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Question

May one take meat and bread out of the freezer on Shabbat so that they thaw for the fourth Shabbat meal after nightfall?

Answer

  1. According to Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, frozen bread may be removed from the freezer on Shabbat to thaw so that it can be eaten at Melaveh Malkah, especially since this is for a mitzvah.
  2. This permission appears to apply specifically to bread or cooked meat, where it is not evident that the action is for after Shabbat. Uncooked meat, although not muktzeh according to his opinion, was not included in the permission. Removing it clearly serves a need after Shabbat and is forbidden as preparation from Shabbat for a weekday.
  3. If one must in any event lift and remove the meat in order to reach the bread in the freezer, one may then leave the meat outside and need not return it. It is reasonable that one may arrange the meat and bread this way before Shabbat so that both can be removed through this permissible device for the fourth meal.

This response was translated automatically from Hebrew and has not yet been reviewed by a person. It may therefore contain inaccuracies and should not be considered a definitive reference.

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