1. It is permissible to make vegetable salad on Shabbat with mayonnaise or oil, assuming that the vegetable pieces are not extremely small. As discussed previously, this is not defined as losh because the pieces are not fused into one unit, but rather remain distinct within the mixture.

2. Cabbage salad or carrot salad in which the pieces are cut up very finely should ideally be made before Shabbat, since this is likely considered a thick mixture. If this was not done, it is questionable whether one can make it on Shabbat (Orchot Shabbat 6:32). If one feels that it will not be very fresh or its taste will be significantly affected when made on Friday, there is room to allow with a shinui both the pouring (if oil or other thin liquid is used; if a thicker substance is used, no shinui is needed, as discussed previously with regard to mayonnaise) and in the mixing, as this is similar to the case discussed previously when the food will spoil if prepared on Friday. Potato salad is permitted to make on Shabbat, as it is not cut into very small pieces. (Orchot Shabbat 6:36)

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Dedicated by Fran Broder as a zechus for the hostages to be released safely to their families and may everlasting peace come to Eretz Yisrael in the merit of learning Hilchos Shabbos.