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Do sephardim have different halachas for serving cholent from a blech on shabbos?
When it comes to serving the food from a pot on the fire, and assuming the food is fully cooked, then it seems that Beit Yosef permits this. (See e.g. Mishnah Berurah 318:113.)
Stirring the pot while ...
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Burger King Vs McDonalds, מן התורה או מדרבנן
Assuming that one is grilled and one is fried, there is room to explain as follows:
In yoreh deah siman 87 in seif 1 it states that cooking meat with milk is a biblical prohibition. The first piece of ...
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Sous-vide cooking for Shabbat
From the OK regarding Hatmana:
"There is a discussion amongst the Poskim about whether food wrapped
in a plastic bag is included in the prohibition of Hatmana. Sous vide
may not be included in ...
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Chanania and perek 3 of Shabbos - if yeish bishul acher bishul
Eglei Tal in Melechet Ofeh 10:10 is bothered by this question. He writes that it is clear from the mishnah at the beginning of perek kirah that once a food reaches the level of ma'achal ben derusa'i ...
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Hand warmer on Shabbos
R Yoel Lieberman brings the view of R Dov Lior, the Rabbi of Kiryat Arba, in his book "Dvar Chevron"(siman 236 p. 125)
There is no Torah prohibition only a Rabbinical prohibition of
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Hot chocolate on Shabbat
Although the original psak deals with soup-powder, I think it would be no different with cocoa-powder.
Refer to the answer here on Dinonline.org:
it would be permitted to put instant soup mix into a ...
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Washing Hands With Hot Water On Shabbath
According to Rabbi Naftahli Silberberg
When turning on the hot water you are automatically letting new water
flow into the water boiler, where they are cooked. Cooking is one of
the thirty-nine ...
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Burger King Vs McDonalds, מן התורה או מדרבנן
If your presumption is correct, then tigun, frying, is still d'oraisa to cook (Pri Chadash). However, it might be d'rabbanan to eat. This would follow Minchat Yaakov and Aruch Hashulchan. Pri Megadim ...
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May one host irreligious guests on yom tov?
The halacha is stated with regards to those who break Shabbat (see Yalkut Yosef 512:2), and the reason given is that they are considered, in halacha, like non-Jews for these purposes. The Bene Tziyon ...
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