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1)"Kalei HaBishul, things which are easily cooked" are different than other items in that they can be cooked even in a Kli Sheini as long as it is Yad Soledes Bo.
There is a lot of discussion amongst the Poskim as to which foods fall under this category.
The Mishna (Shabbos 145b) lists a few foods that fall under this category.
Some Poskim maintain that any food which aren't specifically excluded in the Talmud from being Kalei HaBishul, can indeed be considered Kalei HaBishul (Opinion of the Mogen Avraham Siman 318:18 and Mishna Berura Siman 318:42. See also Bais Yosef Siman 318 quoting the Sefer Yereim)
Other Poskim maintain that only foods which are obvious that they are easily cooked (such as in the case of putting bread into hot soup or eggs which are known to boil even in a Kli Sheini or pouring hot water on tea leaves), are considered Kalei HaBishul but otherwise there is no need to treat any other foods as such. (Chazon Ish Orach Chaim Siman 52:19)
2) Some Poskim rule that Kalei HaBishul may be placed into a Kli Shlishi, as only up to Kli Sheini, as well as Irui from a Kli Sheini directly onto them will cook them.
However, many Poskim including the Chazon Ish maintains that Kalei HaBishul will get cooked even in a kli Shlishi and higher (i.e. Kli Revi'i, a fourth utensil , Kli Chamishi, fifth utensil etc. as long as the water is Yad Soledes Bo) and thus placing a food which is determined to be a Kalei HaBishul into a Kli Shlishi is a prohibition of Bishul.
According to this, it would be prohibited to use tea bags on Shabbos even in a Kli Shlishi and higher. (This is indeed the Psak of the Mishna Berura Siman 318:39 where he sternly rebukes those who use tea bags, the Aruch HaShulchan Siman 318:28, the Chazon Ish ibid., and many contemporary Poskim. Although Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal in Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74; Bishul 15 rules that tea bags in a Kli Shlishi are not a prohibition of Bishul, he writes that he himself is stringent. Also in Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 2 Siman 85 he writes to avoid tea bags and make tea essence before Shabbos as per the ruling of the Mishna Berura. See also "The Shabbos Kitchen" by Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita page 33 where he rules stringently and prohibits using tea bags altogether, even in a Kli Shlishi or higher.)
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Reader's Question:
A while ago you answered questions regarding Netilas Yadayim, and one of the things mentioned was that hands must be dry before washing.
While I have always learned this to be so, someone challenged this stating that it's a chumra (stringency) and not the halacha- can you please clarify this for me?
Answer:
Technically it may be considered a "chumrah". Let me explain:
The Chofetz Chaim indeed Paskens that wet hands is not a problem at all (Biur Halacha Siman 162:2)
Other Poskim, including the Chazon Ish (Orach Chaim Siman 24:20), maintain that one whose hands are wet before washing is not Yotzei, possibly even not B'Dieved.
Therefore, the custom of scrupulous people is to be "Machmir" with this and to make sure the hands are totally dry before washing.
See also K'tzos HaShulchan from Rav Chaim Na'eh Zatzal Siman 33:13 where he states that it is praiseworthy to be makpid on this.
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Chizuk For Today:
I was going in for my fifth c-section and I was terrified! I imagined all the worst incidences in all past four c-sections amplified and rolled into my upcoming operation. I decided to phone Susan, a good friend of mine who was also a repeated c-section case for her support.
Susan had been through a lot, and thus was able to see things in perspective and offer sage advice. In fact, after her second c-section she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Baruch Hashem, after much prayer, and a year of heart wrenching treatment she was proclaimed cancer free. Unfortunately though, the drugs that they had used were so strong, that she was told that there was only a 10% chance that she would be able to become pregnant again.
After she had given me the necessary support she asked me "So what are you going to do with the pain?"
I wasn't quite sure what she was referring to... "I guess grin and bear it" I replied
"No", she answered, "Please pray for me. Each time there is pain please pray that Hashem will give me more children."
I was quite taken aback at her request. "Who I am to pray for this woman? I am just little old me?"
But then I heard her words echoing in my head "There is nothing to do with the pain, its going to be there anyway. So you might as well use it for something worthwhile..."
And so it was. Throughout the surgery and recovery period, each time there was pain, I pleaded that Hashem should allow her miraculously to have more children.
And yes, 2 weeks after the circumcision of my son, she was pregnant!
Just before her third c-section, Susan phoned me for support.
"What about the pain?" she asked, "I am so nervous about it".
"Susan," I replied "why not find someone to pray for each time there is pain. You and I both know that it's going to be there anyway, so you might as well use it for something positive."
"But who am I?" Susan retorted, "I am not anyone grand - I'm just little old me"
While Susan was in treatment for her cancer, she had met a woman named Sarah who also was diagnosed with end stages cancer. Baruch Hashem, Sarah had survived, but she was told that due to the strength of the drugs, that already in her late 20's she had started to go into premature menopause, and therefore would never be able to have more children.
And so it was. Throughout her c-section and recovery period, Susan, prayed with all her might that Sarah should be able to have children.
Two weeks after Susan's son's circumcision Sarah was miraculously pregnant!
Yes, Hashem listens to even "little old me"... You don't have to be great for Hashem to listen to your pleas...
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