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1)As we learned, even items that are already baked or roasted may still not be placed in a Kli Rishon (or even a Kli Sheini where the item in question is considered Kalei HaBishul) to be further cooked as the cooking process further enhances the item more so than the baking or roasting process.
A few more common examples of this include:
Artificial sweeteners (such as saccharine, NutraSweet, Splenda and the like both in tablet form and in powdered form) if they are uncooked [in liquid], even if they undergo processing involving heat, may not be added to hot tea or other hot drinks unless the hot drink is already in a Kli Shlishi. (We will discuss Kli Shlishi more at length in the near future B’Ezras Hashem)
Likewise, other instant powders such as cocoa, soup mix etc. may not be added to hot water unless it’s already in a Kli Shlishi.
The exception to this rule is if every ingredient contained in the powder in question has already been through a "cooking" process, not just a baking or roasting process.
2) Just as we do not cook items that have only been baked or roasted, we also do not bake or roast items that have only been cooked.
Therefore, fully cooked items may not be placed directly on the fire or other heat source even if there is no liquid at all in the item, lest they get baked or roasted and thus be a transgression of Bishul. (See Mishna Berura Siman 318:41)
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Reader’s Question:
I work in a school where the water fountain is right outside the bathroom.
The actual toilets are in stalls. The stalls are probably 8 feet away from the fountain but the entrance to the bathroom is not.
Is this a problem considering one is not supposed to saya Bracha / think divrie kedusha within 8 feet of such tumah? or am i mistaken which is very possible.
Answer:
If there is a smell, you need to be 8 feet away from the smell in order to make any Bracha and ou would need to fill a cup of water, and walk away to make the Bracha and drink it.
As long as no smell is emanating from the bathroom, you may make a Bracha immediately outside of the bathroom.
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The Pasuk in last week’s Parsha begins with Hashem’s directive to Avraham Avinu; "Lech Lecha Me’artzecha.." Hashem says to Avraham, leave your house and your comfort zone and travel to the place where I shall direct you .
Rabbeinu Bechaya writes that the word(s) "Lech L’cha" is derived from the term (shoresh) "Lichluch", which means ’dirt’.
Says Rabbeinu Bechaya, what this implies, is that Hashem was warning Avraham to take leave of his evil surroundings, lest he become affected and influenced by the ’filth’, ’dirt’ and immorality of his environment.
The question here is quite obvious! The Medrash Rabba teaches us that Avraham was called "Avraham Ha ’ivri", because he would consistently stand on the oppossite side (from the term ’Eiver’) and against the popular tide of immorality and baseness exhibited by the people of his time.
This being the case, why did Hashem feel the need to direct Avraham away from his home for fear that he might become affected by his surroundings?
The answer can be stated simply. The fact of the matter is, one doesn’t need to soak his hands in filth in order to become contaminated by it. Indeed, it is a proven fact, that if you simply hang around dirt and dust, you will become coated with it by simple virtue of your close proximity to it!
The Medrash explains the Pasuk in Mishlei (Perek 13), where Shlomo Hamelech writes; "One who seeks out wise people, will become wise, whereas, he who seeks the counsel of fools, will become a fool himself"
The Medrash compares this with an individual who leaves a fragrance store imbued with the wonderful aroma from within, versus someone who will stink as a result of exiting a foul smelling place.
The implication is clear; one who simply positions himself close to the source of wisdom or foolishness, will become influenced by it!
Furthermore, the Rambam writes in Hilchos Deos, Perek Vav, Halacha Alef, that the way of a person, is to be influenced by his surroundings. The Rambam mentions this as a Halacha!
In other words, in the Rambam’s view, this statement is an irrefutable fact and a simple reality. Namely, (the fact) that a person cannot resist the nature of being pulled after his surroundings!
If this was true for our great Patriarch Avraham Avinu who needed to leave his home for fear of negative influences (and notwithstanding his efforts to resist), how much more so where it concerns ourselves!!!
We must be forever vigilant to ensure that we stay away from bad friends, neighbors etc. lest we become influenced by them.
Submitted by Leah; taken from Harav Shimshon Pincus Zatzal- www.OhrShimshon.com
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