[Avodah] Vegetable Peeler

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 02:35:02PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: R' Aryeh A. Frimer asked:
: > I must admit that I never understood why there should ever be a
: > problem with a peelr, since the peeler always remove the klipa
: > (peel) with Ochel (food) - hence the peeler NEVER does borer.
...
: I suspect that you are referring to the case of removing an insect from
: one's soup...
: By my recollection, it is because the actual division is being made
: between ochel and ochel, and the bad stuff is removed incidentally...

Just to bring an off-list discussion to the rest of the list.

Many of us are somekhin on this when making tea. Using a spoon to remove
a teabag along with some tea in order to avoid borer bekeli (the tea
bag). Whatever is the maqor for this common practice does not presume
that it only works when removing the pesoles is incidental.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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