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

Akiva Miller akivagmiller at gmail.com
Fri Mar 23 13:57:40 PDT 2018


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> From the OU Kosher Halacha Yomis>
> Q. When should I prepare the salt water for the Seder?
> A. The salt water should be prepared before Shabbos. This
> is because Shulchan Aruch (OC 321:2) rules that one may
> not prepare a large amount of salt water on Shabbos,
> since this was done in the process of tanning hides. The
> Mishnah Berurah (321:11) defines a large amount as more
> than one needs for Shabbos.

R' Simon Montagu responded:
> The Mishnah Berurah doesn't say that at all, in fact he
> looks from exactly the opposite perspective. He says
> that the issur is making more than one needs for Shabbat,
> and the reason that making a large amount is asur is
> because it looks like preparing for after Shabbat.

I think there's a typo here. I don't see anything in MB 321:11 about
defining "large amount". Perhaps the intention was for seif katan 9 or
12?

(Prior to my looking in the MB, I was going to suggest that "more than
one needs for Shabbos" might be dependent on whether he means "for
THIS Shabbos" or "for a TYPICAL Shabbos", the difference being that
most of us use a significant amount of salt water at the Seder, while
hardly anyone ever makes salt water the rest of the year.)

Akiva Miller


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