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Kashrus

  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Ovens, Shavuos

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…

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  • Meat and Milk
  • business, איסור סחורה

For business purposes, 3 Jews purchase a hotel. They have a managing company managing it. In the hotel there is a Treif restaurant. Is that an issue?

  There is a prohibition of doing business with non-kosher food, in addition to the prohibition of benefiting from some issurim (such as milk and meat mixtures). The best solution…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus
  • Cast iron, Hagolas Keilim, Kashering

By accident I fried Schnitzel with a coating that had a seasoning which contains milk in it. I was using a cast iron pan. How can it be Kasherd?

  This requires a Libbun Gamur. This can be accomplished by putting it into his self clean oven for a complete cycle.     #4066

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • Coated rolling pin, Kitchen appliances, Rolling pin

I want to buy this rolling pin, is there a problem with its coating?

  Here are the links to the rolling pins I was considering to buy: First link. Second link.   Answer: The information there is very limited and does not describe…

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  • Bugs, Food, Food, Hechsher, Kashrus, Terumos and Ma'asros

Do frozen fruit, like strawberries, blueberries or bananas need a Hechsher? What about frozen vegetables that their sole “ingredient” is the vegetable?

  In general terms, frozen fruit or vegetables with no additives may be eaten without a Hechsher, provided they are not from Eretz Yisroel or China, and provided there is…

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  • Bugs, Kashrus

Can one rely on a Goy to check lettuce for bugs?

  No. See here about trusting a child, l'havdil.     #4036

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  • Borer, Bugs, Shabbos
  • מלאכת בורר

Am I allowed to fill up a Brita filter pitcher on Shabbos?

  It depends what the purpose of filtering is. If it is in order to have cleaner water and one is not highly sensitive to the regular water (איסטניס) -…

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  • Food, Food, Kashrus, Sakanah

Is there any Hiddur in not using Hellman’s mayonnaise?

  Some are concerned because they leave the eggs without their shell overnight. See here: https://asktherav.com/is-it-permissible-to-take-the-shells-off-of-eggs-before-shabbos-and-store-them-in-a-closed-box-to-be-eaten-on-shabbos/#.XNXpVyiX3Yw.link     #3970  

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul, veggie chips, Veggie Straws

Do Veggie Straws & Veggie Chips (the company is Sensible Portions) need to be Bishul Yisroel?

  Ingredients are potato starch, potato flour, corn starch, Spanish powder, tomato paste, & assorted oil.   Answer: It is the right thing to be stringent and require Bishul Yisroel.…

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  • Kashrus, Uncategorized

I walked into a kosher Butcher store and saw they were selling “Kosher Bacon”.

  Question Continued: The definition of bacon according to Wikipedia is: "a type of salt-cured pork. Bacon is prepared from several different cuts of meat, typically from the pork belly…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashrus
  • B’ein, Ein Kavanaso L’vatel, Ein Mvatlin Issur L’chatchillah, Styrofoam, Zeh V’zeh Gorem

Article: Are Styrofoam Cups Treif?

  Environmentalists may seem to have the monopoly on decrying the use of Styrofoam (expanded polystyrene foam) products, but Poskim debate the issue, too. Many Styrofoam cups are lubricated with a…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • B’liah, Yad Soledes Bo, Zei’ah (steam)

Article: Kashrus Q: What is the upshot of steam?

  Halachah considers Zeiah (steam or vapor) generated by high temperatures to fall under the same category as the food that emits it, whether what’s cooking is solid or liquid: A Fleishig (meat)…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • Keurig, steam

If someone takes a plastic gallon of water and pours water into a cooking Cholent does the water bottle become Fleishig?

  If they took the same water and poured it into the Keurig machine while cold is there any problem? The water being poured was always cold.   Answer: If…

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  • Cholov Yisroel, Kashrus
  • Chalav Akum, teshuva, Tikkun, Timtum Halev

A couple of years ago, I accidentally consumed and enjoyed Chalav Akum. I was taught that Chalav Akum can cause Timtum Halev, and I want to do Teshuva. Can the Rov give me a Tikkun for this?

  Tzedaka in the equivalent of the meals eaten on 41 days should be given. This Tzedaka does not have to be given at once and can be given over…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashering, Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • Negiah (physical contact), Nitzuk (flow), urn, Yad Soledes Bo, Zei’ah (steam)

Article: Are Public Hot-Water Urns Kosher?

  A hot water urn that is available for public use in a place of business, work or school cafeteria or an airline kitchen may become Treif (non-kosher) when it comes…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • basar bechalav, hotplate, pots, shtei kederos, simon 92

Article: The Halachah of Shtei Kedeiros (Two Pots)

  Le’chatchilah (the correct behavior before the fact), a hot milchig (dairy) pot and a hot fleishig (meat) pot should not come into contact with each other. In case they did touch, Be’dieved (after the…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus
  • K-kup, Keurig

A non Cholov Yisroel K-kup was used in our school Keurig machine. Can it be Kashered?

  Thoroughly clean the needles and K-cup pack holder. Pour in detergent. Replace the cup holder with a new K-cup holder (a replaceable part). Do not use the machine for…

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  • Kashering, Kashering (Pesach), Kashrus, Ovens, Pesach
  • blow torch, ovens

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…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • house cleaner

Does Halacha allow a non Jewish house cleaner to just clean dishes and kitchen or even just the house -regarding Kashrus of kitchen -when we are not inside? Would a camera facing the kitchen make a difference? If I tell her I am coming back within a short time-help? 

  See here for answer.

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  • - Halacha Articles, Health Supplements, Kashrus, Medicine
  • probiotics

Do pharmaceutical vitamins and probiotics need a hechsher?

  Article #180: Non Kosher Pills There is a heter for a sick person to take non-kosher pills, provided they are 1) swallowed whole, and 2) tasteless. Regarding this halachah,…

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  • Hechsher, Kashrus, Shechita
  • halal, meat, muslim, slaughtering

Can a Jew eat Kosher Meat that is blessed by Muslims?

  Full Question: I came across an interesting situation. There is meat that is Kosher slaughtered (certified by X) but during the Kosher slaughter Muslims say their blessing on it…

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  • Cholov Yisroel, Food, Hechsher, Kashrus, Ovens
  • ch butcher, keilim, lubavitch meat, utensils

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,…

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  • Food, Kashrus
  • duck eggs

Is there any kosher issues about duck eggs?

  You may only buy eggs from a kosher species of duck, meaning one with a מסורה. See here.   Which species of ducks are permissible? Particularly, are Indian Runners…

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  • - עברית, Food, Kashrus
  • duck eggs

ביצי ברווזים

  שאלה: יש לי 2 ברווזים לבנים, זכר ונקבה, הנקבה מטילה ביצה כמעט כל יום האם מותר לאכול את הביצים? האם הן כשרות? האם בהכרח ימצא בהם דם?   מענה:…

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  • Hechsher, Kashrus
  • lipstick

Do I need a Hecsher on lipstick with the following ingredients?

  Ingredients: caprylic/capric triglyceride, kaolin, hydrogenated polyisobutene, ozokerite, ceresin, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, tocopherol (vitamin E), cocos nucifera (coconut) extract, lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle) flower extract, lonicera japonica (honeysuckle) flower…

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