0. Introduction to Squeezing juice from Fruits/Vegetables

Introduction:

The following chapter will deal with the laws of squeezing liquids out of solids on Shabbos. Squeezing liquid from a fruit or vegetable involves the Mifarek prohibition which is an offshoot of the threshing prohibition and is thus only permitted to be done in certain scenarios.

style="text-align: justify">The following are the main Halachas of the first chapter.

The first and second Halacha will deal with the laws of squeezing from fruits/vegetables for purposes of drinking the liquid. The third Halacha will deal with squeezing them in order to season a food. The seventh Halacha will deal with squeezing liquids out from cooked or pickled fruits and vegetables.

style="text-align: center">The Melacha of Dash

A. The Av Melacha of Dash:[1]

Threshing [the act of industrially separating grains from their stalk, such as by stomping on a threshing floor of wheat stalks] is one of the Av Melacha, a principal Melacha, that was performed in the Mishkan. [In the Mishkan this was performed with the dyes, as the dyes were extracted from seeds that were removed from stalks.]

style="text-align: justify">B. The Tolda/subcategories of Dash:[2]

Whoever separates food or drink from the area in which it was covered is performing a Tolda, a subcategory, of the Dash prohibition. The reason for this is because the Av Melacha of Dash involves loosening the grains from the stalk.

style="text-align: justify">C. Examples:

· One who milks an animal is liable for Dash, as he has separated the milk from the utter.[3]

· One who removes beans from their pods.[4]

· Squeezing liquid out of olives and grapes.[5]

· Squeezing liquid from a cloth.[6]

· A woman who squeezes milk from her breasts.[7]