[Avodah] Borrer Brewing Coffee Shabbos

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Michael Poppers wrote:

: In Avodah V34n150, R'Micha responded to R'Akiva re the French press.
: Just to clarify RAH's position, published in the previous digest, he
: forbade the French press on Shabbos because it's a *k'li*, even though
: one is still obtaining *ochel mitoch p'soles*.

And R' Micha Berger asked:

> Isn't that mutar for akhilah le'alter? Or am I confused?

It is very easy to forget that the melacha here is not Borer. Because the
selection is being done by means of a keli, the melacha is M'raked.

Rabbi Dovid Ribiat ("The 39 Melochos", pp 509-511) writes that L'alter
helps for Tochain and Borer because it establishes the act as Derech
Achilah. But M'raked requires the use of a specialized instrument, so it is
merely a preliminary preparation *before* the eating, i.e., *not* Derech
Achilah. (It is my opinion that the french press is a great example of
this.) He writes that L'alter helps for M'raked only in exceptional cases,
such as placing a cloth over the cup that one is actually drinking from.

See the lengthy footnote #8 there for his sources.

Akiva Miller
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