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Kashrus

  • - 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, יו"ד צב

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
  • 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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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk

Milchig was cooked on a Fleish pan (which the pan was not used for about two weeks). A plastic Milchig spatula was used to stir the cooking food and then the contents were put hot on Milchig plates. Metal Milchig utensils were used to eat (which the Milchige utensils were last used two days prior). Meat was not noticed until after eating. Can I kosher the Fleishig pan, and how. The Milchig spatula, plate and utensils?

  The Fleishig pan needs to be Kashered. Turn the pan upside down on the fire and allow the heat to penetrate for several minutes. The Milchig utensils are all…

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  • Kashrus, Medicine

תוסף תזונה בלי כשרות – האם מותר לקחת ע”פ הוראת הרופא?

  שאלה: המליצו לי לקחת תוסף תזונה הנקרא DHEA בשביל פוריות. המצב כרגע שאין לנו ילדים. ומנסים להביא ילד ראשון בע״ה. אני בת 44 ובעלי 46. האם מותר לקחת מבחינת…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Ovens
  • ice cream, pareve

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.  …

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • sink

I have only one sink. May I put metal racks in the sink, to be able to use it for Milching and Fleishig?

  It is very difficult to have one sink and properly use it for Milichig and Fleishig. The best solution is to designate the sink for the use of the…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Pesach
  • ovens

Kashering an Oven for Pesach

  Question: We typically would not Kasher our year-round oven for Pesach use. We have someone who wants to give us a used oven, is it permissible to Kasher it…

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  • Fish and Meat, Kashrus
  • cedar plank, grill

Can fish be grilled on a Fleishig grill? How about on a cedar plank or the like?

  If the grill or cedar plank is totally clean, it is okay. See here and here.  

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  • Food, Kashrus
  • basar, food delivery, Tevi’as Ayin, יו"ד קיח, נתעלם מן העין

A friend dropped off a bag of cooked meat outside my house. Can it be eaten?

  Question: A friend of mine dropped off food outside of my house as a present. In the bag it included cooked meat and chicken and was sitting on the…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus
  • counter top, granite, Porcelain

Can granite counter tops that are sealed, be Kashered?  What about a sink made of porcelain?

  Granite counter tops that are sealed can be Kashered. See here. Porcelain cannot be Kashered.

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen

Status of Food Left with a Non-Jew Alone in a House

  Question: I left a non-Jewish worker in my house (second floor of house) for several hours to do some work on a bookcase. I told him what time I…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • baby food

Does baby cereal (single grain, rice cereal by Gerbers) need to be Bishul Yisroel?

  Is it okay to feed that to a baby? How about the following baby food- carrots, butternut squash, sweet potato? And if it was cooked with direct steam change…

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  • Cholov Yisroel, Kashrus
  • cheese, mixer

Do I need a separate mixer to mix cheese cake or can I use a reg cake mixer?

  If the blade or bowl do not become hot at all in the process, you may use the same mixer.     #2945

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Ovens
  • air bnb, toaster oven

I’m staying in a Jewish owned and operated Airbnb room…

  Question: 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…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • pareve

If I use a Fleishig mixing bowl and utensils to mix a batter and then bake it in a Pareve oven, can I have that food together with Milchig food, for example the bread with butter?

  Yes.

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • soup

We fried onions in a meat pot which had not been used for more that 24 hours. We then prepared a Parve soup. Do we need to wait after eating the soup before eating milk foods?

  Although the soup is considered Fleishig, you may have Milchig afterwards.   See here.     #2897

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