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1) A pot which contains in it food that is totally cooked, according to some Rishonim may still not be mixed with a spoon or another utensil, as long as it is still on the fire or another heat source.(See Mishna Berura Siman 318:113 quoting the Elya Raba and the Sha’ar HaTziyun Os 136 where he quotes the Mogen Avraham that this is the opinion of the Kol Bo who rules that doing so is a biblical prohibition) Most contemporary Poskim are stringent with this and indeed prohibit mixing any food even if it is fully cooked, while it is still on the fire. Likewise, fully cooked food should not be removed from the pot while the pot is still on the fire or other heat source. Once the pot with the fully cooked food has been removed from the fire or other heat source there is no prohibition of removing its contents, according to all Poskim ( See Mishna Berura Siman 318:117. Regarding actual mixing of this fully cooked food, the Mishna Berura writes that if one wants to be stringent he may be, but regarding removing food from such a pot there is no room at all for being stringent.) Some Poskim rule that if the pot was on a blech and it was removed from right above the fire to a different place on the blech (even to a place where it can reach Yad Soledes Bo), as long as it is fully cooked some food may be removed with a spoon. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74:Bishul;13. This leniency does not apply to a hot plate, which is considered a heat source.) 2)The prohibition of removing food while it is still on the fire applies only to liquid foods that can be mixed and not to dry foods. Thus it is permitted to cut a piece of Kugel or similar food from a pan that is on the fire or other heat source, as doing so will not affect the rest of the food in the pan in any way. (Ruling of Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal and YBL"T Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita, quoted in Me’Or HaShabbos Vol. 2 Letter 19:2) PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!
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When giving Ma’aser by check in Eretz Yisrael -where the check is usually changed at a money changer who takes about 1.5% -do you need to add that amount to the check so that the recipient will get the full ma’aser? (My earning go to an American account and I live in Eretz Yisroel).
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If the check can be deposited in a bank and thus be redeemed for the full amount, you have satisfied your obligation. The fact that the recipient may use an alternate method to cash the check, and thus lose a percentage is the recipient’s choice, and not your concern. CHIZUK CORNER
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We all have weaknesses... ...and strengths to fortify them
We all have handicaps... ...and skills to overcome them
We all have obstacles... ...and capabilities to get around them
We all have excuses... ...and determination to excel despite them
We all have an option to fail... ...and a potential to succeed
We all have those around us that make us feel small... ...and the ability to rise above them and achieve true greatness
We all have attitude... ...and the obligation to make it positive
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