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Can I ask a non-Jew to turn on my oven on Yom Tov?

Question: According to the Alter Rebbe, starting a new fire on Yom Tov is a shvus. So is Amira Lanochri. Can I, therefore, ask a non-Jew to turn on…

Can I bake Challa or fish in my meaty oven? If I bake cake in my meat oven am I fleishig after eating the cake, do I need to wait before eating milchig? Do I have to mark the cake so not to mix it with milchig?

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…

Are these cookies Fleishigs?

Question: I baked cookies together in the oven with chicken, both pans were uncovered. Are the cookies considered Fleishig? I know I can't eat it with a Milchig meal,…

Can I use my stove top for both Fleishig and milchig pots?

One should preferably not use the same stove top for both milk and meat at the same time. The same grates should not be used even if not at…

Kashering a Steam Clean Oven

Question: I'd like to kasher my oven from Fleishigs to Pareve. This oven only has a steam clean feature where you pour water into the oven and it burns…

Moving into a house previously lived in by a Jew who did not keep kosher. Treif working electric oven. Can it be Kashered?

Article: Play-by-Play: The Case of the Non-Kosher Oven Scene: A newly married couple in their tiny kitchen on their first day of “real life.” She: We have a problem.…

Is it a problem to have a fleishik oven on top of a milchik oven or vice versa? Many houses have it set up that way.

It would depend on the model and type of oven: If they share vents, you cannot use one for fleishig and one for milchig. This is because the steam…

I would like to Kasher my Fleishig oven to Milchigs, make some Milchig food and then Kasher it back to Fleishigs. I was wondering how I would go about that? My oven has a clean button.

An oven may be Kashered by turning on the self-clean for a full cycle. When Kashering from Milchig to Fleishig one may Kasher even by leaving the oven on…

Can we place our BBQ grill on top of a non-kosher BBQ grill in the park?

L'Chatchila one should not do so, unless another layer is placed in between. See also here for more info: מקור: רמ"א סי' צ"ב ס"ח. #4521

Can Parve bread baked in a Fleishig oven, specifically in Fleishig Keilim, be served with a Milchig meal?

See Halacha2go.com #622. #4297

I normally have a separate oven that we uses for all dairy. Unfortunately it has broken and can’t be fixed before Shavuos. I was wondering if I could use the oven that I normally use strictly for Fleishigs and use it to make dairy at this time (covered if necessary)?

There are countless details involved in converting ovens and stoves from meat use to dairy, but this is not the forum to delve into this at length. (We will…

Can I Kasher my oven for Pesach or during the year with a blow torch?

A oven can be Kashered with a blowtorch. However, using a blowtorch on the inside walls of a oven until it is red hot (what would be required if using…

Is it permissible/ideal to eat food with a Lubavitch Hechsher cooked in Keilim that were used to cook food without a Lubavitch Hechsher?

Specifically: Lubavitch meat cooked in Keilim or in an oven which were used to cook non-Lubavitch meat but with a good hechsher? How about Parve food (such as fish,…

Can I bake something in a Fleishig oven and serve it with Milchig ice cream?

If served together Mamosh, it should not be done L'chatchilla. So, can I first preheat the oven on high temperature and then use it together? See here. …

If you are staying in a Jewish owned and operated Airbnb room, but it is at least occasionally rented out to Non Jewish people at times, is there any Cheshash to use the toaster oven being as that you may not know exactly what they may have put inside of it? Is it alright or make a difference if it’s wrapped in foil? This in a situation where I cannot ask the owner (who is Frum) and/or he is not likely to know the Metzius himself one way or another.

The toaster oven may not be used unless the procedure mentioned below is done. We cannot assume that it is kosher, as the non-Jews are renting the home with…

My two year old daughter stuck a cold pizza in the Pareve toaster oven. But did not turn on the toaster so everything remained cold. But perhaps some of the cheese got scraped off the pizza into the toaster and when turned on will be heating up those specs of cheese. Does this make the toaster Milchig?

If the toaster looks clean, it remains Pareve.

If I bake a cake in a Pareve oven using clean utensils that are sometimes used for Fleishigs, is the cake considered completely Pareve?

No, it is not necessarily completely Pareve. To make a cake Pareve, you have to put the cake in a disposable dish, Pareve dishes, or with a piece of aluminum…

Is it a problem to have your Fleishig and Milchig oven and stovetop side by side? (See attached picture). If yes, can the ovens be used at the same time? How about the stovetops?

About the stovetop: It is advisable to put a glass or an iron plate between the two stovetops. About the ovens: As it is possible that by opening the oven,…