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There are
many different thoughts and traditions
associated with food warming on Shabbos.
Some
people do not rewarm any food that have
removed from standard blech and have
been allowed to cool down, regardless of
the fact that the food is full cooked
and dry.
If you
follow this more stringent halachic
principle you can use the K'deirah Blech
as a safety valve to avoid inadvertently
cooking on Shabbos. For example, if you
accidentally remove a pot from the blech
to serve dinner, there is no question
about replacing the pot onto the
K'deirah Blech, although , it would not
be permitted to do so with a standard
blech.
Others freely remove and replace dry
foods onto a standard blech, often
without regard to the principle of YAD
SOLEDET BO. For them, the K'deirah Blech
is the only useable blech. It permits
foods to be heated HOT, not just warm in
a way that is well within the boundary
of accepted halachic principles.
Still others rewarm food using a
standard blech but are careful to avoid
the temperature limit set by YAD SOLEDET
BO. at best they can expect a room
temperature meal. With the K'deirah
Blech there is not limitation of YAD
SOLEDETS BO. The fear of bishul is
reduced with the K'deirah Blech. |
HOW IS THE
K'deirah Blech MORE EFFECTIVE THAT A
STANDARD BLECH?
A good blech that is hot to the
touch at all of its corners is actually
a bad blech for use on Shabbos
since cooled foods may not be returned
to it on Shabbos.
A poor blech that is cool to the touch
at corners is useable but your food
stays cold. Therefore, if you are
careful about following
Halacha,
you must pay good money for a blech to
eat a cold meal. The other choice is to
pay good money for a good blech and eat
a cold meal since the blech is not
useable on Shabbos.
Does this mean that only chulent of
other foods that are left on a standard
blech since before Shabbos are permitted
to eaten?
Happily, the answer is NO!!!!
Foods may be reheated on Shabbos if
proper techniques and precaution are
used.
INTRODUCING THE K'deirah UN-Blech
Although it is called a blech it is
actually not a blech, it is The UN-BLECH
The K'deirah UN-Blech is an engineered
solution to Shabbos food warming
problems.
The lower tray of the K'deirah Blech
contains hot water and is therefore a
K'deirah. This means that the food to be
warmed can be placed anywhere on the
K'deirah Blech regardless of the
temperature. Yad Soledet Bo does not
apply when the principle of K'DEIRAH is
applicable. |
