[Avodah] Office Coffee machine

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 12:27:46AM -0400, Richard Wolpoe wrote:
: IIRC zei'ah in an oven is AFAIK restricted to a closed system. Thus, the
: mere wafting of steam in open air would NOT cause a problem [see below]

Which is why we were discussing the one-cup coffee maker and not the hot
water tap of the water cooler. There is some 3 inch gap in which only
about 1/3 of the side is blocked, but the entire area over the cup is
covered. It's not "open air", but not quite a lid either.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha