[Avodah] Baby Wipes

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 03:27:07PM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
:  2) There is no sechitah by paper (RMF says that too).

: Any insight as to why. How is paper defined (e.g. is a paper towel =
: paper)?

You are effectively asking fo a shiur for absorbancy. How much holding
power equals a potential for sechitah.


BTW, RYGB wrote on the same question at some more length (which he still
called qitzur nimratz) at
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol03/v03n206.shtml#08>. There he adds a
third argument not stated this time around:
> 2. The HT and TE hold that unless at the end of the process you
> actually collect the liquid you generate in the sechita, it is not
> considered psik reisha d'nicha lei. Even if psik reisha d'lo ichpas lei
> is an issur d'rabbonon, kana"l, b'nidon didan yesh l'hattir.

And he notes that the lines of reasoning wouldn't apply to
Wash-and-Dries, since there is no choleh she'ein bo sakanah to
dimiss the derabbanans.

Which in turn lead me to the archive, subject
lines beginning "Baby Wipes" and related entries. See
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=B#BABY%20WIPES>.
In particular v3n206 onward.

R"Dr Josh Backon gives mar'ei meqomos
    IM OC 21:70.
    Har Tzevi 1:190
    Tzitz Eliezer VIII, ch 14, s"k 11.

Sam Ominsky cites the Yalqut Yoseif (KSA) 320:38, who permits using baby
wipes -- kishehu oseh kein benachas. I guess intentionally squeezing
hard to get liquid out is a problem.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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