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Kashrus

  • Orlah
  • eggplant, Passion Fruit, חצילים, סדר ברכת הנהנין פרק ו

Orlah & Passion Fruit

  Question: My question is about the orlah status of passion fruit in chutz laaretz. I understand that there is a machlokes as to whether the fruit has a bracha…

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  • Kashrus, Yayin Nesech\Stam Yeinom

May I use not mevushal wine that I am not sure if someone not shomer shabbos touched it?

  Question: I left a bottle of non-mevushal wine that had the cap on but had been opened and some of it consumed less than 24 hours before, one bag…

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  • Yayin Nesech\Stam Yeinom

Non-Mevushal wine moved by a Mechalel Shabbos unintentionally

  Question: I left a bottle of non-mevushal wine that had the cap on but had been opened and some of it consumed, less than 24 hours ago, one bag inside…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • gelatin

Is Collagen Powder from cowhide considered Pareve?

  Question: I bought this powder to use in smoothies (dairy) and I saw it’s made from cow. This is what says on the website. Do we follow this psak?…

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  • Yayin Nesech\Stam Yeinom
  • glass, wine seen by a non jew

ראיית נכרי ביין מבושל

  שאלה: שמעתי פעם בשם א׳ מחשובי הרבנים ז"ל שלמנהגינו שמקפידים על יין שראה נכרי אין בזה נפק"מ אם היין מבושל או לא. ורציתי לדעת אם נכון הדבר?   מענה:…

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  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk
  • knife

May I send my knives to be sharpened to a professional company?

  Question: 1. Can I sharpen a (fleishig) fish knife on the same whetstone as my regular fleishig knives? What about milchig knives? 2. May I send my knives to…

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  • Kashrus
  • airplane, flight, לפני עור לא תתן מכשול, מסייע

הכשלת יהודי במזון שאינו כשר

  שאלה: בטיסה לאחרונה החלפתי מקום עם יהודי שאינו שומר תורה ומצוות לע״ע. האם מותר במקרה כזה לומר לדיילים שהחלפתי מקום על מנת שיגישו את המזון הכשר שהזמנתי אלי, כי…

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  • Kashrus
  • beer

Is there an issue with drinking a kosher beer in a hotel lounge?

  Would this apply to an airport lounge where I wouldn't be paying for it?   Answer: It would only be an issue if you buy it at the hotel,…

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  • Yayin Nesech\Stam Yeinom
  • יו"ד קכד

Wine Seen by a Non-Jewish Child

  Question: I invited a Jewish man over for Yom Tov and he brought his 6-year-old non-Jewish son. Can I use the remaining wine in the bottle for kiddush and…

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  • Time Between Milk/Meat
  • יו"ד פט

Found meat between my teeth after 5 hours

  Question: About 5 hours after eating meat, I found a small piece of meat stuck between my teeth and swallowed it accidently. Do I need to restart counting 6…

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  • - עברית, Meat and Milk
  • Nine Days: Meat & Wine, יו"ד צז

מי שעשה פת חלבית בזמן שלא אוכלים בשר, כגון בתשעת הימים – אסור או מותר?

  אסור.   מקורות: לכאורה אי אפשר להתיר את הפת, אי משום לא פלוג חכמים, אי משום שבאמת הרי יש לחשוש פן יאכלנו עם בשר בשבת או בסעודת מצוה או…

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  • - עברית, Meat and Milk
  • onions, יו"ד צג

דין כיסוי שאינו בן יומו

  שאלה: האם מותר לכסות מחבת פרווה, עם בצל ועגבניה, במכסה בשרי שאינו בן יומו ואז להכניס את התבשיל לתנור פרווה? האם המאכל נשאר פרווה? או שיש בזה ה''חומרא בלי…

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  • Kashrus
  • air bnb, יו"ד קיח

Can I leave a grill outdoors, or we’re worried a Goy might use it?

  Questions: I'm renting an Airbnb in a non-Jewish neighborhood for a few days. Is it a problem to leave a grill outdoors while I'm sleeping/not at home in a…

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  • Fish and Meat
  • fish

Can fish eggs be eaten with meat?

  Question: Are fish eggs, such as salmon roe, considered fish, making them forbidden to be consumed with meat? Or are they like chicken eggs, that are allowed to be…

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  • Kashrus
  • bread, sealed, Trader Joes, יו"ד קיח

Does bread need to be properly sealed when delivered by a non-Jew?

  Question: Hi, I learned that bread is one of the foods that needs a seal when delivered by a non-Jew. If so, is it permitted to buy kosher pas…

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  • Hechsher, Kashrus
  • Kosher certification

Can someone sell food from their own kitchen without a Kosher certification?

  Question: I live in an out of town frum community of around 75 families. One of the members of the community started a small business where he sells and…

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  • Kashrus
  • דבר חריף, יו"ד צו

דבר חריף: Sharp Foods

  Question: Are leeks considered a sharp food? (I'm asking because I'm wondering if I can make a leek dip on the meat side and put in pareve oven.) Could…

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

אכל חלבי תוך שעה לאחר שאכל בשרי האם יברך ברכה אחרונה

  יברך. מקורות: לכל לראש, דעת אדה״ז קצו, א מכרעת כסברת הט״ז שם, שאם אכל איסור בשוגג מברך אחריו. וגם להדעות שאינו מברך - הנה, נדו״ד שאני, וכדלקמן. ותלוי בכמה…

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  • Yayin Nesech\Stam Yeinom
  • cork, יו"ד קיח

Do wine bottles need to have the Hechsher printed on the cork?

  Question: I recently started importing wines with a very good hashgacho and almost all the bottles have the hechsher printed on the cork, but some of the bottles do…

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  • - עברית, Bugs, Kashrus
  • יו"ד פט

בלעתי בטעות נמלים/בשר אחר חלב, האם עלי להקיא אותם?

  שאלה: שתיתי מים והשארתי הכוס על מדף רגיל, אחרי איזה חצי שעה מלאתי הכוס מים וכששתיתי ראיתי בתוך הכוס המון נמלים קטנטנים, לא הרגשתי שבלעתי אותם אבל הלכתי והקאתי…

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  • Kashrus
  • breast milk, nursing, בל תשקצו, יו"ד פא

Is it acceptable for an adult to drink breast milk?

  It is permitted to drink, but not directly from the breast (even if expressed into the mouth without contact).   Sources: שו"ע יו"ד פא, ז. והנה, בכה״ח פז, כט כתב…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Kashrus
  • eggs, יו"ד סו

Checking Eggs for Blood Spots

  The halachic requirement to check eggs for bloodspots due to the concern of dam rikum (that the blood is the beginnings of a new embryo), applies only if it’s feasible to…

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  • Kashrus
  • eggs

Is it necessary to cook eggs in a seperate egg pot?

  There is no such Halacha, rather a custom developed by some families, out of concern that the pot might become Treif (due to blood that may be found). Nowadays,…

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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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