D'var Halacha

  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

We are continuing in siman 11, where the Chayei Adam is discussing a fully cooked item which is either a solid, or is a liquid but has not fully cooled. Therefore, there is no concern of bishul to place it on a heat source. However, there is still a concern that only chazarah is allowed.

  We are continuing in siman 11, discussing the concept that Chazal prohibited placing a food near a heat source which could cause bishul. Even if the person plans to remove the food before it reaches bishul, Chazal still prohibited the placement of the food, out of concern that one may forget to remove it.

  We are continuing in siman 11. We learned that the Chayei Adam gave three scenarios in which nesinah lechatchilla is muttar: when the food is placed keneged hamadurah, the food is placed on top of another pot of food, or it is placed on top of an empty pot. We clarified that even when

  We are continuing in siman 11, and we will continue our introduction to this part of the siman. We learned yesterday that nesinah lechatchilla is assur. But the Chayei Adam discussed scenarios where it is muttar to perform nesinah lechatchilla. We learned two scenarios yesterday, which were that the food is placed keneged hamadurah,

  We are continuing in siman 11. The Chayei Adam will now move into discussing chazarah. Chazarah applies to situations in which a person has a pot of food on the fire from before Shabbos, keeps it there going into Shabbos, and then wishes to remove it and return it immediately afterwards. For example, a