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Kashrus

  • Bugs, Tevilas Keilim

Does a light box (used for checking lettuce) require Tevilla?

  No.   Sources: שהרי אינו מכשיר האוכל. והוא רק לתועלת ראיית האדם. ומעיקר הדין, גם כיסוי הפת א״צ טבילה שאינו משמש להפת. וכש״כ בכגון דא.  ואף למ״ד שמשפך צריך…

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  • Orlah
  • orlah outside of israel

Laws of Orlah Outside of Eretz Yisroel

  Question: I just bought a house in the USA with young fruit trees. If the trees were planted by a goy do I need to wait 4 years to…

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  • Kashering, Kashering (Pesach)

If I am doing הגעלה do I have to wait 24 hours after I clean it, or I have to wait 24 hours since the last time I used it?

  After the last time used. To be precise: When kashering from treif: waiting 24 hours before Kashering is from the last time it was used for Treif, unless it…

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  • Stam Yeinom - Wine
  • יו"ד קכג

Can a bottle of non-Mevushal wine be considered Mevushal if some Mevushal wine is mixed in?

  Strictly speaking, if mevushal is six times more, it’s considered mevushal. Some even say a majority of mevushal is sufficient. Nevertheless, in practice, these opinions should not be followed…

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  • Kashrus
  • maris ayin, מראית עין

Is one allowed to go over to a non kosher restaurant in the airport to buy a drink?

  If there are no places to buy drinks otherwise, you may go there. The reason: since in the airport it is usually obvious that people going to the non-kosher…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • יו"ד צה

What’s the status of this Fleishig mug?

  Question: A plastic spoon was used to mix a milchig coffee in a milchig mug and then used to mix a pareve coffee in a fleishig mug. Both were…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • דבר שיש לו מתירין, יו"ד קב

A baking pan accidentally became Fleishig, I’m not sure which one…

  Question: I have 6 cookie sheets that were Parve. One was accidentally used to bake hot dogs. That sheet got mixed in with the rest, I no longer know…

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  • Chometz, Kashering (Pesach), Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Pesach
  • Retainers

Retainers on Pesach

  Question: I am finishing an Invisalign treatment and one of the options is to glue a metal wire behind the front bottom teeth. Is there any problem? Such as…

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  • Hechsher, Kashrus, Tevilas Keilim
  • spices without a hechsher

Spices without a Hechsher & Tevilah for spice containers

  Question: We received a gift that is a spice rack with about 20 different Glass bottles of spices; There's no hechsher on the bottles, just the name of the…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • eggs, כבוש

Can Raw Eggs Become Milchig?

  Question: Raw eggs got wet from milk on the way back from shopping, and I haven't rinsed them when I came home, they sat like that for over 24…

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  • Kashering, Meat and Milk
  • kasher, urn

A drop of hot milk fell on a cold Pareve urn. Is it ok?

  If the milk was  or hotter - you should Kasher it. In this case, Kashering can be done by cleaning the urn well, waiting 24 hours, and pouring boiling…

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  • Kashrus
  • kashrus at hotel

Can I use hot water from a non kosher hotel?

  There may be an issue involved. Please see here for details: https://asktherav.com/article-739-are-public-hot-water-urns-kosher/     #10794

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  • Health Supplements, Hechsher, Kashrus
  • Charcoal, health, Stomach

Medical professionals recommend taking activated charcoal pills for certain stomach conditions . Do these pills require a proper hashgacha?

  Charcoal in itself, is not an issue if it's vegetarian. The same holds true for the capsule. When vegetarian is not available: If a physician / medical professional has…

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  • Food, Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Ovens
  • meat oven, סימן צז

Can I bake Challa or fish in my meaty oven?

  Can I bake my Challa in my fleishig oven? Yes, Challah for Shabbos may be baked in a fleishig oven, even if the oven is dirty (and it’s considered…

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  • Kashrus, Sakanah
  • cholov stam. powdered milk, food, garlic, onions, Powder, שמירת גוף ונפש ז.

Is there a problem to buy dried powdered garlic, based on the din of not leaving garlic overnight? What is the Chabad custom?

  Poskim indeed are lenient regarding garlic/onion/egg "powder" that was left (peeled) overnight, on the grounds that once these items are grinded, they have thus changed their original status and…

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  • Stam Yeinom - Wine

I left a bottle of wine on my desk overnight, Can I use it?

  Full Question: I left non mevushal wine in an open brown bag on my desk in school overnight. There are non Jewish janitors that clean the room each day…

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  • Meat and Milk
  • יו"ד פט

Bread that was served at a Fleishig meal, can I use the left over loaf with Milchigs? The loaf had no contact with actual Fleshigs.

  No.   שו״ע יו״ד סי׳ פ״ט סעי׳ ד׳, וראה אג״מ יו״ד ח״א סי׳ ל״ח.     #13403

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  • - עברית, Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Mishte V'Simcha (Festive Meal), Purim
  • Hamantaschen, יו"ד צז

האם מותר לעשות אוזני המן חלביים?

  שאלה: בשו"ע יו"ד סי' צז מבואר שצריך לעשות איזה היכר, והרי הם בצורה מיוחדת? זאת ועוד, בדרך כלל אופים אוזני המן באותו היום, ומבואר שם ברמ"א, שאם יגמרו לאכול…

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  • Kashrus
  • hindquarters, nikkur, יו"ד סד

Is _____ a reliable place to purchase kosher meat for an Ashkenazi Jew?

  As a general policy, AskTheRav cannot comment on Hechsherim. PS I noticed that the certifying Rabbi is also the one who started the company. It is generally accepted in…

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  • Kashrus
  • food delivery, יו"ד קיח, נתעלם מן העין

Delivering Unsealed Kosher Food Through a Non-Jewish

  Question: Our school kitchen prepares food for multiple school buildings. The food is prepared in the kitchen and then some of it is also transported to other locations. Generally,…

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  • Kashering
  • kashering glass, או"ח תנא

I heated a hotdog on silver foil in a clean Milchig toaster convection oven with a glass door. How do I Kasher it?

  After 24 hours - the toaster oven should be thoroughly cleaned and put on the highest setting for an hour.   Sources: ע״פ שיטת אדמו''ר הזקן באו"ח סי' תנ"א…

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  • Kashrus
  • יו"ד צד, יו"ד קה

Cut a Parve cake in Ben Yoma Fleishig Pyrex with a Milchig knife

  Question Continued: It was hot, not too hot. Could touch cake and Pyrex but if I left hand on it for a while started to be too hot. What's…

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  • Food, Hechsher
  • food, Hashgacha, Kosher

Do sliced mushrooms need a hechsher? They are fresh mushrooms sliced and packaged.

  As long as they were packaged by a store or company that has separate section just for produce, it's fine, as you can rely that the knife is used…

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  • Hechsher
  • Hashgacha, Kashrus, Liquor

Is Bicerin liquor ok to drink?

  Only when bearing the OU symbol. See here on OU's website.   #3242

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  • Bugs
  • Bug, cabbage, Check bugs, food, Kashrus

What’s the correct way to check cabbage?

Here are two methods: Method 1: 1. Remove the four outer leaves and discard them. 2. Check the outside of the head. If there is a hole that penetrates into…

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