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Cooking by a Non-Jew with Pouring Boiling Water

Question

Is it permissible to eat food that requires pouring boiling water to prepare it for consumption, and a non-Jew poured the water?

Answer

Pouring does not constitute Bishul Akum (cooking by a non-Jew) because it is not considered cooking but merely scalding, and scalding is not served on a king's table.

Answered 8 January 2023 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Responsa Maharsham, Part 3, Siman 296

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