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Borrer 13 - One Min 2 (Klal 16 Siman 5) Hilchos Shabbos - S0431
We are continuing in siman 5, discussing borrer within one min. We learned that separating between items of one min, where some of the items are less edible, will be borrer derabanan. We learn this halacha from one who wishes to separate between leaves of lettuce which are healthy and leaves which are withering. He applied that halacha to choosing between pieces of food which are burned and which are cooked properly.
The Chayei Adam continues, and writes that if one has a dish of chicken, and they plan to put some away for after Shabbos and eat some now, if there is an inherently objective difference between the pieces, it would be borrer derabanan to separate them based on that criteria. For example, the Chayei Adam writes that if some of the meat is roasted and some of it is cooked, it is considered two different minim. Since people relate to roasted meat in a different manner to which they relate to cooked meat, it is considered two minim.
The Mishnah Berurah discusses this point in siman 319:15. He brings the Chayei Adam that cooked and roasted meat would be considered two different minim. He extends this point and writes that white meat and dark meat may be considered two different minim. Rav Shlomo Zalman concludes this way as well, but Rav Elyashiv held it is considered one min.
The Mishnah Berurah brings a question from the Pri Megadim regarding whether sour and sweet apples mixed together are considered one min. The poskim understand that the question regards the same species of apples, some of which are from earlier in the season and more sour, while others are fully ripened and sweeter. (If, however, they are two different species of apples, they are two different minim and borrer applies.) If the sour ones are sour to the point that they are inedible, they will certainly be considered pesoles and create a problem of borrer. If they are only eaten with difficulty, it would be akin to the case of the healthy and wilted lettuce, and then there would be no quesiton.
The case must be where both are edible, just that some were picked at an earlier stage and are more sour while some were picked at a later stage and sweeter. The Pri Megadim leaves this case as a safeik.
Practically, we conclude that even when the items are of the same min, if one is deliberately choosing some items over others based on an inherent flaw in one of the items (such as inedibility), it will be borrer. If they are choosing some items over others based on criteria which do not suggest an inherent flaw in the other items (such as size), the Rema, Pri Megadim and Mishnah Berurah hold it is muttar. Nevertheless, the Taz is machmir in this case. The Mishnah Berurah writes that many achronim disagree with the Taz, while the Chayei Adam suggests it is appropriate to be machmir like the Taz. Practically, the poskim follow the Mishnah Berurah.
Summary
We pasken that there is no issue of borrer between items of the same min, assuming all of the pieces are equally edible. If some of them are not as edible (whether totally inedible or just of lesser quality), there will be an issue of borrer.