Ellen K. > wrote:
>In order to be able to have hot coffee and/or tea over the sabbath, hot
>water is kept available by using usually an electric urn of the type you
>will find at buffets, although some still use a regular teakettle that sits
>from Friday afternoon on the metal sheet that covers the other fires on the
>stove. The urn or teakettle is filled and heated prior to the sabbath, no
>new water is added on the sabbath.

That sort of makes sense.

>When it's time for the baby to eat, the baby bottle is stood in an empty pot
>and hot water from the urn is poured over it into the pot. The bottle then
>continues to warm up in the hot water. This process can be repeated if the
>milk does not become warm enough after one pouring. The only restrictions
>are that the milk is not allowed to become hotter than 113 F (which would
>anyway be too hot for a baby to drink), and that the hot water poured over
>the bottle is not allowed to completely submerge it (which most people would
>anyway not do).

Interesting.

>It's also possible to use an electric bottle warmer that was on since before
>the sabbath, provided it either has a thermostat that can be set not to
>exceed 113 F, or is designed so as never to reach that temperature in the
>first place. If it is the type with a thermostat, it must be actively
>heating at the time the bottle is placed in it.

Why?

>The reason for the temperature limitation is that it is permitted to WARM
>the milk, but not to COOK it.


But if the milk had been kept at a simmer from before the sabbath, it would of
course be allowed to boil. Go figure!

Orlando