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  • 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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  • Stam Yeinom - Wine
  • 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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  • Orlah

Safek Orlah outside of Eretz Yisroel

  Question: If a not-yet-Frum person gives me berries or fruits from their yard, do I need to ask how old the tree is? In regards to Orlah in chutz…

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  • Bugs, Kashrus
  • יו"ד פד

Berries & Bugs

  Question: Can I eat blackberries/raspberries? If yes, how can I check and clean them for bugs? How about if they are frozen and blended in a smoothie?   Answer:…

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

אכלה תבשיל של בשר שעה קודם סעודת חלב בחג השבועות

  שאלה שקבלתי מת"ח אחד, ואלה דבריו: נשאלתי השנה ביום א׳ דשבועות, שאשה הכינה טשולנט ליום ב׳ שחל בשבת, ואכלה ממנו מעט ביום ראשון בבוקר, כדי לבדוק את טעמו, ולא אכלה…

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  • Meat and Milk

I have a giant thick (1 inch) wooden board, used as a serving plate, am I allowed to use one side for milchigs and one side for flaishigs?

  Should not be done.   Sources: ראה דעת קדושים סי׳ פט סעי׳ ד: ״אין ראוי לעשות עץ (שמגלגלין עליו עיסות) מעבר א׳ לבשר ומעבר א׳ לחלב, אף אם ודאי…

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  • Kashrus
  • blood spot, eggs

Does cutting a very hot hard-boiled egg which had a blood spot make the knife treif?

  If it was a regular commercially produced egg, the knife remains kosher and there's no need to kasher it.   Sources: See here: Halacha2go #468: Checking Eggs    …

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  • Kashering
  • air bnb, stove

If I am renting a vacation home, can I use the treif stove?

  Can I use it for both milchig and fleishig if I bring my own milchig and fleishig pot?   Answer: The stove may be kashered. See guidelines here: https://asktherav.com/download-kashering-made-simple/…

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  • Kashering, Kitchen, Ovens

How do I kasher an oven in my new apartment?

  Question: The oven in the new apartment is completely cleaned, but not brand new. I tried to kasher it by turning it to the highest setting (550) and for…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Meat and Milk

I baked dairy chocolate chip cookies on a pan in a meat oven. What should I to do?

  If the oven was clean from meat and wasn’t used for meat during the last 24 hours, then the cookies may be eaten. Otherwise, the cookies should ideally be…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashering, Kashrus, Kitchen, Meat and Milk

A non religious guy cooked in my kitchen. Do I need to Kasher my stovetop?

  Question Details: A non religious Jewish guest cooked chicken in a fleshig pot. However, he cooked on my milchig burners on the stove top. He also put a fleishig…

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  • Kashering, Stam Yeinom - Wine
  • crystal, decanter, wine decanter

How can one kasher a crystal decanter that likely held wine? Hagola may crack it.

  If it wasn't washed together with treife keilim, it does not have to be kashered. יו״ד קלה, ח. וגם הרמ״א לא הגי׳ - ראה מג״א תנא, מט. ובמנ"י כלל…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus, Kitchen, Meat and Milk
  • one sink, יו"ד קה

Milchig dish left in the Fleishig sink for more than 24 hours

  Question: We only have one sink in our apartment. We have separate buckets for milchig and fleishig. On Thursday I mistakenly put the milchig pan and other keilim in…

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