Shabbat Urn After Power Outage

Question

If you have a hot water urn that you set before Shabbat, and then during Shabbat, the power goes out and the water cools down, and then later, the power returns and the water is reheated without any human intervention, is it permitted to use that hot water on Shabbat?

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    No, it is forbidden to use the water. Any liquid that was “cooked” on Shabbos cannot be used on Shabbos. This is applicable even when there was no human intervention.

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