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1)A pot which contains in it food that is not yet totally cooked may not be mixed with a spoon or another utensil, as doing so causes the food to cook quicker; this is a biblical prohibition. (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 318:18 and Mishna Berura S"K 114)
Even if the pot is no longer on the fire or other heat source, so long as the contents are Yad Soledes Bo, the biblical prohibition of mixing is in place. (See Bais Yosef end of Siman 318 Dibur Hamaschil Kasav HaRan)
2)Furthermore, not only may the aforementioned food not be mixed [for the purpose of mixing], it is similarly forbidden to remove any of the food from the pot as by inserting a spoon or ladle into the pot to remove some food it will inevitably be mixed; this additional prohibition is rabbinical in nature. (See Mishna Berura Siman 318:117)
This too applies so long as the contents of the pot are Yad Soledes Bo, even if the pot has been removed from the fire or heat source. (Shulchan Aruch ibid.)
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Reader's Question:
The Aruch Hashulchan writes that saying "Pitum Haketores" by mincha is a minhag yafeh (proper custom).
Ever since I saw that, I have been saying the parsha of pitum haktores before mincha, although I daven nusach ashkenaz.
Is there any problem with saying it and why if the aruch hashulchan says it is a minhag yafeh do we not find nusach ashkenaz people saying pitum haktores before mincha.
I was always told that we dont say it by shacharis before aleinu becasue we may rush through it and it states, im Chisar achas mekol.......chayav misa.
Would this same theory apply to mincha?
I dont know if people are as rushed by mincha as they are by shacharis in morning rushing off to work.
Answer:
Many people I know that daven Ashknaz do in fact say it, and certain Ashkenaz siddurim do in fact have it.
It is possible that the reason for many not saying it is indeed the same reason as by shacharis, as many people will rush by Mincha as well.
There is nothing wrong with saying Pitum Haketores before Mincha, even if you normally daven Nusach Ashkenaz (as the Aruch Hashulchan did!).
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