Adding Hot Water from a Minibar to Cholent
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Question
Is it permissible to add boiling water from a Shabbat minibar to the cholent pot on the hotplate, and could there be an issue with this?
Answer
Hello,
For Ashkenazim, it is permitted to fill water from a minibar into the cholent pot.
However, for Sephardim, it is advisable to be stringent and not to do so.
Source
According to the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 318), a dish that is not boiling may not be returned to a vessel on the fire. Even if it is boiling, if it is not in the first vessel, one should be stringent.
However, according to the Rema (ibid., Seif 15), only if it has not completely cooled down, there is still cooking.