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Q & A With Gedolim
A Deep Dive into the Wisdom of the Gedolim, Addressing Today's Most Pressing Questions


Tea, Trash, a Bris, and a Bookshelf
Tea in a Kli Shlishi Question May I make tea in a kli shlishi on Shabbos? Rav Auerbach The Chazon Ish ruled that kalei habishul are cooked even in a kli shlishi. However, the Mishnah Berurah (318:47) rules that it is permitted to put bread into a kli shlishi, and we do not say that there is bishul after afiyah. There are those who claim that there is a difference between that halacha and the halacha of kalei habishul, bringing proof from the fact that the Mishnah Berurah (ibi
Aug 33 min read


To Blech or Not to Blech: This Is the Question
Question Last Shabbos, my wife and I went to a tzimmer (an Israeli bungalow), and we forgot to bring a blech. We got to the tzimmer right before Shabbos, and my wife, who went to a choshuve seminary and knows halacha very well, ruled that we would have to forgo putting the half-cooked cholent on the fire that Shabbos. I myself learned in yeshiva, and I never really studied halacha, but I did learn Maseches Shabbos with Daf Yomi. It seems to me that the halachos listed there a
Aug 34 min read


Could Preparing Coffee on Shabbos Be Considered Meleches Makkah B’patish?
Question Last Shabbos , I was about to prepare my weekly cup of pre- Shacharis coffee when one of the mispallelim told me that...
Jul 4, 20253 min read


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Question Last week, I couldn't find my blech . I remember learning in seminary that if one does not have a blech , they can still leave...
Mar 17, 20252 min read


Soufflé and Sufganiyot
Question I read the article about heating up soufflé on Shabbos with great interest. We often serve warm soufflé for the seudos and I...
Mar 13, 20259 min read


Cooking Salmon in a Sous Vide
Question A Sous Vide cooker is a sophisticated immersion coil with a small circulation fan. This device clamps onto a pot and heats up...
Mar 13, 20254 min read


Warming Up Soufflé on Shabbos
Question Soufflé is a type of chocolate cupcake that is served as a warm dessert. It is baked for a very short time, so that the inner...
Mar 13, 20251 min read
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