The question goes like this: A person has a frozen bottle of milk for his kids. He brings the bottle of milk, and it's frozen. Now it's Shabbat, and he wants to feed the baby. Is he allowed to put it next to the plata (hot plate)—not on the plata, not on the fire, but next to it—in order to melt it and make it a little bit warm?
Hacham Ovadia says that if you're putting it in a place where it's guaranteed that it cannot heat to the boiling point of Yad Soledet Bo (hand recoils from it), you're allowed to place it there. But not on the fire. Let's say the guy says, “You know what? I'll put it on the fire so we'll heat it up very quickly. I'll make sure it doesn't boil.” Are you allowed to do that? Hacham Ovadia says no. Why? Because we're worried. Maybe he's going to figure out. He'll go, he'll get busy. Now he's going to sit there and wait for it to melt. Therefore, it says you're not allowed to do it. You're not allowed to put it on the fire itself. You can put it away from the fire in a way where it would be impossible for it to reach the boiling point of Yad Soledet Bo. Then you're allowed to have it.
Okay, so we'll tell you again: You put it in a spot where it's not going to boil, that's okay. Putting it on the fire, even though you're going to make sure it's not going to boil, that's not okay. Not okay. Daily advice right here.