{"id":9257,"date":"2000-12-04T00:03:50","date_gmt":"2000-12-03T22:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:15:22","slug":"12-04-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-04-03\/","title":{"rendered":"03. Sifting Flour and Lash<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The melakha<\/em> of Meraked<\/em> (sifting) prohibits sifting flour. After flour has been ground up, coarser particles of bran from the outer layer of the wheat kernel remain. To separate the flour from the bran, it is sifted with a sieve. The fine flour filters through, while the coarse bran remains on the surface. As is the case with all melakhot<\/em> that are generally done for the long term, this melakha<\/em> is forbidden on Yom Tov.<\/p>\n

However, if one wishes to re-sift flour that has already been sifted, whether to improve it before kneading it or to remove a foreign object that fell into it, there is no prohibition. Nevertheless, in order to make it clear that this sifting is being done for same-day usage, the Sages required a slight shinui<\/em>. For example, if one generally sifts into a bowl, he may sift onto the table or with the sifter upside-down (Beitza<\/em> 29b; SA 506:2). This rule applies to the packaged, pre-sifted flour that we buy nowadays: one may re-sift it on Yom Tov with a slight shinui <\/em>to improve it or check it for bugs.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

It is permitted to perform Lash <\/em>for food that will be eaten on that day of Yom Tov. Thus, one may knead dough to make bread or cake or prepare instant mashed potatoes. However, one may not knead in order to prepare food for the weekday, for non-Jews, or for animals. Of course, it is forbidden to mix water and dried earth in order to make bricks. (See Peninei Halakha<\/em>: Shabbat<\/em> 12:3-7 for the details of the melakha<\/em> of Lash<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

If one produces enough dough for the mitzva of hafrashat \u1e25alla <\/em>to apply, the \u1e25alla <\/em>must be set aside after kneading.[5]<\/a><\/sup> Though the Sages prohibited setting aside ma\u2019aser<\/em> and \u1e25alla <\/em>on Shabbat and Yom Tov, this is because doing so looks like one is fixing or improving the food, since the bread or produce may not be eaten until these parts have been removed. However, if the dough was not made until Yom Tov, \u1e25alla <\/em>may be set aside from it since the obligation of \u1e25alla <\/em>only came about on Yom Tov, and it was impossible to do the mitzva beforehand. Since baked goods may not be eaten until \u1e25alla <\/em>has been set aside, the permissibility of preparing them for a Yom Tov meal implies permission to separate \u1e25alla <\/em>on Yom Tov (Beitza<\/em> 37a; SA 506:3).<\/p>\n

Back when Kohanim were ritually pure, the designated \u1e25alla <\/em>would be brought to them on Yom Tov so that they could enjoy it. However, now that Kohanim are impure and may not eat \u1e25alla<\/em>, during the week many people who separate \u1e25alla <\/em>burn it in order to make sure that nobody accidentally eats it. However, doing so on Yom Tov is forbidden, since it serves no Yom Tov purpose. Rather, it is proper to wrap the \u1e25alla<\/em> in paper and put it in the garbage. If the garbage can contains filthy items, the \u1e25alla<\/em> should be double-wrapped, rendering the disposal more respectful. Once the \u1e25alla <\/em>has been separated, it is muktzeh<\/em>, but as long as it is still in the hand of the person who set it aside, he may wrap it up and take it to wherever he plans to dispose of it (SA 506:4; MB ad loc<\/em>. 29).<\/p>\n

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\n[4]<\/a>. Even though it would be forbidden to knead the flour without sifting for bugs, the sifting is still permitted, in the same way that it is permitted to re-sift flour into which a foreign object fell (Beitza<\/em> 29b), since it is clear that the sifted flour will be used that day. (For if one were to wait a few days, it would need to be sifted again to guarantee it had not become infested.) This is the opinion of R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, as cited by Hilkhot Mo\u2019adim<\/em> 10:14 n. 53. (Or Le-Tziyon<\/em> vol. 3 19:6 permits the sifting because nowadays flour is considered to be clean, and sifting it is only a stringency.) According to SA 506:2, it is only when the second sifting is meant to improve the flour that a shinui<\/em> must be used. In contrast, if something fell into the flour, no shinui<\/em> is required. Nevertheless, some maintain that even in such a case a shinui<\/em> must be used (Ba\u1e25<\/em> and \u1e24ayei Adam<\/em> as cited in MB ad loc<\/em>. 9). It is preferable to follow this opinion le-khat\u1e25ila<\/em>, as I wrote above.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a>. Working with our updated understanding of shi\u2019urim<\/em>, one who bakes bread using 1.5 kg of flour or more should set aside \u1e25alla<\/em> with a berakha<\/em>, while one using between 1.1 and 1.5 kg sets aside \u1e25alla<\/em> without a berakha<\/em>. According to R. Naeh, one recites a berakha<\/em> on 1.666 kg or more, while setting aside \u1e25alla<\/em> without a berakha<\/em> is appropriate when using from 1.25 to 1.666 kg; this larger quantity is based on R. Naeh\u2019s calculation, which is based on the Turkish dirhem (drachma), which is more than ten percent larger than the dirhem of the Rambam (see Peninei Halakha:<\/em> Berakhot<\/em> ch. 10 n. 11).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The melakha of Meraked (sifting) prohibits sifting flour. After flour has been ground up, coarser particles of bran from the outer layer of the wheat kernel remain. To separate the flour from the bran, it is sifted with a sieve. The fine flour filters through, while the coarse bran remains on the surface. As is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-04"],"yoast_head":"\n03. 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