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  • Meat and Milk, Shavuos

Is there a way that I can put dairy food on my electric hotplate for Shavuos?

  Question Continued: Like if double wrapped or, if I put foil on the hotplate? (The hotplate had been used for meat, and would be used for meat on Yom…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • blender, knife, onion

Is a Blender used for a Milchig Onion – Milchig?

  Question: I cut an onion with a milchig knife, then put the onion into a brand new blender with a new blender blade, is the blender blade now milchigs…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • Basar B'Chalav: Washing Dishes, Kitchen Kashrus Accidents, יו"ד צה

Fleishig Knife washed with Milchig Dishes

  Question: My goye accidentally washed a fleshing knife with the milchig dishes all in one sink. She was not using gloves and the knife wasn’t dirty with meat, just…

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  • Kashering, Ovens, Shavuos

Kashering Oven from Milchig to Fleishig

  Question: If I have baked dairy food in my oven, can I make it fleighig after by raising the temperature for a certain amount of time? I also have…

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  • Kashrus
  • turkey

Turkey for Descendants of the Shaloh (after marriage)

  Question: I am descended from the Shaloh hakadosh and my family minhag is not to eat turkey. I am now married to someone whose family does not have that…

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  • Kashrus, Matzah
  • flour, oats

Does oat flour need to be kosher in general? Does Chabad eat Matzah made out of oats?

  Kashrus: Oat flour is inherently kosher and requires no hechsher for year-round use (not for Pesach), if there are no added kosher sensitive ingredients. Obviously, one must ensure the…

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  • Kashering

Can I Kasher an immersion blender?

  Question: I have an immersion blender (a stick) and the blade is on the end of a metal stick (not plastic). It has been used for milchig (possibly hot,…

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  • Cholov Yisroel, Kashering
  • waffle maker

Is it possible to Kasher a waffle maker if it was used with a Chalav Akum waffle mix?

  Question: I just made a batch of waffles with a waffle mix that was mislabeled as being parve, but I see now that the ingredients include a dairy (chalav…

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  • Bugs
  • corn

How to check Corn on the Cob

  Question: Can corn on the cob be grilled and eaten without checking for bugs or is there a way that it needs to be checked for bugs?   Answer:…

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  • Bugs
  • chazakah

When is relying on a Chazakah for checking vegetables reliable?

  Generally, the concept of chazakah for infestation applies in the reverse: once three insects have been found, the entire unit is assumed to be infested. Furthermore, even if infestation…

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  • Kashrus
  • eggs

Can I buy eggs in a non-Kosher supermarket?

  Question: If I buy eggs from Costco (instead of a kosher supermarket), can I treat them like buying eggs from a kosher supermarket, or is there anything I need…

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  • Kashering

I have a pan that I don’t know whether it is dairy or meaty, I want to kosher it so that I can use it for meat. Is there a way for me to do that?

  If it was used for either meat or milk, but didn't get used for both at the same time, it can be kashered either via libun kal which involves…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • Kitchen Kashrus Accidents, יו"ד צב

A burning hot paddle from a parve bread maker fell onto a cloth that had just been used to wipe up a big milk spill. Must the paddle be Kashered? If so, can I Kasher it in a self-cleaning oven?

  The paddle is now milchig and should be kashered if you want to use the bread for fleishig. This can be done by immersing in boiling water or by…

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  • Kashrus

We have a Jewish (not yet Shomer Shabbos) caterer that works from our Chabad kitchen. Do we need a Mashgiach present?

  Question: Very often we have a Jewish (not yet Shomer Shabbos) caterer that works from our Chabad kitchen. Does there need to be a Mashgiach in the kitchen the…

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  • Meat and Milk
  • chorif, ginger, זנגביל

I used a Milchig knife to cut ginger for a dressing. Can I use this dressing for a Pareve salad served by the fish course of a Fleishig meal?

  I might have used that knife before to cut cheese but I’m not sure.   Answer: It may be eaten at the fish course.   See here: Halacha2go.com #365:…

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  • Hechsher
  • sourdough

Does a sourdough starter require a Hechsher?

  Although basic sourdough starter made with only flour and water is kosher, a store-bought sourdough starter requires a Hechsher as at times other ingredients are added or it comes…

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  • Kashrus
  • Kitchen Kashrus Accidents

A Milchig spoon was put into a pot of rice and chicken pieces while it was still hot…

  Question: A milchik spoon was put into a pot of rice and chicken pieces while it was still hot (not sure how hot). The spoon was used earlier that…

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  • Kashering
  • יו"ד קכב

A home, with a full Kosher kitchen, had Goyim working there as home attendants during a span of several years. Do all the dishes need to be Kasherd?

  Question: A home had goyim and not observant yidden working there as home attendants (one at a time) throughout the day and night during a span of several years.…

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  • Cholov Yisroel, Kashering
  • ceramic, Kitchen Kashrus Accidents

Instant dairy non-Chalav Yisroel coffee was prepared and drunk in parve coffee mugs.

  Question: Instant dairy, non-chalav yisroel coffee was prepared and drunk in coffee mugs which had been used solely for parve hot drinks. We keep chalav yisroel, but the guest…

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  • Kashrus

Is biting ones own skin and then swallowing it included in the Issur of eating Human flesh?

  Yes.   Sources: ברמב״ם מאכ״א ד, כא שעור האדם כבשרו, וסיים עלה בין לענין איסור אכילה בין לטומאה. ובפשטות קאי אכולהו. ולשיטתו שם ב, ג, שאסור לאכול בשר אדם…

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