Leaving a Soup Pot on an Exposed Flame on Shabbat

Quiz

1 - Can you leave a soup on a exposed flame on Shabbat?

• If its fully cooked you may,
• You always may.
• If its ½ cooked, an Ashkenazi Jew may.

2 - Is there a way to leave a uncooked soup on a flame on Shabbat?

• No.
• If you have a blech (tin sheet) covering the flame.
• You always may.

3 - If I don’t have a blech, may I keep soup on exposed flame?

• If it’s totally raw, or ½ cooked.
• No, there is no way.
• If someone will remind you not to touch the flame.