The Melachot Of Cooking And Lighting A Fire On Shabbat

The Melachot Of Cooking And Lighting A Fire On Shabbat Day: Sunday Date: June 8, 2014 Parshat: Sh'lach Yalkut Yosef: 318 The melacha of cooking on Shabbat and the melacha of lighting a fire on Shabbat are two completely separate melachot. Therefore one who cooked on an existing fire on Shabbat has transgressed the Torah's issur of Bishul even though he didn't light or make any changes to the fire. One who cooked on a plata/hot plate on Shabbat has also done Bishul. One may not heat up liquid on Shabbat to the point of "yad soledet bo" (104f according Hacham BenTzion Abba Shaul, 110f according to Rav Moshe Feinstein) even if the liquid can be consumed cold or raw. One may not put liquid close enough to a fire or a plata that it would be able to reach yad soledet bo. The DSH is brought to you in memory of Rabbi Mordechai ben Daniel. Please visit us online at sephardichalacha.org