[Avodah] Ta'aroves of yayn mevushal

[Zev Sero]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:

> My case is more like this:
> 
> At what point does a combination of wine with x lose its borei pri
> hagaffen status. And I can find the answer to that!

That one is easy.  1 part wine to 6 parts other liquid.  If you were
going to add that much mevushal to your non-mevushal, why bother?


> So now at what point can I add enough mevushal wine so that the original
> wine it loses its non mevushal status w/o heating it!

*That* question is not so easy.  It stands to reason that 1.0001:1 will
do it; but it's quite possible that a much smaller ratio will also do it.


> I think it's safe to assume davar sheyeish lo matirin does not apply
> cause heating wine messes it up.!

In any case it's not yesh lo matirin.  Before the goy handles it it
doesn't need any heter, and after the goy handles it boiling it won't
help.


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