A blech, from the Yiddish and German word for tin or sheet metal, is a metal sheet that observant Jews place over stovetop burners, and sometimes over the stoves knobs and dials, during Shabbat, as one of the precautions taken to avoid violating the halachic prohibition on cooking during the Sabbath.
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A blech (from the Yiddish word בלעך (blekh) meaning "tin" or "sheet metal", alternatively from Middle High German or Standard German "Blech", meaning tin or sheet metal) is a metal sheet used by many observant Jews to cover stovetop burners (and for some, the cooker's knobs and dials) on Shabbat, as part of the precautions
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