Holidays
Cooking in an Oven on a Festival
Question
May food that was cooked on a festival in an oven be eaten, after the fact? And what is the difference between increasing the flame on a gas stove and raising the temperature in an oven?
Answer
Hello and blessings,
It is forbidden to operate an electric oven on a festival, and likewise to increase the temperature on a festival. This is because in some ovens, increasing the temperature causes a new heating element to turn on, unlike a gas stove, where you are only increasing the existing flame. It is, after all, forbidden to ignite a new fire on Yom Tov, only to light from an existing fire.
After the fact, if someone operated the electric oven on a festival in violation of the law and cooked in it, the food that was cooked in it may be eaten. (Chazon Ovadia, Yom Tov, p. 49).
Happy festival,
Menashe Ben Porat
It is forbidden to operate an electric oven on a festival, and likewise to increase the temperature on a festival. This is because in some ovens, increasing the temperature causes a new heating element to turn on, unlike a gas stove, where you are only increasing the existing flame. It is, after all, forbidden to ignite a new fire on Yom Tov, only to light from an existing fire.
After the fact, if someone operated the electric oven on a festival in violation of the law and cooked in it, the food that was cooked in it may be eaten. (Chazon Ovadia, Yom Tov, p. 49).
Happy festival,
Menashe Ben Porat
