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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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What is the status of a pareve container AFTER pareve food that had been cooked in a meat pot is warmed in it? Was status of pareve container changed?

If the meat pot had not been used within 24 hours prior to cooking the pareve food, the question doesn't even get off the ground. Assuming the meat pot had been used within 24 hours of heating up the ...
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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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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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