Ros. 1889 B 9(2) a

Ros. 1889 B 9(2) a

Pesah

1887

Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana

Eliazar Hamburg

Hamburg

Orah Haim

TRUE

What to do when there are conflicting reports among Jewish servants as to weather some alcoholic drink may have entered a pot of food on Passover?

During the weekdays of Passover there was in the house of a wealthy Jew a meal in honour of the redemption of a first-born son. At after the guest had already been at the table a while and still eating, the Jewish cook told the master of the house what was happening in the kitchen at that time: The pot with meat and soup was on top of the stove uncovered, because the soup had boiled over the edge, and on the side of the stove there was her Jewish male servant preparing the food, and close to him there is a non-Jewish worker doing what is needed to fix the floor in the house, and I am standing outside, and see the non-Jewish worker take from his sack a pitcher of rum, and take a drink, and trips on a stone and holds on to the stove to lean on it and drops from the drink sprinkle here and there. And my male-servant rushed to raise him and I heard the non-Jewish worker curse about the fact that his good drink had spilled and also that some fell into the pot. And now she rushed to tell the master about what happened. So spoke the cook. But after comes the Jewish male-servant and says that is not what occurred. Even though he is not meticulous about Torah commandments, and has no interest in all the religious matters they worry about, he loves the truth and saw that not even one drop of the drink was thrown into the pot. And now the master send the question to the rabbi to hear if the soup, meat and pot are permissible to eat and enjoy, or not.