Heating food on Shabbat
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Question
For Shabbat for all the reasons
Topic: Laws of preparing food for Shabbat
Question: If I forgot to put a pot up to heat – is it permitted to ask that they heat it up?
Topic: Laws of preparing food for Shabbat
Question: If I forgot to put a pot up to heat – is it permitted to ask that they heat it up?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
There are several details to this matter. Therefore I will explain a bit, and if there is any point that is not clear to you, please ask again with a detailed description of the specific case.
A food that was not fully cooked before Shabbat may not be heated on Shabbat, because by doing so one completes its cooking.
A food that was fully cooked before Shabbat and then cooled down:
- If it contains a lot of liquid/sauce, it is forbidden to heat it again on Shabbat.
- If it is a dry food or has only a small amount of sauce on it, it is permitted to heat it on Shabbat on top of a pot or a pan that is placed on the fire or on the hotplate, but not directly on the fire or directly on the hotplate itself.
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