Salt In Halacha - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith

salt to to cause the the ice to melt and someone told him it's so I had a good feeling that this is bringing us to a very interesting suggestion of salt in how do you look at salt how do you t up salt and I'll give you a few choices maybe salt is anal a regular in fact uh you eat it so maybe it's an maybe it's not reasonable to say it's an you don't eat plain salt Maybe it's more like a tavlin like a spice and spice has it own. Maybe like some very often it's none of the above. Maybe it's a matas and maybe it's maybe salt is like water. And why do I say that? I'll explain you in a moment. But I do believe once we understand what salt is, we'll be able to apply it to all the different shas. So we do find perhaps a start now is it's based on a if a person eats a food only exclu exclusively for afu for example he he never eats broccoli doesn't like it he wouldn't eat it no matter what but the doctor said you must eat broccoli so he eats broccoli the rafu so the gmorra says if you eat it the rafu since it's an you make a But the notable exception to that is water. If someone drinks water not for the not for the taste. He just drinks water to get down a pill or he wants to make a make a water is different. You don't make a unless you enjoy it. Maybe salt is also like that cuz salt is not really. Maybe if you eat it, okay, make a but typically not. So the is if you look at the talk about a different context, but you have to learn, you have to get to see the big picture. The Mishna says you're allowed to make an with anything. Those are the two exceptions. So the Mishna group salt and water. Why is salt and water no good for an air of if everything else is good? So Rashi explains because it's not zon there is no nutritional benefit in water and the same is true regarding salt. So you have a pretty good lead that salt is like water. But wait, you're not finished. The mish has a second. If someone makes a not to have any meaty don so he can't eat any food except for water and salt. Again, theor says the gimra because salt and water are the only two foods that have no zon that are not zon. Oh, so we see we're getting close twice. This is and that salt and water are one. Very good. But we could even do more. is it's a bra is any food that grows from the ground you make a what doesn't grow from the ground for example mel or zus is salt water then you make a shahle and that's very similar to the case of water you make a shackle So we see that maybe it's not a such a bad idea to compare salt to water. We see two in the Mishna and Allah regarding shah but we have a different that shows extremely important aspect of salt. After all, after you eat a suda, make sure you have a little bit salt and a little bit water. So, this is the the fourth time we see a comparison salt and water. Now, what's the shot? So, let me explain. It seems from the Gmorrah that salt should be part of one's diet. Okay? Today, they're very busy not to have too much salt, but a person needs a little bit salt. And it also seems and we'll see this as we go along. It's important to mention that they didn't add salt to the food itself. They had a salt dish and they if they wanted they would add they would take the food and dip it into salt. If you had no salt in the food make sure you had the plain salt at the end of the meal. You have to have some salt in your diet. And this is gapaskin in kufay. When you finish eating, have a little bit salt in the end of Why don't we have this today? Because in our diets, in our foods, they add salt when it's in its production. So, the end of the day, you always have salt in it when you're eating. Okay, very nice. So, we see an interesting thing, two things. Number one, you must have salt in your diet. Number two, and this is important, in the olden days, they didn't add salt to the food itself. they would add it afterwards and we'll soon see how this impacts our end of has salt in it. Now before we move on, I want to tell you a few interesting regarding salt and in there is a there is a minig that when you move into a new home so people put before they go move in they put bread and salt where is that coming from so the the explained the earlier explained is based on the in where the where the says when a person is what it means he's missing leaving it means he doesn't have at least salt and that is a that's so therefore if you want to be feel like you're very very you have everything you have bread and you have salt I saw the mishnu as if that's the source why don't you also bring to the new house vinegar so good cash but the it seems in many is to bring bread and salt someone told me is bread and is salt sweat whatever so it's a schooler but I think the best part of the school with bara said you put bread and salt into the house and when you move in take the bread and salt and give it to a nani like every other good school that works you do a mitzvah that's the best school another interesting concept regarding salt in giml theor says there are different things that are good help you remember your learning and If you eat a little bit salt on with your finger now you learn the gimar it's a little bit challenging to know what that means which finger how much and some say it's a that's why I think the best schooler to remember your learning is if it doesn't work a little more a lot more quotes that when he when he was young and he said his mind was very sharp he came to the go and says you know I say the 14 times and I don't have it. So the guy says you expect to know it with 14 times that's enough. So he says what you have to 101 times. He goes no your whole life you have to but at least a few times you do need and that's better than all the schoolers. No, but before I think it's one of the major suggest on is the says if a person makes a and before he eats he talks out he has to repeat the but according to if he made a and before he ate he said bring salt or bring lift. We're going to touch the word lift as a dip. It's close enough. But bring salt or bring the dip. Then he doesn't have to make a or he told them feed the animal in between and before you ate which is the worst but you don't feed the why. So Rashi explains it's a now to feed the animal before you eat. That's the whether it's the rice or the but it's a and then but why bringing salt and bringing dip what's what's the what's the kadoo of a dip so Rashi says very practical because you made a on this piece of bread and the bread of the old of the olden days was not season didn't have salt in it it wasn't too tasty so you have to make sure that the pri is push it practical. It should be a good tasting piece of bread. Keep that in mind please. So we see that if you spoke out bring salt on this and says hey why today we don't bring salt on the table to dip in the bread. I thought you need it for the bra because we have bread that's more tasty. The bread itself is tasty without the salt and he quotes he references less. Now what did that mean? The gammorra on the same tells a story that raa came to the race kaloosa's house he ate bread but he didn't add salt. Ah ra you say you have to have salt. He said, "Ah, the bread in the race's house." It must have been a very wealthy home. It's tasty as it is. You don't need salt le you don't have to wait for the salt. The bread itself is good. Now, what we see from this gum might be surprising to some that there's no den in having salt on the table and there's no den of dipping salt, dipping bread into salt. Salt is like a dip. It's a to have a tasty piece of bread. So if you have a nice bagel, a nice shabasal that's very tasty. You don't need salt on the table. You don't need to dip into salt. That's the sheet ofis. In other words, if you have a tasty piece of we will quote less esalt, no dipping. And indeed the based on the hay, he says don't make a don't make a without having salt. But if you have bread that's tasty as it is, you don't need salt. So today I could I think we could assume all the bread today and bagels etc etc is tasty as it is. you would need salt on the table or no dipping necessary. However, here we see an extremely important feature of salt and that's twice continues. They have to realize the didn't talk with superlatives. A big mitzvah very important but here it's unusual. He was very careful to he made sure before he started a meal to have salt on the table. Oh, you have to learn this carefully. Nothing about dipping or eating salt. Make sure there's salt on the table. Why? And listen to this. When yeden are waiting to make now in most homes, I think uh a lot of homes till the last child comes in and finishes washing. You're waiting, waiting impatiently, patiently, but you're waiting for the child to come and no one's learning. You're wasting time. And look, no wasting time. So if you have salt, salt is a this is so it seems that even though the bread is tasty as it is, you don't need it for the taste. You need salt on the table because salt is a insurance policy. Now the another one of the also asked the question why do we have salt on the table today's bread is tasty. So he quotes the he's going back before the because and by the says I'll call so we have their salt on the table. Now this is very inspiring. my table and your table is not just we're not eating and we're noting we are bringing carbon fact says when you eat so your is like is like a carbon your and you're eating is like a carbon and this is Yes. Now we see something very interesting that and I once made a collection. This is some of the that based on says don't kill a louse a mosquito whatever it is on the table because is not a place to kill little insects. They says don't put a child onto the table or an adult should sit on a table. The the say don't put a mo on the table. And I just saw the other day the don't give from the toy because and that piece of bread is like a carb. Okay. If you have to, you have to. But he's by saying the is very much. So now we see where salt plays a integral role in a but if you'll notice nobody says you have to dip the salt or eat the salt. It's basically having salt on the table. I'll give you a mush like you have the shabas flowers. You don't eat the flowers. It's there. And now you appreciate the ra after the says that today we don't need salt. So the ra quotes both the and why and so the combines both and the and this is interesting that we don't yet see anything about dipping the kala into salt. Where did that come from? To my knowledge and adds a new phase besides having bread on the table. So the this is the mitzvah dip bread into salt. No difference. It's bread into salt. Quotes are slightly different. three three times. In other words, the is adding three on the according to the that we have you don't need salt at all. So the based on all the earlier number one we put salt on the table. Number two it's not just there like the shabas flowers we dip it in and it's not like the ones doesn't say but three times. Now why three times? So again, this is out of my range, but what at least I can understand explains in that you look it up. It says three times the word and again that's number one. Number two, mel and is really the same and both 78 three times 3 * 26 is 78. Okay. Now also the the explained that is midas salt is mid. So he dipped the into over the meadin. Okay. Now I think maybe that's why three times to make out of it. But we see a lot of mileus in salt. You have a a chicken that's kash but you know how to eat it because it has to be salted. Salted mean you have to cash it. Salt before they had refrigeration. Salt preserved food. You couldn't keep food that long. But once you salted it, you kept it. There's a lot if you want to see it and explain exactly why we take salt. But no doubt about it that there is something very special about salt more than any other food. Now probably the of the is based on a medish in Rashi in gimmel quotes it briefly but it's an incredible medish the med says when the basham create divided between the above and below. So the mayim came crying says the medish that is not fair. We used to be so close to you and now we were sent down to this world and also another add you use the midb to give the toyra use the ground for people and what a use for us. So B says, "Oh, you're really striving for for don't worry the water will be used for and the salt will be used in every single I always felt that the the salt is salt like the water yearned for it and the made a and made every carbon has to have salt. But be that as it may again, but there's no doubt about it that salt has a that no other food has. So let me be very clear. If you see someone that sits down shabas or weekday and makes a and eats bread and doesn't even have salt on the table, you can't say he's doing wrong. That's the of the first and that's the but the I think in like that we make sure to have salt on the table because of the and more so and earlier not only to have it on the table like just like the shabas flowers but to dip it in three times but again that's based on minhag someone asked me do you have to da d taka dip it It's easier to sprinkle the salt onto the bread. So I told him that would only work if you have pass chain and a and the salt is there to give flavor. But if you want to use and you want to do three times in so you miss the bullet the is dipping three times that has all the mileers. Now if someone this is an important question to mention some people have very very strict with their sodium intake. They can't have any salt. So they could do the min just like the rest of us, believe it or not. They could take the bread, dip it into salt, and then blow off the salt. There's no den of eating salt. The den is having salt on the table. Phase number one. Phase number two, dip it in three times and d and three times is great, but no den of eating it. So dip it in and blow it off and you have the same school and the same shir. I I'll soon tell you where I found this similar to that. But I want to mention a point that's very convincing. The He's very forceful about it. He says, you know, people today, they have salt. They dip the bread the especially into salt and they eat it. Why don't you do better than that? The Gmorra say supposed to have salt or a tavlin. So it's to make the the the the more so even during the week there's a focus to make the bread more tasty certainly shabas. So why don't you first put in the salt then you put into the dips or maybe some of the uh the fish juice make it tasty and he writes very strongly about it. He says we see that that was the original and more recently has this point as well that the seems to be focused on two things the I should say I'm sorry the of is make it tasty so why not make it more tasty especially chabas he says the whole s you have with very tasty bread is just salt so that's something to think about if you want to do them fine today we have many dips so that's always a a a fog an option but I but it to me was inspiring how every step we make it has to follow dipping blowing it off before mighty after mighty let's move on led there's a whole discussion about using salt or not leaf have to have salt because the matzah is one of the only breads quote unquote that has no salt in it and it's as very delicious in rrooki is but it's not so tasty in gashmis And plus if we look at dipping as and that's why and that's the meaning of to dip the matzah into the salt for all the reason that we do during the rest of the year. There's no problem of obviously so why not however the says on the le why not because we have to have and it shouldn't be so tasty in other words let me be clear all agree the rest of all the sudas and the sudas use salt it's only the le is not to use salt now some accomplish both they dip the matzah into salt three times and blow it Then they have then which like we said regarding the person that can't have salt. A very interesting question is the meaning is to dip the kala into honey which a very nice meaning but first comes f first have priorities. How could you not do the salt? So that's why many pis say you dip the khal into the salt three times and then into honey. Now some say it's not a good sh they'll salt with with with honey. So some say put the sun honey on one side and the salt the other side. But I want to tell you one thing it's interesting. The the the the bacha says when you dip this the kala into honey do it only twice. Why only twice? He says because the the word honey dash is 306. 306 * 2 is 612 and I figured it out so you can trust me is exactly the gamatria 612. So keep dip the salt into the salt three times and dip the honey into the dip the into the honey only twice. Shabas he would not dip the into the salt because of but himself had salt on the table because nothing changed as far as the the salt that's for sure. Also the has other reasons why had that meaning but no doubt about it that is very detailed. I saw in fact the discussion if someone's traveling and he has no salt is there any salt substitute. So the interesting answer that some the kaf from from a free is to dip if you have no salt dip it into sugar because some say that if you you have to cast a chicken and there's no salt you could use sugar I saw proves this so once it's good for cashing it's good for also this makes no sense to me it's not all the symbolism upon stack of mel and three times three times is mel that doesn't work. So how does that how does that work just because some hold and says we we hold you don't can't kasha with sugar. So says there is an alternative that's much much more doable. Take a piece of the kalo or bread and dip it into the bread itself because the bread has some salt in it. Today's bread has salt in it and is the same is like me. So that's better than using. So the best thing is have salt when you go and therefore you could be this is why the say that when a person doesn't have salt dipping the bread into the bread is a better alternative. Now could you dip the the bread into a dip that has salt in it? The answer is yes. So you have at least a little bit salt but dipping it into bread is more is better because and same o but to my knowledge dip and mel is not the same or the same gamachi for that matter. So another interesting after a person made today he realized there's no salt on the table and he wants to dip it in can he say bring salt. So that's not a good idea because first of all you should know that even though the is to say it's more so on says don't talk better make eat and then bring salt. wein like the other that if you said not but not it's a freefor all and that was in those days even when you say which is based on a today we have that that's very tasty then you don't need the salt it's only not only but it's only no so is that enough to be a half sick probably Not but I would think I didn't find this before I don't know why but I think if someone said bring salt so even though it's no longer the of but it's still something it's enough of probably you wouldn't have to repeat the someone asked me he heard that you should have salt on the table for the suda and also for benching where that coming from so this and pen giml he quotes the kites we have the as who says that since so make it a till the end including benching okay gra you could I'm sure you realize that's why there's a big focus on why so the explain that the says that you're supposed to eat salt oh and you touch the salt with your hands no there is always an element of melus in the salt that's so therefore explains we have to have because the end of the sud like we saw from they ate salt with their fingers and that's a now is also a so it's a with a a negative that's why we wash I should also mention once talking about the say that the women should be the ones that bring the salt to the table for the suda because Lloyd's wife did her mistake. So it's sort of a kapor. Now getting back to the hus question we began. So someone would ask if I enjoy sucking salt on the sunflower seed do I make a separate the answer to quote is basically last it's a it's a salt is a shackle and the raised says the only thing I would like to caution is explains why do you make a on salt salt is not the the most tasty thing in the world. in fact is very repulsive to many and all the pun tell you agree you if a person eats a spoonful of salt he doesn't make a braha it's only when the salt is edible and I think a good example is the salt on top of the sunflower seeds is not big salt granules it's ground salt very finely that's that's bearable and if you like salt it's okay so that scenario I think is true if you taka take the salt because you enjoy the salt And the salt on the on sunflower seeds is a very mild type of salt. So you make a shackle and you get to the seed you make. But as the pkim explained when someone is not enjoying the salt then you don't make a bra. And what's interesting is let's say a person needs a little bit salt. So if you look at the inf says a better example let's say a person ate a diet and had no salt whatsoever. So he decides to do and you don't make a on that salt. You're only doing and you make a but salt is not an So you see everything we said salt is not your typical salt is more like water. If you enjoy it good make a braha. You don't enjoy it don't make a braha. I once saw this someone came to a shabasuda and they served ice cream for dessert. So many people make a so the meaning is many people take a candy or chocolate and make a shackle and then they have the ice cream. This person I guess he didn't find chocolate on the table. So he stuck his finger into the salt salt dish made a shackle in the salt and ate it. So I think on him he could say unless he enjoyed that salt he's only eating it to make a bra that's not now another point I should mention for those that are have little navan they wonder so how could I eat a a salted sunflower seed you put it in your mouth and you know it's a nervous lion it's a sick ratio that the salt's going to go into your mouth the answer is don't worry about the salt in your mouth unless you're doing it there's no so again on a scenario that you enjoy the salt. you make a it's a but I did see the and I was and is hey both spelled out very clearly but there are cloud plain salt that you don't enjoy you don't make a someone had the shila I mentioned earlier it was a slippery outside with winter and he had no salt the no the the the rock salt that that's going to melt the ice and he sprinkled some regular table salt And someone said it's so without too much imagination I'm sure you realize where we're heading. This is totally in our sh if salt is an and we have two from a that salt is not an what is that the says regarding and regarding salt is not an so I saw they say I saw that he quotes I don't have that has this very sh and he says there is no baltashkas with salt because it's not an like we see from the in fact in other words Rashi explains it was a little slippery and especially when it was wet people would slip they would sprinkle salt to give it more stability some traction so the what about bashkas what about must be there's no bizo by salt like water. Oh, so the issue is that it's not much of a because all agree that even food if you need it. You have to take lemon and and take off a stain. Lemon is very good taking off stains. But then I found the reality where says using salt for non purposes. So he says why is there no problem using salt for non purposes? So he points to the bal that I just mentioned. So he says there we see also they use salt. So he says that the salt is is anal cuz you make a on it but it's not really such a ray because you make a when you enjoy it. So it's like water. But he does say that salt even though salt is not but it's not a that's not an but he basically says that even if there would be a salt but when there's it would be so everything everything is there now the truth is best would be when you have a problem with ice to use the rock salt that's made specifically for that but if there's no other choice it's better to sprinkle salt than to have people tripping. I also who was not happy with the meaning of throwing even though it brings a certain sim but so his suggestion is to use salt. It's looks close enough and salt he feels nois like we said is not an and now we can say the last group of questions is salt and so we'll we'll reduce it to the fear the fear cautious number one you took this the hot you forgot the woman forgot to put salt into the soup she's hysterical I'm not serving salt soup without salt so number one can you put salt into the hot clishy gabish number two if that's not good can You put salt into the serving bowl. Cliché. Number three, sprinkling salt onto a hot dove, a gush, a hot piece of kle, chicken, etc. And once we're here, we'll talk about sugar. That's the kasha because that's very similar or very different than salt. So sit back and enjoy. The main question is what is the status of salt in kashabas. Now what do I mean to say? I'll tell you. Lisa we find that the special is regarding spices tavlin for example same shila but the woman put in salt but forgot to put in pepper and you can't serve without pepper and again hysterical I have to do something so discussed this very question very clearly to put pepper into the soup agabadas That's at least Mexican mashel but more than that's in fact Dr. Mishna putting pepper uncooked pepper. Now typically our pepper is uncooked. Uncooked pepper into a hot is also us. Why? So because don't forget it's not so much the fire. The fire heats the pot and the pot really cooks the food. So Rashi is telling us a cloud cleab is so presumably adding uncooked pepper to the hot pot of soup is the rice of bishop pos. So the question is okay okay okay I'm scared enough I won't do it fine can I put the soup into the serving bowl and then add uncooked pepper so we know oh even a cliche is awesome so you shouldn't be able to do that right wrong but is perfectly mutal we're always even well we don't know what kalabish is but one thing we do know spice es tablin is not so and no one argues you're allowed to put pepper into a cliche even though it's uncooked cuz clichi is incapable of cooking okay wonderful so now let's make a simple analogy if you allow to put pepper into a cliche who insult right wrong but terribly wrong let me tell you why because the gimar has shar sovereign that salt is like tavlin and the truth is in our minds it's in the same spice department the spice spice you know draw it is a spice so but and made the logical conclusion that salt is like like like lectav like we said but he says it's wrong why but listen to his assumption because lisa it's much worse than tavlin tavlin cannot get cooked in a cliche but saw Salt does get cooked even at cliche. So presumably putting salt into the serving bowl is then the has a second that again salt is not like a tavlin but to the opposite extreme salt does not get cooked even. It only gets cooked agabio like tough meat is only cooked agabio. So now we see one thing salt is not a tavlin but we have two. So what is salt? The list says salt gets cooked even a cliche says to the other extreme salt never gets cooked even. Now here we see something strange. What's going on here? all agree that salt is not and some are even what's so it's our original understanding salt is not a typical food but I say more than that salt does not grow salt is not even like mushroom that grows from the air salt is a mineral the salt that you have for lunch today is very old it's tough pihee years since the bers created the world the salt is there. So salt doesn't grow is a mineral. So maybe the first the list the basra holds and this I don't mean to be funny. If you put a little of of gold into your your chicken soup does it is there an isabial on gold? Obviously not why not because you can't cook a mineral. So salt in a certain sense is also like that. Just the only thing is salt because it's much softer it gets cooked. But the first delishna baso salt is no bishial except the kama says what are you talking about we eat salt and when salt is added it gives very much to the food so we treat it like like like talavan but it's worse than that cuz it's a soluble and emerges with the soup in other words the is how do you define the word bish you know has a beautiful chuva in bay pehe Someone asked him that he he he realized he he heard that the tea bags we have were were cooked or baked beforehand. I doesn't make sense but it does make sense. They take the tea leaves and they heat it in an intense heat to sterilize it and then they put it in the bag and they sell it. So maybe we should consider tea like ready a that's nonsense because look at the tea. You don't you don't get a used bad tea bag. He says is not heat. It's changing the item. So if you bake a dough, it becomes you change it. But if you bake a tea bag, nothing changes. So definitely invol he said you can use keep put a raw tea bag in ai on chabas. Someone said but but you see the cook the water gets colored and it becomes tea. So isn't it that gets cooked? He says it's nonsense. If you put the tea bag in cold water it also gets colored. So it must be what's the sh in bishel. Bishel is not just giving color. Bishel is changing it and is incapable of cooking a teabag. It gives off the flavor. It gives the color but doesn't cook. So in these two different chas explains that bishel means changing the item. So it has to be along those lines. That's the is but at the end of the day everybody let's be very clear to sprinkle salt into the hot pot of boiling hot pot of soup is how do we like that salt only gets cooked algab to add salt to the hot pot of soup is perfectly And quotes that tak was m to put salt into the as long as it's this of the riff raan and a pretty impressive list and that's why the test says it's to add salt to a with no descent nois So according to that we we we see a tremendous adding salt to a hot pot is mut to aush is what's the problem however we see something and my limited knowledge is rare adds after this now we know say that often but to find a reason that says that I think is rare tois puts a a spin on the whole that it's mut to add salt to the hot pot is mut but if you want to have a from don't add the salt until it's a that's not hot we'll soon see what that means now why was if there's the end of the day you can't deny that this is according to the putting salt into a hot pot of soup is so you can't just ignore it So Ty took the safe approach. Now as if it's not rare enough that there's also the also says this as of the shabas and that's why the on the that's without any So you realize our question is all agree is in a but we have around audent from not to put it even because they might get cooked if this if the cliche is still Now this is this obviously would give us an incentive that he calls his father that said that really you ought to put salt into the hot pot but it gives a little taste that's true but it's probably better to get a from the ra and don't do it now I don't know why he doesn't mention not just the ra it's a a and a okay now before we apply this specifically we have to make one more point and that is today's salt table salt there are different types now I'm not going to get into the details cuz it's complicated but I explain it after anybody wants to hear it basically there are different types of salts in there but there I'll soon explain why their table salt is was never cooked they take salt that was that was put into into the sea the the little reservoirs of salt water the water evaporates and the salt remains So the salt was never cooked. In America, more often than not, I can't say that better than that because it's not always, but more often than not, our table salt was already cooked. So now the question is aami you can't put regular salt into a clear region because it gets cooked. But that that's because of bishel bisha. But the sh is our salt that's cooked. No, you could put luxin, dry cooked luxion into a hot pot because so why is salt different? If we have salt that is fully cooked, again I'm talking about the big if. Why should be a problem? And the from we don't see anything differently. the that I mentioned after he says don't put salt into a because it's he says another says he quotes also the quote but in his times that the salt is cooked really you could put it into a hot soup but not to put it in a cliche when it's like by and the aguda follows from the same not to put salt that's cooked even into a cliche. Now the big question is why is that so? Why is salt different than lux and probably that's why the in the end says now why he says it's but then he says now this is interesting because there we find something very similar to salt the says you're allowed to take a piece a a pasta or in fand which basically is a a food that has a gravy a congealed gravy a fatty gravy that's congealed. So you allow to take a piece of kgul or chicken whatever it is put it next to the fa even though the congealed gravy liquefies and becomes a liquid. Now why is that mut put the solid food is but the gravy is liquid. So says, "Yeah, but when you put it next to the fire was a solid." So we treat it like a solid across the board and you're allowed to do it. So the So how could salt be worse? So let's be clear according to the to put salt into a salt that's already cooked into a is perfectly and he doesn't mention anything about and that's definitely the however as I told you the the and a whole host of the zerik All say applies even to our cooked salt. And now you have a double question. First of all, why do you say that? And also what do you do with the rav broth? Mag brought a beautiful ray from the bashida from the in. So I'll tell you a really beautiful thing. Let's say Friday night you serve the children soup and they didn't they didn't want it. So you have three bowls of untouched soup and now it's cold. Your and the mice someone brings home guests, unexpected guest and your short soup. Can you take the three bowls of cold fully cooked soup and put it into the hot pot of soup? You want to warm up the the soup to serve the guest. You're putting cold soup into a hot. So we all know that's why is it Right. All right. Now, now the question is how do you look at salt in is salt a or a salt a y? The truth is that salt is more than a not only is salt when you put it in right away it becomes a liquid but salt is soluble. It takes on the identity of the soup itself. cotton lid olive and the all the other places that I mentioned that say the same we have to treat salt because it's a soluble like a liquid. So just like you can't put and cold soup into the so is like a and that's the reason why they are what very the fat does not become soup like like like the host that's in it. It becomes like a liquid but it's still eaten like a food but the salt in the soup completely merges is a soluble and it lose identity and that taka becomes a liquid. So let's be clear by salt that was never cooked before again and and some American salts that is not just that. So even though someone does it, you can't to give him that's for sure. But there's a real to by salt but salt that was already cooked that is only a which didn't hold them obviously but it's ara that we treat it like a dah and so now to apply this let's be very clear to add salt that was never cooked to a even a cliche and that's more than the the secondary to add salt to a pot that the and the salt was fully cooked before that we could say has a very mild endorsement of this. He writes today that's that's ready cooked. So you probably more go to but like the writes you want of a ra so put it in a cliche now why is cliche better truth is it shouldn't be better but since it's only a that we're treating salt like a do so so you're allowed to add precooked salt into the serving bowl and then the woman could serve it without feeling very guilty and And that's now the next should be mentioned is regarding put it onto a daush which means you take a piece of you take a piece of kgle or chicken and you want to sprinkle salt on it. Now what's the shila I'm talking about uncooked salt. So the truth is uncooked salt on on a hot chicken is about because if you say is like a so that's you're putting salt into even if you say that is a cliche because on my plate but the the uncooked salt is going onto a cliche on the food and that we said is awesome. If it's still piping hot, this dova gush could cook salt. So no doubt about it, putting a dova putting salt, uncooked salt onto a dova is a serious problem. It's only that you know it's and there's a very good reason to say not to do it at all. But the sh is can you put cooked salt onto a gush. So if you treat like a cliche, why not? But since we treat like a it should be awesome. But here I saw a beautiful and he says that really the salt is cooked already. What's your problem? You're treating salt like a but that's when you put it into a a liquid. When you put it into a piece of chicken, it becomes a so it's the same. So once you say that there's no problem of the soluble part of it, it goes into a solid food. So what do we have? Number one is at most and also is a so to sprinkle cooked salt onto a dagos but it's the same beautiful now sugar is very similar to salt but extremely different now I want to explain sugar and salt have one one thing in common they are both solubles they both merge mamish with the liquid you put into it but there are two major differences between salt and sugar that impacts in a very big way. Salt we could say was never cooked. There are salts in America today and certainly in many were never cooked. Sugar always was cooked. Whether you have cane sugar or beet sugar, the the the the sugar itself was cooked with water. It became a very sweet liquid. They dehydrated the water, took out the water, and you're left with sugar. All sugar to my knowledge today across the board all sugar is cooked. Number two difference unlike salt that delicah hold is worse than tavlin sugar is not worse than tavlin sugar is a tavlin sugar can't be sugar is not salt cuz salt is has that that property of it being a mineral and we don't know what it is but sugar we know what it is. So therefore, let me be clear. If you have sugar in your coffee cup and you want to put pour hot water from the urn straight onto the sugar, so that should be why it's already fully cooked. And what are you doing wrong? The only thing is we're going to say that since we treat this like a soluble like salt, there's a not to do that because it's it's a it's a double. which like a double and tak and that's why the meaning is we first put the water in then we add the sugar and and and coffee a coffee is the same like sugar coffee the coffee actually the the instant coffee was cooked fully cooked it and made into the granules it was freeze-dried whatever it is and has the same pro same issue of it being a soluble so that's why there's no doubt about it adding sugar to mish should be it should be a cliche should not be an issue. Let me just spend two minutes to explain the mitas of why I said salts are different in the way the world is. You should know everything and this I'm not joking. Everything is totally in money. That's basically the way it is. But but the truth is that init because they have months and months without rain and very sunny weather. They could afford to do it in a very economical way. They take ponds of of salt water, put it in into these like these little smaller ponds and it just sits there and the water eventually evaporates and you have salt. That salt of course is treated proper chemically. That salt was never cooked. So you have table salt looks like ours was never cooked. But the system in America where you have rain and you have different climate you can't rely on that is that they pump the the they put the hot water into the salt mines. They pump the water out. So it's a whole and then they cook it. Now but there are different stages in the cooking. Some of it is temperatures of cooking and some is lower than that. But more often than not the salt is cooked but there is sometimes salt was never cooked. Also some some salts I underlined word some. It's it's a small minority. Some salts are made from the rock salt that are mined from mountains and underground that come out like boulders of salt. all the that's that's grubs out, kosher salt, rock salt, but it's all salt that was solid that was ground up, never cooked. So that's why they will do whatever's cheaper. Like they have a system how to how to save money on the the the the hydration. They use a temperature that's not Yats. So make to make a long story short, we can assume in America hopefully that the salt was cooked. There is not cooked. If things changes, it changes. I go and talk to you all kind [Music] Hey every [Music] day. That's what it is. Okay. Okay. That's what I meant. Okay. Good. Yeah. Yeah. That's just what we learned today. First, thank you very much for coming today and recording it. Salt is not a regular. There are many rays that it's not anul. the the main factors it's a it's a mineral but surely it's not a tin that's for sure I would say salt is a more similar to water than anything else we saw for that it's similar to water the but basically the putting salt in a house before you move in is based on the fact that means we don't have salt but the school of it is to give it to an salt is a school but better to I'm not sure what the school really is salt the concept of salt of dipping into the salt is really a different the real salt is to make the the more tasty and that's why a dip was a was a was a viable option but ty has already introduced us tyis and the mubalam are very busy there's another whole objective of salt salt is making from piranas salt that was yearning for kadusha and from the min having on the table to save us from calamity the min also became to dip it in three times with much symbolism is made like a mbayak salt on the table even if you don't eat use the salt it should be there but the point is that if someone wants to today there's no of salt but and do require it to the extent that even say dip three times the bread into salt. Now there is as we told you there's more significance but basically it has some type of that we need by a suda the the real meaning is dipping into salt not sprinkling even though it's not but definitely if you do it right you do it by dipping three times into the salt you don't have to eat the salt you could dip it in and blow it off there are different hug regarding pes some don't want to part with the meaning of dipping but many is not to use salt at all rash we should use both salt and honey. It's not a steer is meaning is based on not to use salt Friday night. If a person doesn't have salt, he can dip it into bread which is better than dip it into a dip or dipping it into sugar. Don't say not in those days and certainly not today. I think it wouldn't be a salt on the table is recommended until after benching is because they ate salt. The braha on salt is only if you enjoy it. If you have it in your mouth but you're not interested in the salt just to get the sunflower, don't make a braha on the salt. If you enjoy the salt, make a shak spreading salt on ice if there's no other salt available is okay. Salt is not like a you can put into a but to put uncooked salt not even a cliche cooked salt can be put into a cliche and as we said sugar is okay with even uncooked with with with cooked salt and the last sugar is better than salt it's a soluble but then again it is v cooked and also it is a tavlin So clichi is definitely mot. Thank you very much. Thank you. You too.