Absorption in a Spicy Item
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Question
Is there an opinion that a spicy item absorbs even without the pressure of a knife or cooking, such as radish on a clean meat plate used that day? Does the radish become meaty according to the first interpretation of Rashi in Chullin 112a?
Answer
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The only stringency regarding spicy without pressure and heat is if there is greasiness, which is where the two interpretations of Rashi differ.
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Source
Taz, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 96, Sif Katan 3
From this, I conclude that in the case of horseradish grated in a clean dairy dish, it is permitted to eat that horseradish with meat because there is no pressure of the knife and no greasiness.
Yad Yehuda, Long Explanation, Siman 96, Sif Katan 2
This is explained in Taz, Sif Katan 3, which brings the words of Rashi and writes: "From this, I conclude that in the case of horseradish grated in a clean dairy dish, etc., it is permitted to eat that horseradish with meat because there is no pressure of the knife and no greasiness," end quote. This shows that if there is greasiness, even without pressure, it absorbs. This is learned from the words of Rashi, who did not write about pressure except in the second interpretation.
I have already written in Siman 91, Sif Katan 30 [in the commentary of the Shach], that this is the simple understanding of the words of the Rashba in T"H [B"D 1, 4], that there is absorption in a spicy item without pressure as well, and for this reason, he prohibits briefly [there 3, 1] also in pickled if there are spices, etc., see there. This is also implied from T"H, Rule 17, Law 2, which writes: "It is also written in Sh"D that they put salt in a dry dairy dish and salt meat in it, etc., and this is even initially permitted, etc.," and it is also written in O"H that utensils of non-Jews that are well washed are permitted to put spices or onions or other spicy things in them because it does not find hard dry in dry, end quote, not like O"V, who writes in Rule 3 that initially one should be cautious, maybe there was fat in the dish, but this is not feared, however, if there was fat, it is prohibited, end quote. This shows that also in spicy things, fat is prohibited.