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Ein Ayah: Strange ideas of the imagination that do not have a basis in logic confuse a person, since they are connected to the nature of life in a way that takes him away from logic, holiness, and contemplating Hashem. There is therefore logic to distance us from such actions, even though they do work based on nature, because they are strange to people. There is further reason to avoid the tricks the gemara mentions, as they are done for a reason that is connected to a bad trait – to cook quickly because one is in a gluttonous mood.
On the other hand, such an action is positive in that it awakens one to try to figure out the ways of nature, and it also saves time that one might have to waste on preparing food. Therefore, overall, such an action is fine.
Nevertheless, one still has to be very careful about an action like putting broken glass in a pot, especially when he will be eating heartily, because of the possibility of danger. This is often a stumbling block for people who act impatiently when in the face of fulfilling a physical desire even when they should be aware of the danger before them. For this reason, the Rabbis forbade putting the glass in the pot. Apparently it is forbidden even if it can be done in a manner that obviates the danger, as the action itself weakens the moral resolve to be careful about one’s life in the face of fleeting desires.

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