[Avodah] new chumrah

[Prof. Levine]

At 11:47 AM 12/9/2011, R. Eli Turkel wrote:

><<Weinberg adds, however, that anyone who places food over a flame must at
>least observe the Jewish Sabbath. "It's not a question of clothing, it's
>Jewish law," Weinberg says.>>
>
>see
>http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/kashrut-inspectors-jerusalem-burger-joint-workers-must-don-kippot-1.400439
>
>what is the reason for such a halacha?
>As far as I know even a goy can put the food on a pre-existing fire

I presume that this has to do with the differences between Ashkenazim 
and Sefardim when it comes to bishul akum.

>From  http://bit.ly/uQNLnC


PILOT LIGHTS

There is a dispute among the Rishonim (early commentators) whether 
bishul akum is negated when a Jew contributes to the cooking process 
by lighting the fire before a non-Jew places a pot of food on the 
stove, The major codifiers of Jewish law argue this point as well.

Rav Yosef Caro, author of the Shulchan Oruch, subscribes to the 
stringent opinion, and this is the custom practiced by Sephardic 
Jewry. According to this view, a Jew must place the pot on a burning 
fire in order that the food be considered bishul 
yisrael<http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/playing_with_fire_by_rabbi_yaakov_luban_senior_rabbinic_coordinator_ou_kash#fn8422401934ee24f3d578fc>7. 
Alternatively, a Jew may turn on the fire after a non-Jew placed the 
pot on the cold 
stove<http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/playing_with_fire_by_rabbi_yaakov_luban_senior_rabbinic_coordinator_ou_kash#fn4417851484ee24f3d580cd>8, 
The Ramo follows the lenient opinion, and allows a gentile to place 
raw food on a fire that was ignited by a Jew. Since the Jew has a 
share in the overall process, the food is, not considered to be 
bishul akum. The Ramo goes one step further, and writes that if a Jew 
has even a partial role in preparing the fire, bishul akum does not 
apply. For example, if a Jew added a wood chip or any other fuel to 
the 
fire<http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/playing_with_fire_by_rabbi_yaakov_luban_senior_rabbinic_coordinator_ou_kash#fn9716348094ee24f3d588a2>9, 
or alternatively, if a non-Jew lit a fire from another fire which was 
originally ignited by a Jew, there is no restriction of bishul akum. 
In both of these instances, the fire is considered aish yisrael (fire 
of a Jew) because of the involvement of the Jew. Jews of Ashkenazic 
descent follow this ruling, and accordingly, a non-Jew may turn on a 
gas burner which is ignited from a pilot light that was lit by a 
Jew<http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/playing_with_fire_by_rabbi_yaakov_luban_senior_rabbinic_coordinator_ou_kash#fn2181290504ee24f3d5906c>10. 
However, stoves with pilot lights are no longer common, and it is 
important that observant Jews realize the serious halachic concerns 
associated with meals prepared by hired 
help<http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/playing_with_fire_by_rabbi_yaakov_luban_senior_rabbinic_coordinator_ou_kash#fn257088954ee24f3d5983e>11. 


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