[Avodah] See-Through Challah Cover

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:15:13AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://revach.net/article.php?id=3287
...
> 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.

I take it the same machloqes would hold WRT the berakhah. RSZA would require
that even the challah you're not opening should be taken out of its plastic
bag for the berakhah, whereas the PT would hold you still have mishneh
lekhem if you don't.

I'm curious to know if others think this sevara is flawed.

Although I don't know how the PT makes this compartison... The holes you
can see through are gaps in the covering. And if you can't see through them,
perhaps they don't have a chalos sheim of "gap". A transparent plastic
doesn't have this issue.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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