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>From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis</div>
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<p><strong><strong>Q. May one pour cold water into hot soup to cool it down?</strong></strong></p>
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<p>A. A hot pot of soup is a <em>kli rishon</em> (primary source of heat) and one may not add cold water to the pot, since this will cook the water. However, a bowl of soup is a
<em>kli sheini</em> (secondary source of heat), and water does not cook in a <em>
kli sheini</em>. It would therefore seem that one may add cold water to a bowl of soup. Still, the
<em>halacha</em> is not so obvious, since there are also pieces of meat or vegetables in the soup. A solid food transferred to a secondary vessel retains the status of a
<em>kli rishon</em> according to some <em>poskim</em>. Perhaps we need be concerned that the hot pieces of vegetable or meat may cook the water. The Pri Megadim (253: Aishel Avrohom 32) writes that it is possible that all agree that hot pieces of meat that
are submerged in liquid in a <em>kli sheini</em> have the status of a <em>kli sheini</em> and cannot cook. This appears to be the consensus of many
<em>poskim</em> (see Pischei Teshuva YD 94:7 and Kitzos Hashulchan 124:39). Therefore, one may add cold water to soup.</p>
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