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Pesachim 41: Toldos ha-Chama and Solar Power

jyungar January 1, 2021

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Prefiguring later laws of cooking the Passover lamb itself, which will be discussed in totality later, the Talmud gives a few rules here. One should not cook it in water or in any other liquid, but only roast it on fire. However, once it is roasted, he can baste it or eat it with relishes.

The use of Chamei Teverya the Hot Springs of Tiberias (remember in Shabbes 38?) this time leading us to the use on Shabbes of solar power,solar panels and the controversy over the use of the Dud Shemesh.

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