Is it permitted to sort lettuce leaves, removing the moldy leaves from the good ones for the upcoming meal?
Synopsis
The Rema permits selecting the good lettuce leaves from the moldy ones for the upcoming meal. The Mishnah Berurah clarifies one must select the good from the bad, not the bad from the good, and distinguishes between separate leaves and outer leaves of a head.
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