Questions tagged [cooking-bishul]
for questions about cooking generally and also about the halachic concept of bishul
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Minimum Halachic Definition of Bread
This is sort of the counter question to Mezonos bread. At what point does a grain based admixture transition between bread and non bread?
To clarify:
The general position of Sephardic Jewry is that ...
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Is Sous-vide Cooking or Roasting?
It has been discussed here previously regarding the Sous-vide method of cooking.
However I have a separate question. What type of method is halachically categorized as?
Is it Tzli or is it Bishul?
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Preparing food for Yom Tov Sheni
Orach Chaim 503 says that one may not prepare from the first day of Yom Tov for the second day of Yom Tov. However, if one is going to eat even one piece of meat on the first day, they may fill up a ...
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Where can I buy a Chagaz in Brooklyn?
There is an instrument, called Chagaz, that uses a timer to off the gas, after I cook on YomTov. It's a product from the Zomet Institute in Israel.
Do you know where can I buy it in Brooklyn?
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Mevushal kol tzorko - what is it for meat?
We poskin (OH 318(4)) that the law of cooking on Shabbos continues until solid food passes מאכל בן דרוסאי, and reaches מבושל כל צרכו - "completely cooked". What does "completely cooked&...
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Is there an issur to put cold water in a kli rishon on Yom Tov?
There is a prohibition of cooking to put cold water into a kli rishon of hot water on Shabbos. This is mentioned in the Mishna and Gemara on Shabbos 42a, and codified in the Tur and Shulchan Aruch ...
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The opinion that microwaves don't need to be kashered
So I remember hearing this opinion that followed like this: "Microwaves do not need to be kashered because the means of cooking in a microwave are different than those spoken about in the Gemara."
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Blech using a griddle
Is it permissible to perform shehiya using a griddle as a blech on Shabbos, where one uses the griddle regularly during the week to cook on - adjusting the flame all the time during its regular use?
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Holiday cooking: website(s) with prepared menus?
There are plenty of websites with endless recipes for appetizers, desserts, etc. but they don't help you coordinate between the different parts of the meal, suggesting which salads go with which soups,...
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Deliberately congeal fatty sauce before/on Shabbat so it can be put on the blech in the morning?
According to SA OH 318:16 sefardim may deliberately place a dish that has congealed fat onto a blech, even though it will melt and become a liquid. The principle of "en bishul achar bishul" (...
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Halachically-compliant Shabbos warmers?
I understand that it halachically permissible on Shabbos to place dry, already cooked food (such as leftovers from the fridge) on a warming tray so that it will get warm.
However, there are several ...
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An Unblech that may/will boil off
If someone uses a water blech (Unblech or k'deirah) to exploit whatever halachic advantage he sees from this pot on a pot method, does he have to anticipate the possibility that the water inside will ...
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Bishul Akum - lo plug?
There is a dispute between the Mechaber who is stringent and the Rama who is lenient with regards to bishul akum and how much involvement of a Yisrael is necessary to wipe away the issur of bishul ...
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Asking A Gentile To Perform Safeq Melakhah
Citing HaRav HID"A and Hakham 'Ovadiah A"H, HaRav Eliyahu Mansour states in his Daily Halacha that:
The Hid"a [...] writes that it is permissible to ask a non-Jew to place a pot of cold liquid on a ...
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Which model of Slow Cooker is kosher for Shabbat use?
There are multiple types of slow cookers and crock pots and I'd like a recommendation of a specific one that can be used for Shabbat. I remember reading about the popular type of slow cooker with ...
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Should the Gemora allow boiled food on Pesach?
Pesachim 39B quotes a Beraisa which says, "The following do not become Chametz: something (i.e. grain) that was already baked (matzo), cooked, or Chalut (scalded, I guess?) in boiling water."
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Adding cold water to an electric urn on Yom Tov causes the main heating element to come on after a delay. Is it allowed?
This question is related. The difference here is that there is a delay between adding the water and the element coming on.
On Yom Tov there is insufficient water in the urn.
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Can a Kli Sheini be built onto a Kli Rishon?
If I want to use use hot water from my coffee urn on Shabbat (as I understand it, the urn is a kli rishon) to make instant coffee, I pour it into a separate cup and pour from there into the cup that I ...
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Putting a raw piece of meat in pot on Erev Shabbos
Orach Chaim Siman 253 Seif 1 talks about in which situation are you allowed to keep food on a fire on shabbos and in the middle of the seif it says,
ואם נתן בה חתיכה חיה מותר כאלו היתה כולה חיה דע&...
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Can a glass stovetop be used for both meat and milk?
Is it permissible to use a glass stovetop for both meat and milk? Or is it forbidden? A OK article says that one should not use a glass stove top for meat and milk, however rabbikaganoff Is My Stove ...
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A better way to warm up food on shabbat morning
When warming up food on a hot tray on shabbat, most poskim do not allow one to put the food directly on the hot tray, but rather insist on a plate or inverted pot or pan be placed on the hot tray and ...
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Tankless Water Heaters on Shabbos and Yom Tov
I have been trying to understand the issues with tankless water heaters on Shabbos and Yom Tov. (The simple description of how this works can be found here and here).
I found this answer on Mi Yodeya ...
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Temperature controlled urn on Shabbat
What issues may be at play when adjusting the temperature of an urn on Shabbat, e.g. from 200° F to 80° F, specifically on an urn pictured below*? (Assuming the water is already pre-boiled before ...
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May Passover matzoh be made from durum wheat flour and then reground as meal for Italian pasta?
Italian pasta is generally made from durum wheat (semolina) flour. Wheat is one of the grains from which Passover matzoh can be made. Normally matzoh is baked at high heat from flour and water only, ...
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Hard Boiled Eggs
I heard second hand that one can eat hard boiled eggs on pesach, even if they were cooked in a not kosher l'pesach pot (presumably non-ben yomo?). Is this true? If so, why? Would one consequently be ...
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Warming Zone on Stove on Shabbat
A stove is a gas stove but has both an electric warming drawer as well as an electric "warming zone" surface. The warming zone is in the middle of the stove - sort of a glass top - and can be set ...
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Can one char / sear a frankfurter on Shabbat?
I'm trying to get a better understanding of the general rule that "there is no cooking of already cooked foods".
Let's say a frankfurter has already been cooked (via boiling, etc.) If one puts the ...
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Induction cooktop with blech
I have looked at this question regarding the use of induction cooktops on shabbat. The problem seems to be one of החזרה (returning to the fire) -- understandable, since one cannot take a pot off the ...
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Putting Pre-Prepared Food On An Already On Pilot on Shabbath
If one prepares food prior to the sun going down on Erev Shabbath, and then puts it on a pilot that was on prior to the sun going down in order for the food to be warm, are they allowed to partake in ...
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Can I drive an electric car that has been left on before Yom Tov if food was placed on the batteries before Yom Tov?
DISCLAIMER: I was referring to what I saw on the Chabad article(the first one linked to as "Yom Tov Laws") I am not considering at all Yom Kippur, I meant Yom Tov in terms of the idea of &...
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Is cooking food in one's mouth forbidden on Shabbos?
If someone put an uncooked food into his mouth on shabbos, and then drinks water which is hot enough to cook the food (עירוי כלי ראשון שיד סולדת בו or if the food was מקלי הבישול even from a כלי שני) ...
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Is it Mutar to do Shehiya and Chazara on Sternos?
Assuming the the water in the bottom pan is Yad Soledes Bo before Shabbos would it be Mutar to do Shehiya for the Friday night Shalom Zachar or the like on top of Sternos?
I was primarily thinking ...
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Breville smart oven and kashering
I've seen this oven in a few places. The question is: whether it's an oven or a toaster oven in halacha. My family holds like the 'Aruch haShulchan (Yoreh De'ah 92:55) for regular ovens (that one may ...
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Offset Smoker – Kli Rishon or Sheini?
An offset smoker is a device for smoking food in which the fire is in a compartment (A) which is not completely connected to the cooking area (B), as in the image below:
In theory at least, parts A ...
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