Q. Dearest Rov, Last Shabbat we were enjoying at a kiddush in shul for an Oifruff. Then when it came to reciting Kiddush the only wine available was a real truly expensive wine bottle and since they were unable to open directly, the abnormally too well closed wine bottle, they used the door frame and the bottle broke leaving some small particles of glass inside. They took a napkin cloth and poured some wine enough to fill the Kiddush cup with filtered wine. Was that permitted?

A. Chashukei Chemed (Shabbos 139b) addresses a similar Shailah and rules that if the question would involve a regular liquid drink and not wine for kiddush the answer would be simple, since they can place a piece of cloth at the mound of the bottle and then just drink directly from the bottle, as Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 319: 16) rules that the prohibition of Borer applies only when fixing the the food or liquid before one eats it or drinks it, and not when it is done simultaneously.

He deals with other ways to be able to filter the wine when done by two individuals. Also mentions, pouring the wine in question into a wide vessel and then placing a cloth on top and using the wine that would filter and float on top of the cloth.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should use instead of wine a fine liquor for kiddush and Birchat Hamazon.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.