In the hours after a malfunctioning hot plate started a fast-moving blaze that killed seven brothers and sisters in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday, a Fire Department official went door to door at nearby homes handing out pamphlets titled âFire Safety for Jewish Observances.â.And what it would mean is youâd have to eat everything at room temperature.â. Joseph Berger contributed reporting. A version of this article appears in print on March 22, 2015, on page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Fire Renews Concerns Over a Weekly Ritual.
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