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Cooking on Shabbat

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If one intentionally cooks on Shabbat, who is forbidden from eating the food and for how long?

3 opinions across 3 eras

Intentional vs. Accidental

May a healthy person or non-critically ill person eat food cooked on Shabbat for a dangerously ill (choleh sheyesh bo sakana) patient?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Healthy Person Eating

Is cooking with toldot ha'ur (heat transferred from fire, not direct flame) prohibited on Shabbat, and does this extend to toldot hachama (sun-generated heat)?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Toldot HaUr vs. Toldot HaChama

Is there bishul achar bishul (cooking after cooking) — is it forbidden to reheat a fully cooked liquid dish that has cooled?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Fully Cooked and Cooled

Is there bishul achar afiya (cooking after baking) — is it forbidden to place bread or baked goods in hot liquid on Shabbat?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Bread in Hot Liquid

Does a keli rishon (first vessel) continue to cook after it is removed from the fire, and may spices be added to it?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Is it permitted to pour hot water from a keli rishon over spices placed in a bowl?

2 opinions across 2 eras

May cold water be added to a bathhouse tub (amtata) full of hot water on Shabbat?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Adding Cold Water to Hot Bath

May cold water be added to a hot water urn (miycham) that has been emptied, and may hot water be mixed with cold water on Shabbat?

3 opinions across 2 eras

May a sealed container of water or liquids be placed in a keli rishon or keli sheini filled with hot water on Shabbat?

1 opinions

Container Within Container

How close may one place a container of cold water near a fire on Shabbat in order to remove the chill — and may one place it close enough to become yad soledes bo?

2 opinions

Removing Chill vs. Cooking

May fully cooked dry food (without liquid) that has cooled be placed near a fire on Shabbat, even where it is yad soledes bo?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Reheating Near Fire

May an empanada (layered pastry with fat) or a pot of congealed gravy be heated near a fire on Shabbat, given that the solid fat will melt?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Melting Congealed Fat Near F…

May one spoon or ladle food from a pot that was removed hot from the fire on Shabbat before the food is fully cooked?

3 opinions

Not Fully Cooked

Is it forbidden to baste a roast with oil or garlic while it is still near the fire, even if the roast was fully roasted before Shabbat?

2 opinions

Basting a Roast