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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 508
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Orach Chayim Siman 508 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דברים האסורים בי"ט להכנת צלי. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>אין מלבנים את האבנים לצלות או לאפות עליהם מפני שמחסמן ואין שוברים את החרס ואין חותכין את הנייר לצלות עליהם ואין פוצעין את הקנה לעשותו כמו שפוד לצלות בו:
Things forbidden on Yom Tov for preparing roasted food. Containing 2 paragraph): We do not heat stones to roast or bake upon them, because this hardens them. We do not break earthenware, and we do not cut paper to roast upon them. And we do not split a reed to make it like a spit for roasting.
פוצעים אגוזים במטלית ולא חיישי' שמא תקרע:
One may crack nuts with a cloth, and we are not concerned that it might tear.
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