Placing a pot of soup on a timer-operated hotplate

Question

Is there any way to eat hot soup during the second Shabbat meal, without leaving it on the fire all night (as it would then spoil)? For example, could one place it on an electric hotplate before Shabbat and set a timer so that the hotplate turns off on Shabbat night and then, when the soup is almost cooled, the hotplate starts working again on Shabbat morning? Or is there another way? Thank you in advance!

Answer

Hello and best wishes

It is permissible to place a pot on Friday evening on a hotplate that is set to turn on during Shabbat.

However, it is forbidden to place a pot on a hotplate that is off during Shabbat if it is set to turn on later during Shabbat.

Answered 24 December 2023 How answers are reviewed

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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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See Orchot Shabbat, Part 1, Chapter 2

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