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1st Day Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5771
November 7 2010
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1) It is prohibited to leave a cooking pot on the fire or other heat source on Erev Shabbos if it will continue cooking on Shabbos, so long as the food has not yet reached the stage of being considered a "Ma'achal Ben D'Rusai (which means, as we explained in the Halachos of October 12 2010: Cooked enough that the gang of robbers led by the bandit Ben D'Rusai, who didn't have time to wait for a thorough cooking would already eat it. (See Talmud Shabbos 20a and Menachos 57a). According to some Rishonim, "Ma'achal Ben D'Rusai" is reached after being half cooked (Rambam Hilchos Shabbos Perek 9:5), while other Rishonim (Rashi Shabbos 20a Dibur Hamaschil Ben) maintain that it is reached upon being a third cooked. Thus, a food item that usually takes an hour to cook, is considered Ma'achal Ben D'Rusai twenty minutes, according to Rashi, or half an hour, according to the Rambam, after reaching Yad Soledes Bo. This is the understanding of the Chazon Ish Siman 37:6)
The reason for this, as we explained in the previous email, is that Chazal were afraid that one would tend to this uncooked food via turning over the coals (referred to in Halacha as "Shema Yechateh B'Gechalim") and thus indeed transgress a biblical Melacha of Mav'ir, kindling a flame on Shabbos. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 253:1)
Even though today's ovens and stovetops do not utilize coals, this Gezeira is still in effect.
2) If the pot reached Ma'achal Ben D'Rusai before Shkiah, sunset, it is acceptable to leave it on the heat source even in instances where the people in the home accepted Shabbos early (as is common in many Jewish homes during the summer months) (See Shu"t Minchas Shlomo Vol. 2 Siman 34)
According to the Chazon Ish (Siman 37:27), if one inadvertently left a pot on the fire which didn't reach Ma'achal Ben D'Rusai before sunset, as long as it reached this stage before Tzeis HaKochavim, the emergence of three medium stars, the food may be eaten B'dieved.
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37. Ma'avir - Kindling a fire. 38. Makeh B'Patish - Completing an object
39. Hotza'ah - Carrying between domains or in public domain
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Reader's Question:
What does the actual Netila (washing of Netilas Yadayim for bread) do? Does it purify the hands to eat the bread or touch it?
Answer:
Yes. The netilah serves 2 purposes.
1) to purify and sanctify our hands and bodies for eating Hashem's bread, much as the Kohanim needed to sanctify themselves via washing before doing the Avodah. We Jews are commanded to be holy, and this is one application of that requirement.
2) To cleanse ourselves, as it isn't dignified for a Jew to make a Bracha and eat when his hands are unclean.
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Chizuk For Today:
The talmidim of Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai asked him, "When the Yidden were in the midbar, why didn't Hashem make enough Manna come down once a year to last for a full year?"
Rebbi Shimon explained this with a mashol: A king had an only son whom he supported by giving him his needs once a year. However, the king was unsatisfied with this arrangement, for the prince would only visit once a year to receive his provisions.
Therefore, the king decided to give him his daily needs on a day to day basis, and now the prince would have to visit his father every day.
So too, a Yid living in the midbar who had a number of children would worry and say, "Perhaps the Manna will stop coming tomorrow and we will all die of hunger." He had no choice but to put his full trust in Hashem, that He would provide him with all his needs.
(Talmud Yoma 76a)
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