#251: Squeezing Lemons onto Solids
1. We learned last week that some poskim permit squeezing lemons on Shabbat in all cases. However, as mentioned, many Ashkenazi poskim, and some Sephardic poskim, permit only squeezing lemons onto a solid food, but not into liquid, such as tea, or into an empty cup (Mishnah Berurah 320:22; Shemirat Shabbat K'hilchata 5:7; Responsa Kol Eliyahu 22:2; R. Hershel Schachter, as quoted by R. Chaim Jachter (“Gray Matter,” Volume 2; https://www.sefaria.org/Gray_Matter_II,_Laws_of_Shabbat,_Squeezing_Lemons_on_Shabbat). The reason that squeezing onto sugar or fish is allowed is that one may squeeze a liquid into a solid, which we will discuss further in the next few posts.
2. According to these opinions, squeezing a lemon onto fish or salad is permitted. Furthermore, they also permit squeezing a lemon onto sugar, similar to squeezing it onto fish or a solid food, even if one plans to then pour the mixture into an empty cup or into a liquid.
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