Opening a Cholent Pot on Shabbat | Sheilot

Opening a Cholent Pot on Shabbat

Question

A cholent pot that was cooked several hours before Shabbat, is it permissible to open it on Friday night?

Answer

Shalom Rav,

If the pot is fully cooked, it is permissible to close the pot on Shabbat.

Opening the pot is certainly permissible; the discussion is only about closing the pot after opening. 

Answered 2 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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