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1) As we learned yesterday, Hatmana B'Miktzas, where a significant portion of the food is not insulated, is permitted [for Ashkenazim].
There is no difference what part of the pot remains un-insulated as long as there is a part of the pot lacking insulation.
Thus, if the top of the pot is wrapped and a portion of the pot on bottom is left unwrapped it's just as acceptable as where the bottom of the pot is wrapped and a portion on top of the pot is left un-insulated.
2) According to Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal (quoted in Sefer Sh'vus Yitzchak Perek 20), even if the insulation is covering the entire area of the pot where the food is contained and the un-insulated part is only where there is no food; it is still considered Hatmana B'Miktzas and permitted [for Ashkenazim].
According to Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal, however, in the aforementioned case he seemingly rules stringently. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74;Hatmana:4)
For Halacha L'ma'aseh a Rav should be consulted.
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Reader's Question:
If a person said a brocha over milk and then realized that he was fleishig, does he say "Baruch Sheim Kevod Malchuso L'Olam Va'aed"?
Answer:
The issue is that saying a Bracha L'Vatala is a biblical transgression, while eating milk when fleishig is a rabbinic transgression.
The ideal thing to do is to eat something parve of the same Bracha which is in front of you, so as the Bracha wont be L'vatalah, and you also wont need to eat milchig.
If no other food is around, and it is past an hour from when you ate fleishig, then take one bite of the milchig item and not eat any more after that initial bite.(Some Poskim say to take a bite, and then spit it out after you tasted it, but do not swallow it)
If less than an hour passed since eating fleishig, the milchig item should not be tasted, rather "Baruch Sheim K'Vod malchuso L'Olam Va'ed" should be recited, as is done after every bracha L'Vatalah (See Mishna Berura Siman 206:26 and Biur Halacha Dibur Hamaschil Rak Shelo. See also Shu"t Be'er Moshe Vol. 4 Siman 24.)
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