Covering Tripods for Passover
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Question
I know that it is forbidden to use chametz utensils on Passover, and this does not depend on whether the dish is prohibited. As the Rema wrote about the tripod, [due to the stringency of chametz] even if it does not emit without sauce, it requires libun (burning). Therefore, covering the tripod does not help since the tripod is used. What you wrote to me only applies to a case where it is not prohibited. Is there anyone who disagrees with the Rema, who requires libun for the tripod, even though it certainly does not emit anything into the pot?
Answer
Hello Rabbi,
From the words of the Mishnah Berurah (551:4), it is clear that the concern regarding the tripod is that chametz might have spilled on it, and due to the stringency of chametz, we do not rely on the rule that absorption does not transfer from one utensil to another without sauce. There is also a remote concern that some porridge might have remained on it. Even in this, the Mishnah Berurah writes that it is not by law but only out of stringency.
In a situation where the tripod is covered, the above concerns do not exist, as there are two transfers from one utensil to another without sauce. Even if visible chametz remains, it is not absorbed into the pot.