Responsa for Zechariah 3:14

They responded: "Kohelet sought to find desirable words... he balanced and examined and invented many parables." (Kohelet 12:9-10) They explained to me that Solomon created fences around what is forbidden, including any similarities. Two hours later, they responded: "Remove these garments of filth! An angel of the Lord spoke: see, I have removed your guilt from you and dressed you with grand robes." (Zechariah 3:4)

I asked again [in my dream] regarding bread made by non-Jews¹lit. 'star-worshippers', whether it is sufficient that a Jew adds a piece of wood to the fire of the oven [for it to be considered baked by a Jew]²This is the opinion of the Rif Avodah Zarah 15b:1. Is there nonetheless a hint of the transgression of baking with vessels of non-Jews? For I was doubtful regarding the meaning of the response I had received the first time I asked, when they responded: "Is this not a brand saved from the fire?" (Zechariah 3:2) They explained: in truth the bread does not become permitted through throwing wood into the fire, unless the fire dies down to embers, and then the flames are rekindled³This opinion is mentioned by Nachmanides (Chiddushei Ramban on Avodah Zarah 35b), who also cites Raavad as holding that the kindling added by the Jew needs to have a significant rather than symbolic function. Therefore we said that one can be saved from all transgression by means of the fire⁴i.e, if the act of adding wood is done correctly, as described here, then one is saved from the transgression of eating food cooked by non-Jews. "See, we have inquired into this and it is so. Hear it and accept it!" (Job 5:27) All this they responded.