[Avodah] vegetable peeler

[shalomyitz at comcast.net]

Rav Naftali Rothstein -- who is the JLIC (Jewish Learning on Campus) rabbi at the University 
of Illinois Hillel, where I usually daven -- gives a short shiur on hilchos Shabbos each Shabbat. 
Today's topic was whether peeling with a vegetable peeler is borer. 

R'Rothstein mentioned that there is a "rumor" that Rav Moshe Feinstein held that a vegetable 
peeler is not a special utensil for sorting, so therefore peeling with a peeler is ok. 

(Acc. to Rav Rothstein, Rabbi Dovid Ribiat mentions this rumor in his 39 Melachos books, without 
mentioning a source). 

Does anyone in the chevra know anything about this? 

Thanks, 

Shalom Yitz (Steve Scher) 

ps - If I understood and remember R'Rothstein correctly, Rav Moshe's position follows from the 
Pri M'gadim's position that removing peel is not sorting, because the peel is not a different kind 
from the rest of the fruit or vegetable. Therefore, a peeler is no different from a knife. (I believe 
R'Rothstein also mentioned that ROY holds this way). But, of course, if you hold by the Pri M'Gadim's 
position, then isn't it irrelevant whether the peeler is or isn't a peeling instrument?) 
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