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Harry Maryles wrote<BR> <BR>>The only Heter I can think of is the same one used when we open refrigerator <BR>>doors. It is a Davar SheEino Mischavin and not a Psik Reisha... Some say that an <BR>>oven's "window of opportunity" for it not to be a Psik Reisha is almost nil making it <BR>>impractical to apply the " Fridge door heter" to an oven. I believe it remains an <BR>>open Shiala.<BR> <BR>It seems to me if the oven flame is already lit when the door opens, you have <BR>a counterexample that would rule out psik reisha. <BR> <BR>Going in the opposite direction, closing the oven door when the flame is lit will hasten <BR>the time when it's extinguished. But again, it's a davar sheeino mischavin and, <BR>since it's often not lit when you open the door, not a psik reisha.<BR>
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I don't see how the refrigerator is different from the oven, except in one trait <BR>
the Star-K site mentions: the oven will produce a flame, but the refrigerator's <BR>
compressor only produces sparks which might be considered insignificant. <BR>
Otherwise, their operation is the same: opening the door MIGHT hasten the <BR>
startup of the compressor, and closing it MIGHT hasten its shutting down, <BR>
but no psik reisha in either case. <BR>
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If anything, putting food in the refrigerator is more likely to be hachana, since you <BR>
want to preserve leftovers you won't be eating that day; you're much more likely to <BR>
be consuming what you've left in the oven on the same Shabbos.<BR>
<BR> <BR>Shabbat shalom! (I waver between "Askenazis" and "Sephardit" too. Sue me. <g>)<BR>
<BR>Elly<BR>
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