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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • יו"ד צה

I poured hot water from a Fleshig pot into a Milchig Baby bottle

  Question: I boiled water in a clean Fleishig pot and then poured that water into a Milchig Baby bottle that had a little milk left in it, is the…

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  • Meat and Milk
  • Kitchen Kashrus Accidents, oil

While frying cutlets some of the hot oil spritzed on the milchig side of the fires and on the back of the milchig toaster

  If it spritzed a far distance, or it spritzed on something else first, the oil most probably cooled off to below yad soledes bo before hitting the surface, and…

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  • Orlah

Safek Orlah outside of Eretz Yisroel

  Question: If a not-yet-Frum person gives me berries or fruits from their yard, do I need to ask how old the tree is? In regards to Orlah in chutz…

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  • Bugs, Kashrus
  • יו"ד פד

Berries & Bugs

  Question: Can I eat blackberries/raspberries? If yes, how can I check and clean them for bugs? How about if they are frozen and blended in a smoothie?   Answer:…

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  • - עברית, Shavuos, Time Between Milk/Meat
  • יו"ד פט

אכלה תבשיל של בשר שעה קודם סעודת חלב בחג השבועות

  שאלה שקבלתי מת"ח אחד, ואלה דבריו: נשאלתי השנה ביום א׳ דשבועות, שאשה הכינה טשולנט ליום ב׳ שחל בשבת, ואכלה ממנו מעט ביום ראשון בבוקר, כדי לבדוק את טעמו, ולא אכלה…

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  • Meat and Milk

I have a giant thick (1 inch) wooden board, used as a serving plate, am I allowed to use one side for milchigs and one side for flaishigs?

  Should not be done.   Sources: ראה דעת קדושים סי׳ פט סעי׳ ד: ״אין ראוי לעשות עץ (שמגלגלין עליו עיסות) מעבר א׳ לבשר ומעבר א׳ לחלב, אף אם ודאי…

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  • Kashrus
  • blood spot, eggs

I cut a very hot hard boiled egg and found a blood spot inside. Does that make the knife not kosher?

  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…

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  • air bnb, stove

If I am renting a vacation home, can I use the treif stove?

  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/…

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  • Kashering, Kitchen, Ovens

How do I kasher an oven in my new apartment?

  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…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Meat and Milk

I baked dairy chocolate chip cookies on a pan in a meat oven. What should I to do?

  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…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashering, Kashrus, Kitchen, Meat and Milk

A non religious guy cooked in my kitchen. Do I need to Kasher my stovetop?

  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…

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  • Kashering, Stam Yeinom - Wine
  • crystal, decanter, wine decanter

How can one kasher a crystal decanter that likely held wine? Hagola may crack it.

  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…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Kitchen, Meat and Milk
  • one sink, יו"ד קה

Milchig dish left in the Fleishig sink for more than 24 hours

  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…

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  • Food, Kashering, Kashrus, Ovens
  • air bnb, microwave

Is one allowed to cook food in a kosher pot on a non-kosher stove top?

  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…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • lifnei iver, או"ח תנ, איסור סחורה

What can I do about serving non-kosher food (potential meat & milk) in my drug rehab facilities?

  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…

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  • Kashrus
  • יו"ד קיז

Is it permissible to pay for workers who are Goyim to eat Treif in a Jewish-owned Halal store?

  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…

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  • Bugs, Kashrus
  • יו"ד פד

I made oatmeal cookies, later there were 2 bugs found in the leftover oatmeal. Are the cookies still ok to be eaten?

  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…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashrus
  • blood, melicha

Article: Broken Chicken Bones or a Discoloration

  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…

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  • Kashrus
  • chicken

Mesora & Kashrut of Chickens

  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…

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  • Stam Yeinom - Wine

Can non-Mevushal wine be sold individually?

  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…

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