Question continued: If yes, can I kasher the knife? How would I kasher it - it has a plastic handle? Its a knife that is usually used to cut…
Question continued: If yes, can I kasher the knife? How would I kasher it - it has a plastic handle? Its a knife that is usually used to cut…
Can I use it for both milchig and fleishig if I bring my own milchig and fleishig pot? Answer: The stove may be kashered. See guidelines here: https://asktherav.com/download-kashering-made-simple/…
Question: The oven in the new apartment is completely cleaned, but not brand new. I tried to kasher it by turning it to the highest setting (550) and for…
If the oven was clean from meat and wasn’t used for meat during the last 24 hours, then the cookies may be eaten. Otherwise, the cookies should ideally be…
Question Details: A non religious Jewish guest cooked chicken in a fleshig pot. However, he cooked on my milchig burners on the stove top. He also put a fleishig…
If it wasn't washed together with treife keilim, it does not have to be kashered. יו״ד קלה, ח. וגם הרמ״א לא הגי׳ - ראה מג״א תנא, מט. ובמנ"י כלל…
Question: We only have one sink in our apartment. We have separate buckets for milchig and fleishig. On Thursday I mistakenly put the milchig pan and other keilim in…
A. Yes, by placing something in between (a blech, silverfoil, metal hanger). Q. Is one allowed to use a tea kettle of a non Jew who only uses…
What do other people do in Jewish owned nursing homes? What if there are Jewish people? Would this be permissible because it’s saving lives? Answer: I can’t answer…
Answer: It's allowed. This applies only if the food never enters your possession, rather you are just paying them for it. The payment can be made in either of…
Yes. Sources: כיון שאין ג׳ תולעים. וראה שו״ת הרשב״א א, קיג. וראה כאן: https://asktherav.com/4637a-when-is-relying-on-a-chazaka-for-checking-vegetables-reliable/ גם מצינו בשו״ת נוב״י קמא יו״ד כז, הובא בפת״ש פד, ג, שאם לא נודע…
Question: I bought a chicken that has an area of blood coloring with small pieces of congealed blood. Is it Kosher? Answer: The bloody areas should be cut…
Question: It has recently been brought to my attention that there are those who question the kashrut of poultry irrespective of the shchita or shochet. It sounds like they…
Question: If a bottle of non mevushal wine is sold individually (not in the case), and goyim are the ones that work in the store (putting the bottle on…
No. Sources: דעבידא לטעמא ולא בטל, ודרך עשייתו כך. ובמציאות נ״ל ברור שכמעט תמיד אין ששים, שהרי נרגש הטעם. ובלא״ה בהיתר אין לסמוך על ששים, כיון דאיכא קפילא,…
Question: I have a question about the kashrus status of a kitchen (stove, oven, counters etc.) and utensils (pots, plates, cutlery). There is someone subletting my apartment as I…
Question: In our Hebrew school curriculum, there is an activity to make grape juice from scratch. If I boil the grapes first, and then then kids juice them, is…
Question: Someone was writing this on WhatsApp. “According to Rabbi Braun split it's not a hidur now days - and leads to a lot of problems with getting salt…
Under the circumstances you may rely on the following: clean the surface well, wait 24 hours since last usage, turn the elements to the highest heat and pour boiling…
They should not be eaten. Sources: לכאו׳ דמי לצפרניים וטלפיים שאסור מדרבנן (ראה ברמב״ם מאכ״א ד, יח. ואף שי״מ ״שהוא אסור״ בל׳ יחיד רק על שליא נקטו אחרונים…
