שעא"ח תנא סעיף א

Question 1

קדירות של חרס

Answer 1

earthenware vessels

Question 2

דייסא

Answer 2

oatmeal

Question 3

משפשפן

Answer 3

brush, rub

Question 4

להשהות

Answer 4

to postpone, to delay, let sit

Question 5

בין במינו בין שלא במינו

Answer 5

“like substances or not”
One type of thing with a similar type of thing;
One type of thing with a distinct, dissimilar type of thing.
Category A with Category A;
Category A with Category B

Question 6

היסק שיסיקם באש

Answer 6

heating them with fire

Question 7

אפילו שלא ע”י האור

Answer 7

even if not directly on the flame

Question 8

רותחין

Answer 8

boiling

Question 9

דלמא חייס עלייהו שמא פקעי

Answer 9

Perhaps he will have pity upon it (the earthenware vessel) because it might break.

Question 10

כבשן

Answer 10

Kiln

Question 11

לבון, מלבנים

Answer 11

Heated until white-hot

Question 12

הגעלה

Answer 12

making dishes kosher by immersion in boiling water

Question 13

צונן

Answer 13

cold water

Question 14

What are the key ideas of this Sayif?

Answer 14

1. Earthenware vessels in which Hametz has been cooked cannot be used during Pesach. However, they
   can be kept in a concealed location, and after Pesach may be used normally.
2. No amount of heat is able to kasher an earthenware vessel that has been used to cook Hametz during Pesach. Even if you use a level of heat more extreme than the original cooking (contrary to the notion that the way a taam is absorbed is the way it is expelled), it is not sufficient, because it is unlikely anyone will use sufficient heat to actually kasher the vessel for fear of destroying it.
   However, if we use a kiln hot enough to set new earthenware vessels, then this is sufficient to kasher the hametz vessel for Pesach.
3. The Rama adds two humras- A) a כלי שני that received food from a hametz vessel also absorbs the hametz and follows the same rules as the כלי ראישון for being kasherable. B) A כלי that was used at the level of boiling or direct contact with fire with Hametz cannot be used even with cold substances (which ordinarily would not transfer the taam).

Question 15

Why are we starting with a earthenware vessel?

Answer 15

Earthenware vessels are the most absorbent kin of vessel, and cannot fully expel the taam of the food cooked in them.

Question 16

Why is Pesach the scenario in question?

Answer 16

Pesach is the most extreme scenario for questions of taam and absorption, since we cannot have even an insignificant amount of Hametz during Pesach.

Question 17

Why “Even oatmeal or any kind of flour?”

Answer 17

This makes clear that even an earthenware vessel that has become mamash Hametz (the most extreme kind of absorption for Pesach purposes) can be used after Pesach if properly cleaned and stored, and therefore any less problematic kind of vessel or taam is included.

Question 18

What is the purpose of hiding earthenware vessels?

Answer 18

Rosh- hide it so you don’t find it

Tur- adds lock it away (extra humra)

Question 19

Q. By what logic are we permitted to use earthenware vessels that had Taam Hametz Asur before Pesach after Pesach?

Answer 19

Nimukei Yosef- Insignificant amount (can’t see it)

Bach- Batel b’Shishim lo bmino and lo noten ta’am, kol sheken min bmino