Posted on 05/17/2005 12:34:50 PM PDT by FoxPro
Please be aware that there are restrictions in the use of ovens and stoves on the Sabbath and Holidays. If you are unfamiliar with the laws of keeping food warm on the Sabbath or cooking on the Holidays, please call your Rabbi. Please note that when the Holiday and Sabbath coincide, the Sabbath laws prevail. See your owner's manual for instructions on operating the Sabbath mode. Before first use of a new oven be sure to wash the racks and interior of the oven thoroughly with warm water and soap to remove any coating oil.
COOKTOPS:
On the Sabbath, a gas flame or electric heat may not be initiated, adjusted or turned off.
On the Sabbath, a "blech" should be used to cover the flame in addition to covering the controls of the cooktop. For the gas burners and coiled electric burners, use a standard "blech". The manufacturer does not recommend putting a "blech" on the glass electric cooktop surface. Instead, just the controls should be covered.
On the Holidays, a gas flame or electric heat may not be initiated or turned completely off. For gas cooktops, raise and lower the temperature as required for cooking. For electric cooktops adjusting the temperature is permitted at any time following the instructions in the owner's manual (because there is a delay between the request and implementation).
During a power failure, gas cooktops will remain on, whereas electric cooktops will shut off and remain off when the power returns.
The glass electric cooktops cannot be kashered for Passover. For the rest of the year, be sure to wipe the cooking surface clean between meat and dairy use.
OVENS:
The oven temperature may not be initiated, adjusted or turned off on the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, in lieu of a "blech", the oven controls should be covered. (Be careful not to cover vent openings.)
All food should be placed in the oven before the Sabbath begins, since none may be placed in the oven during the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, the oven door may only be opened once, all the food removed, and then closed. On the Holidays, the oven door may be opened/closed at any time as often as desired.
On the Holidays, the temperature may be adjusted (but not initiated or turned off) at any time following the instructions in the owner's manual (because there is a delay between the request and implementation).
These ovens have a timed bake feature in the Sabbath mode. This feature can only be initiated before the Sabbath/Holiday. Once timed bake goes off, the oven cannot be used again for that Sabbath/Holiday.
These ovens have a delay start feature in the Sabbath mode. For use on the Sabbath, all food must be in the oven before the Sabbath begins.
After recovery from a power failure, all these ovens will stay off. They will remain in the Sabbath mode, however, there will be no cooking capability.
WARMING DRAWERS:
The drawer temperature may not be initiated, adjusted or turned off on the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, in lieu of a "blech", the drawer controls should be covered. (Be careful not to cover vent openings.)
Food should be placed in the warming drawer before the Sabbath begins, as in a regular oven, since none may be placed in the drawer during the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, the drawer may only be opened once, all the food removed and then closed. On the Holidays, the drawer may be opened/closed at any time as often as desired.
On the Holidays, raising the temperature is not permitted because there is no indication when power is on to the heating elements. Lowering the temperature is permitted when necessary for food preparation.
If the power fails when the warming drawer is ON, when the power returns, the drawer will return to its previous ON setting.
BAKE-N-WARM™ OVENS:
The oven temperature may not be initiated, adjusted or turned off on the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, in lieu of a "blech", the oven controls should be covered. (Be careful not to cover vent openings.)
Food should be placed in the Bake-n-Warm™ oven before the Sabbath begins, since none may be placed in the oven during the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, the oven door may only be opened once, all the food removed and then closed. On the Holidays, the oven door may be opened/closed at any time as often as desired.
On the Holidays, the temperature may be adjusted (but not initiated or turned off) at any time following the instructions in the owner's manual (because there is a delay between the request and implementation).
After recovery from a power failure, these Bake & Warm™ ovens will stay off.
Is adding already collected wood to a fire OK, presuming it's not essential for health? I noted that I wasn't sure.
Never mind, I read your link.
Collected wood cannot be added to an already burning fire
However the "Shabbes Goy" would visit and add some wood to the fire, and enjoy a bowl of cholent and a slice of kugel and a shot of vodka.
Can you have sex during Sabbath? Always seemed like work to me....
I live in a town bordering Lakewood NJ, which has the largest Rabbinical College in the country.
Largely Hasidim, they are for the most part, representative of the rest of our nation's population.
Aside from their , what might seem to some, specific edicts, I have always found them to be regular people, just like any other people I have met.
They tend to be clannish, and protect their own. They move towards doing business with people within their community. They support their community.
Some of them are my customers, when they choose to reach outside the community for someone they can trust. I have always found them easy going, holding strong family values.
I have also spoken to a few I trust....that unless they learn to walk on the shoulder of the road on Saturday mornings...I'll mow them down on my way to work.
BTW...they raise their children with kindness....no bomb strappers here.
Judaism has no hard-and-fast belief on the afterlife, outside of that there is one. The general outlook is that one should live their life as well as possible and worry about the afterlife, when one gets to it.
As such, a Jew asks forgiveness from God for his transgressions, but concerns about "conviction" and "punishment" simply doesn't enter the equation. Likewise, the Jewish belief in doing good deeds is for the sake of the deed and obedience to God, not in expectation of any particular reward.
As such, the idea you state here is simply irrelevant to Judaism. It doesn't matter. We do our best and God will reward and punish at the end, as He sees fit. It may be fun to speculate how God will make his judgments, but it is irrelevant to how Jews conduct their lives.
How exactly would the Sabbath be defined for a voyager who circumnavigated the globe? Conventional usage would be that such a voyager would gain/lose a day upon crossing the International Date Line, but nothing in the Torah marks the location of such a line, does it?
It is considered a mitzvot -- a good deed -- for a married couple to have sex during the Sabbath.
Well, I have learned so much today, it is amazing!
Watch for Hotpoint to counter with an oven that cooks like hell, non-stop.
My favorite is Joan Nathan's "Jewish Holiday Cookbook."
In terms of practical halachah this can be broken down into three situations:
1. The international date line in halachah
2. Sabbath in space (eulogy for astronaut Ilan Ramon A"H)
3. Sabbath near the Arctic Circle (where there is 6 months day and 6 months night)
I just got Kosher By Design
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