May I put cold ice cream on hot crumble cake on Shabbos?

May I serve a scoop of ice cream over hot cake on Shabbos?

Serving ice cream over hot cake poses a problem on Shabbos. If the cake is so hot that yad soledes bo (a hand recoils from the heat)—according to many opinions approximately 45C or 113F—it would be considered cooking the ice cream, which is in violation of the melachah of bishul (the forbidden act of cooking). Even if the cake is somewhat cooler, the fact that it could cause the ice cream to melt may be an issue of molid (creating a new entity on Shabbos). Although there might be room for leniency regarding molid, it’s best to serve the ice cream next to the cake; then if the ice cream melts it’s no longer a halachic concern. #556?1 

 

 

 

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.