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1)A food item that has already been cooked to the point of Ma’achal Ben D’Rusai is still subject to the prohibition of Bishul and any additional cooking of the item that gets it closer to its "fully cooked" stage is a transgression of Bishul. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 318:4)
However, once an item has been "fully cooked" as long as it is still Yad Soledes Bo it is no longer subject to the prohibition of Bishul, even if any additional cooking will enhance the food (Mitztamek V’yafeh Lo) (Rama Siman 318:4; Mishna Berura S" K 24)
2) Being that it isn’t always possible to tell if a food that is cooking is totally cooked or not (in which case any covering of uncovered pots, mixing of food in the pot or moving its location on the heat source may result in a transgression it is best to make sure to be done with all the cooking before Shabbos arrives.
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
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If a person keeps Rabbeinu Tam’s Zman (waits 72 minutes after sunset before doing Melacha) on Motzei Shabbos but didnt make a neder to keep it would it be an aveira to break shabbos before Rabbeinu Tam [and wait an earlier zman such as 60 or 50 minutes after sunset]?
Answer:
If a person does a good thing(Hanhaga Tovah) 3 times, it is as if he/she made a neder to do this, and would need to be Matir Neder before stopping to do it.
Thus, if you keptRabbeinu Tam Zman, you must always keep it unless you are Matir the Neder.
Incidentally, after 120, if someone (G-d forbid) is judged to go to Gehinnom (hell), he/she gets a break from the punishment on Shabbos. When Shabbos is over, the torture continues.
When is Shabbos over for that person? The Seforim say that the amount of time that one waited in this world, is the amount of time he/she gets the reprieve in the next world! Every second of Gehinom is like years of suffering! So it is worthwhile to keep Shabbos until the latest Zman possible.
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The Brisker Rav, Rav Yitzchak Zev Haleivi Soloveitchik Zatzal
Many have pondered why Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbos (Tehillim 92) is the Shir Shel Yom for Shabbos.
The only reference to the Shabbos in the whole Mizmor appears to be only in the first phrase: "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbos."
The Brisker Rav, Z’tl, explains that the Mizmor does in fact express praise and thanks to Hashem for creating the world--and then goes beyond to explain that when the Seven Days of Creation were completed, and Shabbos came, Adam HaRishon (who composed this Kapitel) realized that the world would continue to function through its re-creation every moment following its initial creation by Hashem’s direct and constant "hanhaga" of the world thereafter.
This great concept especially lies in the words "Mah Gadlu Ma’asecha Hashem"--which is a Shir over the Creation itself, immediately followed by the words "Me’od Amku Machshivosecha"--which is a Shir over Hashem’s subsequent hanhaga over the world every second of every day.
The Chapter actually then goes on to describe how the hanhaga works over time, with the blossoming of the Reshaim and their ultimate destruction, as well as the raising of Tzadikim ("Vatarem Kireim Karni").
Hashem’s Hanhaga in this world will be ongoing and continue until this world ends--when the "Yom Shekulo Shabbos" occurs--which, as the ultimate Shabbos, is the ultimate culmination of all of Creation!
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