[Avodah] [Tvunah] Teabag on Shabbos

[Micha Berger]

This pesaq by R' Asher Weiss surprised me.
<https://en.tvunah.org/2017/12/15/tea-bag-shabbos>

    Tea Bag on Shabbos
    Tvunah in English by Rabbi Akiva Dershowitz

    Question: Does a tea bag [used in a kli shlishi] need to be removed
    from the cup with a spoon on Shabbos, to avoid issues of borrer? What
    about holding it over the cup to avoid dripping on the table, to
    allow drips to fall into the cup?
    
    Answer: The tea bag may be removed normally, and may be held to
    allow drips to fall back in to the cup.

I was told at a young age to take the teabag out by spoon, making sure to
take tea out along with the bag. For boreier reasons. So, as I said, I
found this pesaq surprising.

The actual teshuvah in Hebrew is on that page.

RAW finds a precedent in Rashi on Shabbos 140a, who discusses the mishnah
allowing one to put straw in a sieve in a feed trough. Rashi says "even
though the motz will fall on our own, as it's a davar she'ein miskavein
-- and the mishnah holds like R' Shim'on.

And see SA OC 319:8, who makes it clear (which it isnt' from Rashi, see
teshuvah) that even if the boreir will certainly occur, it's still mutar.
Pesiq reishei, but not melekhes machasheves, and still mutar. Similarly in
Nishmas Adam 18:2.

An enlightening and anjoyable Chanukah!
-Micha

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