[Avodah] Pas Akum and Shabbos

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Yitzchok Levine quoted from
http://www.thehalacha.com/attach/Volume4/Issue4.pdf

> One should try not to buy pas akum foods 26 (even for a
> snack) 27 out of honor for Shabbos, 28 even if one normally
> eats it during the week.
>
> 26 Magen Avraham 242:4, Elya Rabbah 10, Shulchan Aruch Harav 12,
>    Chai Adom Shabbos 1:4, Chesed L'alafim 3, Mishnah Berurah 6.
> 27 Shar Ha'tzyion 18.
> 28 Elya Rabbah 10.

I would hope that NONE of us "normally eat pas akum foods during the week". We might eat pas palter, but as far as I know, pas akum is assur.

The M"A referred to mentions neither pas akum nor pas palter, but does mention eating "pas kasher" rather than "pas acher". Ditto for Elya Rabbah. No problem; I presume that this is how they referred to pas yisrael and pas palter, and I would not dare accuse them of allowing pas akum into the equation.

Sh"A Harav doesn't even use those terms. He says to make homemade bread, "and not to get bread from the market like on other days." If there were no Jewish bakeries in his area, then it is again a pas yisrael vs. pas palter issue. But if he *did* have Jewish bakeries, then he seems to be advocating for homemade bread, and not even bread from the Jewish bakery is good enough for Shabbos.

The Chayei Adam explicitly says to use "pas yisrael" rather than "pas palter". (He also advocates homemade bread.) The M"B says pretty much the same thing.

I'm omitting the Chesed L'alafim only because I'm not familiar with it and do not have a copy.

The Shaar Hatziyun seems to be somewhat misquoted, or perhaps my MB has a typo. My version of the Shaar Hatziun says that according to all of the above, "even during the meal it is proper to be careful." I would understand this as meaning that one might think that only the bread used for Hamotzi and/or for Lechem Mishneh should be superior, but the bread one eats during the meal can be ordinary. The point of the Shaar Hatziyun is that even during the meal it is proper to be careful about this. I can easily see extrapolating from this, to say that the foods one eats as a snack on Shabbos should also be superior, even though they are not for Hamotzi or Lechem Mishneh. But that's *not* what the Shaar Hatziun actually said, unless the author's editions had the words "even *not* during the meal".

It is very disappointing and troubling to see pas palter being referred to as pas akum. I'll stop here, before my yetzer hara starts ranting.

Akiva Miller

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