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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.

Bread was baked in a Fleishig oven and toasted in a Milchig toaster…

Question: Bread was baked in a Fleishig oven (meat had been roasted uncovered in the oven within 24 hours previously). Someone, ignoring the warning sign on the bread package,…

Can/does one need to kasher a glass table?

Glass cannot be Kashered. If the table was used to put hot food directly on the table (or hot pots with liquid under it) the table is Treif. Make…

ילד שפך חלב לתוך סיר של מרק עוף, ואיני יודע כמה חלב הוא שפך, אם שפך רבע כוס חלב, יש שישים, אם זה הי’ חצי, אין שישים. אני לא רואה שינוי במראה של המרק, מה הדין?

יש להקל אם מדובר על הפסד מרובה. מקורות: נעשה ע׳י קטן דינו כנשפך. ולכן בנדו״ז, בבשר עוף בחלב שהוא דרבנן, אפשר להקל בהפסד מרובה. וגם אם יש…

Sharp Milchig Sauce Poured Over Food Hot Cooked in Fleshig Pot

Question: I made a sauce which had onion and garlic cut with a Milchig knife and made in a Milchig frying pan. I then poured the sauce onto beans…

I have a typical metal salad bowl that I rarely but occasionally use with dairy, but always wash it with the dairy dishes, and it was accidentally put in the Fleishig dishwasher with the dirty dishes from Shabbos. What is it’s current status?

The bowl should be Kashered. The dishwasher and all the other dishes are fine.

Can we take water from our Shabbos kettle, to warm a baby bottle in a paper Kli Shlishi?

The baby bottle is Milchig, the kettle is Pareve, and our kitchen sink and all our other kitchen utensils are Fleishig. Answer: You are allowed to put a…

I was of the understanding that we should not use mother’s milk for our baby if it came from a mother who consumes Cholov Akum. Is this indeed correct?

Yes, it is correct. Sources: See Rema (Yoreh Deah 81:7) & Shach 81:25 & Taz 81:12. See for example Igros Kodesh vol. 1 pg. 238 (non-kosher food that…

יש משחה שעשויה עם חומר לנולין שמגיע מצמר כבשים האם זה כשר?

הרכיב לנולין כשלעצמו כשר. לגבי המשחה, אין כאן המלצה. ראה כאן ראה בשו”ת מעשה חושב ח”ה, ב. וש”נ.

I have a new pan, and I cooked something Pareve in it, but mixed it with a clean Milchig spoon which had been used in the past 24 hours. Could I use the pan for Fleishigs now?

Assuming that the Milchig spoon was used for dairy in the last 24 hours, accordingly, if there were sixty times more in the cooked Pareve pan compared to the amount…

Can I cook a whole garlic head without peeling it at all? I am concerned that there may be bugs by the root. And if permitted what would be the procedure to clean it to be able to do so?

You may not, as garlic must be checked since it is sometimes infested. The peels have insects, but the cloves, though, are generally clean. Therefore the peels should be…

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…

Two eggs in one cup, one has a blood spot

Question: I cracked two eggs, one after the other in the same cup and found a blood spot in one of the yolks. Since they were together, does that…

Can I eat food that was under someone’s seat on a flight and the person slept?

Yes. Sources: מטעמי ההיתר: אינו בגדר מטה שמיועד בעיקר לישיבה; השינה בגדר שינת עראי; המטה אינה ראוי׳ לביאה; האוכל אינו על הקרקע (אהל זרוק וכו׳); המקום מלכתחילה מיועד…

Does whey protein powder have to be Cholov Yisroel?

Yes. See here at length for an analysis of the issues. Kosher Cholov Yisroel whey protein powder is available. See, for example, here.

I served platters of green peppers, onions, and lettuce by a meal with bagels and salads which also had Milchig (cream cheese and cheese). I requested not to use the same utensils as the Milchig with everything else, but I don’t think people were careful about it. Can I wash the vegetables and cook them together with hot Fleishigs? They were cut with a Pareve knife and I put oil and salt on the onions before leaving them overnight.

If you make sure to wash them well so that there is definitely no Milchigs whatsoever on the vegetables, then it is OK.

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,…

I ordered from Amazon 12 boxes of gluten free cookie mix under a certain Hashgacha. I received the cookie mix, but now apparently it is dairy under a different Hashgacha. Amazon credited my account but doesn’t want me to return these items. Can I give it to a Jewish food pantry?

If it is indeed not Cholov Yisroel, you should not give it to a Jewish food pantry. See here at length: https://asktherav.com/can-i-regift-a-present-of-food-that-has-a-hashgocha-which-i-wouldnt-rely-on/

Since raw fish is commonly eaten nowadays, does fish still need to be Bishul Yisroel?

The consensus of contemporary Poskim is that fish must still be Bishul Yisroel. There are various reasons. See below. It should be noted that sushi itself needs to be Bishul…