D'var Halacha

  We are continuing in siman 22, where the Chayei Adam discusses hatmana. The Chayei Adam writes that he discussed the bulk of these halachos, along with shehiya, in siman 5, but he will add a point here about insulating coffee. They used to dig a hole in the ground, fill it with sand, and

We are beginning siman 22, where the Chayei Adam will return to the halachos of hatmana. Hatmana is a word used throughout the Torah to refer to concealing something. Similarly, hatmana on Shabbos refers to completely covering a pot in order to insulate and keep its heat. Chazal prohibited both hatmana which is not mosif

  We are continuing in siman 20, where we digressed to discuss the halachos of nolad.    The Mishnah Berurah discusses a person melting ice while it is in water. In that situation, any nolad which results becomes batel immediately within the water. His question is whether one should be concerned for molid, due to

  We are beginning siman 13. The Chayei Adam writes that a davar lach which has been fully cooked can be reheated, provided it has not fully cooled down. According to the Shulchan Aruch, once a davar lach has cooled to below yad soledes bo, it is no longer considered hot, and reheating such a

  We have begun siman 12, but will return to the end of siman 11 to discuss the opinion of the Chazon Ish regarding a valid blech. We learned (s541) that many poskim hold that placing a piece of metal on top of the fire serves as a hekker to remind a person not to

We are beginning siman 12. The specific point of the Chayei Adam is not so familiar to us, because they had a different type of oven. His general point is that even in an oven where there is a separation between the fire and the place for the pot, it is still assur to place

  We have finished siman 11, where the Chayei Adam concluded by discussing placing an empty pot over the fire and heating food on top of the empty pot. The Chayei Adam held that the empty pot functions better than garuf v’katum, and it can be used for nesinah lechatchilla. We learned that according to