates and any other fruits and vegetables which are normal to sometimes squeeze in order to consume their juices, even though doing this is not their primary use.Extracting these juices is a rabbinic prohibition. (See Mishna Berura Siman 320:5)
c- Squeezing fruits and vegetables which are not commonly squeezed. It is permitted to squeeze such items on Shabbos.
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
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Reader's Question:
Can one eat food that a non-Jew cooks on Shabbos after Shabbos already started (if the oven and everything was already on), if she is also cooking for a bunch of non Jews and herself?
If not, can one eat food that was cooked before shabbos but that she keeps on the heat (which she shuts off when she's done on shabbos) or that she continues to cook on shabbos? (keep in mind that for all of this, she would be turning off the heat on shabbos)
Answer:
A Jew may not eat food that was cooked on Shabbos (surely on this shabbos, and sometimes the food may not be eaten ever. It's too detailed for this forum, and a Rav needs to be consulted for each situation).
It doesnt matter who cooked it and who they cooked it for.
If the food is fully cooked, and was left on the open fire, it may be eaten, but is not ideal as there should not be any open fires on Shabbos in the home, without a blech.
If it was not fully cooked, it is prohibited to eat.
The fact that she shuts it afterwards has no effect on the above halachos.
CHIZUK CORNER
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Chizuk Corner
EVERY single Jew stood at Har Sinai 3,323 years ago.
EVERY single Jew.
Hashem gave the holy Torah to EVERY single Jew.
Hashem proclaimed His love for EVERY single Jew.
Every Jew is a child of Hashem
"בנים אתם לד' אלקיכם"
NO EXCEPTIONS.
In just a few weeks we will celebrate the anniversary of that great and awesome day in history.
Between now and Shavuos, Let's show Hashem that we will emulate Him and start loving EVERY single Jew.
Yes, even the ones that don't dress as we do.
Yes, even the ones that don't think as we do.
Yes, even the ones that are not yet as close to Hashem as we think they should be.
Yes, even the ones that don't love us in return.
EVERY Jew is a child of Hashem.
EVERY single one.
Like One Man, with One Heart.
כאיש אחד בלב אחד
Perhaps if we all demonstrate our love for each other, we will finally merit seeing the glory of Hashem in a way that will make the revelation of 3,323 years ago pale in comparison.
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