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Forwarding Eric's clarification -- I came across the word when my 
brother pointed out that some of the refrigerators that he's looking at 
buying feature "Sabbath mode", allowing them to be used by observant 
Jews without breaking Sabbath rules (among other things, the light 
doesn't come on when you open the door on Saturday).  A blech does 
sometimes cover the knobs as well as the burners or coils, and you use 
it to keep already-cooked food warm.  You can take a pot off the blech, 
and you can put it back provided you haven't set it down or added 
anything to it.  In retrospect, I should have offered the word 
"unblech", which might also have been known, but which is more 
interesting (it's a pan of hot water used to keep food warm on the Sabbath).

Anyway, GLIMA is still in play here.

Jean-Joseph

On 1/19/2012 10:14 AM, fictioneric at cluemail.com wrote:
>>> blech, n. (German Blech, sheet metal) A sheet of metal that covers 
>>> the stove
>>> on Sabbath to prevent touching the controls.
>>>
>>> Pierre
>
>
> To clarify, the metal isn't to cover the controls -- it's to cover the 
> flames.  A burner or two is left on for all of the Sabbath, and food 
> may be warmed there so long as the flames aren't exposed -- hence the 
> sheetmetal on the stove.
>