[Avodah] When should I prepare the salt water for the Seder?

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 02:07:14PM -0400, Sholom Simon via Avodah wrote:
: Note, too, that the SA here (321:2) also says: "It is forbidden to
: prepare even a small amount of a saline solution that is two parts salt
: and one part water."  He doesn't qualify it.  This would seem to be
: regardless of the quantity or purpose. 

Importantly, the SA says the reason is that it's too much like ibud.

It is only if you are looking at hachanah that quantity would
matter. Making too much for it to plausibly be for shabbos would be
hakhanah even if it weren't 2:1.

Also, if the only melakhah were hakhanah, there would be no problem
making salt water for the seider bein hashemashos. BhS, hakhanah for a
mitzvah is allowed. It's dami le'ibud that creates the whoile issue.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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