Food Cooked on Fire on Shabbat, Is It Permitted After Shabbat?

Greetings,

You are permitted to eat from it after Shabbat. Nonetheless, if possible, it is good to wait after Shabbat for a duration of "until it can be made" (which is the time it takes to cook this food) before eating.

Sources: It is ruled in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim (Siman 318, Section 1) that one who cooks on Shabbat (and the Rema writes: or has done other labor) intentionally is forbidden to partake of it forever, while it is permitted for others to eat from it immediately after Shabbat. The Mishna Berura (Sec. 6) notes that the permission for others to eat from it immediately after Shabbat applies even to that which was cooked for him, as there is no requirement to wait until it can be made except for labor done by a non-Jew for a Jew, due to the concern that prohibiting such would cause him to cook for him on Shabbat immediately. However, something made by a Jew directly, there is no concern that by permitting it right after Shabbat one would later ask a Jew to cook for him on Shabbat for this purpose. Furthermore, the Jew will not listen to him, as a person does not sin unless tempted.

However, the Pri Megadim (Siman 326 in Eish Matzliach Sec. 22) holds that a Jew who is a transgressor is treated like a Gentile in this regard, and if he cooked on Shabbat, the one for whom it was cooked must wait the duration of "until it can be made," as there is concern that the transgressor might listen to him and desecrate Shabbat. However, his opinion is not universally accepted, and see Responsa Tzitz Eliezer, part 13 (Siman 48, Note 2), where he notes it is remarkable that the Mishna Berura did not mention the innovation of the Pri Megadim, and it may be because he does not agree with him. See there for further explanation. Also, Rav Elyashiv, zt”l, in Kuntres Teshuvot, part 2 (Siman 21), holds that we may leniently permit that even for a transgressor, there is no need to wait after Shabbat until it can be made.

Indeed, even if we consider the Pri Megadim's viewpoint, he already wrote in Responsa Mahazeh Avraham (Siman 48) that according to the Pri Megadim, it is not forbidden for one who baked or cooked for him, only "until it can be made," but not forever. Just like for non-Jews, it is only forbidden until it can be made and a transgressor is not worse than a non-Jew, and only if he instructed the Jew to perform the labor does it equate to cooking on his own intentionally, which forbids him eternally. Therefore, regarding the matter at hand, even according to the Pri Megadim, it suffices to wait after Shabbat for a duration of "until it can be made," and thereafter it will be permitted for eating.

Best regards,

Hillel Meirs