[Avodah] See-Through Challah Cover

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://revach.net/article.php?id=3287

Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: See-Through Challah Cover
The Shulchan Aruch says (OC 271:9) that you need to cover the challah 
at the shabbos meal.  The Elya Rabba (OC 271:16) says that the cover 
for the Lechem Mishna should be white, similar to the Mun in the 
Midbar.  At the very least, whatever color it is, it should be nice and clean.

Is a see-through clear plastic challah cover considered covering the 
Challah?  The Shemiras Shabbos KiHilchoso says (47 footnote 116) in 
the name of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach that even though you can see 
through it, it is considered covered.  Since the Challah is covered 
it is not an embarrassment to the challah that you are making Borei 
Pri HaGofen first.  Others hold, says the Piskei Tshuvos (271:4), 
that you should be machmir even not to use woven covers that have 
holes that let you see through.

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