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.
we have to laugh here too....
Sorry. I don't understand your post.
Depends on your perspective I suppose.
Me neither.
I understand what you are saying, and it is something that I have been trying to get a handle on personally for some time.
"spirit" of Exodus? please explain why a law needs a spirit? you may be stuck on this spirit thing. laws are laws. do we have the "spirit of obeying a 30 mph speed zone"? if you want to interpret in the Bible, try the narratives. the laws are from G-d and his ideas cannot be assumed by humans.
APRPEH wrote:
"i never put meat in my diary. LOL"
[Grin] That's a good analogy. If one avoids putting both meat and diary in the same refrigerator, one can even better avoid getting meat in one's diary.
[Little humor extended there.]
Moses taught 'oral Torah' for 40 years before writing scrolls shortly before his death.
Of oral Torah, the Bible says, "He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them..." (Psalm 147:19-20).
Since this is not a new oven feature, this is another post in the category of 'Mocking Religious Jews', which should be a separate FR Forum. /sarcasm
APRPEH, you're arguing the the wrong man.
>>OK, smart boy, why don't you just educate us all about the spirit of Exodus 35:1-3?<<
First, thanks for the compliment. However, I may not be as smart as you give me credit for, and although I do look young for my age, nobody mistakes me for a "boy" any more.
But to the scripture at hand: Kindling a fire in your home is, in fact, hard work. Turning on an oven, or a light switch, or a tv, is not. And none of those three tasks even compare to walking a days journey, which IS allowed. In fact, driving would be even easier.
As for Christians, we actually tend to spell the word "sabbath" differently. We spell it "J-E-S-U-S." He is our Sabbath, our rest.
No. This is Good Eats
it was the comment. missed the poster. please consider it "add-on".
its the creative act of making light and cooking which matters. the technology or difficulty is irrelevant. the law is the same.
Where else but Free Republic can an owners manual turn into a religious discussion!
Personally, I thought your question about flushing the toilet to be boorish. However, I thank you for your answer that it depends on your perspective. Many Christian traditions would be considered idolatrous by Judaism, but it is those traditions that bind Christians into one faith. This is no crazier than killing a perfectly good tree, bringing into the living room, stick it into a bucket of water and string it with lightbulbs, only to have it be a fire and electrocution hazard, and shed needles everywhere to boot. Likewise, Jews keep the Sabbath because the Lord so commands, but there is an added component that that binds Jews together. The prohibition against work takes the focus off worldly demands life and allows a little family time. It may seem silly to have to cook food ahead of time and unscrew the light in the refrigerator, but it is in the spirit in which these things are done which helps define Judaism as a faith and Jews as a people.
That scripture says nothing about "hard" work. It only says "work". How much work is work, then?
It was in a sense, but to be honest when I thought about trying to live like the Orthodox do it was the first thing that came to my mind.
I suppose I shouldn't have taken it immediately to be in bad taste. I apologize if I have offended you.
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