Question: I have an immersion blender (a stick) and the blade is on the end of a metal stick (not plastic). It has been used for milchig (possibly hot,…
Question: I have an immersion blender (a stick) and the blade is on the end of a metal stick (not plastic). It has been used for milchig (possibly hot,…
Question: I just made a batch of waffles with a waffle mix that was mislabeled as being parve, but I see now that the ingredients include a dairy (chalav…
Question: Can corn on the cob be grilled and eaten without checking for bugs or is there a way that it needs to be checked for bugs? Answer:…
Generally, the concept of chazakah for infestation applies in the reverse: once three insects have been found, the entire unit is assumed to be infested. Furthermore, even if infestation…
Question: If I buy eggs from Costco (instead of a kosher supermarket), can I treat them like buying eggs from a kosher supermarket, or is there anything I need…
If it was used for either meat or milk, but didn't get used for both at the same time, it can be kashered either via libun kal which involves…
The paddle is now milchig and should be kashered if you want to use the bread for fleishig. This can be done by immersing in boiling water or by…
Question: Very often we have a Jewish (not yet Shomer Shabbos) caterer that works from our Chabad kitchen. Does there need to be a Mashgiach in the kitchen the…
I might have used that knife before to cut cheese but I’m not sure. Answer: It may be eaten at the fish course. See here: Halacha2go.com #365:…
Although basic sourdough starter made with only flour and water is kosher, a store-bought sourdough starter requires a Hechsher as at times other ingredients are added or it comes…
Question: A milchik spoon was put into a pot of rice and chicken pieces while it was still hot (not sure how hot). The spoon was used earlier that…
Question: A home had goyim and not observant yidden working there as home attendants (one at a time) throughout the day and night during a span of several years.…
Question: Instant dairy, non-chalav yisroel coffee was prepared and drunk in coffee mugs which had been used solely for parve hot drinks. We keep chalav yisroel, but the guest…
Yes. Sources: ברמב״ם מאכ״א ד, כא שעור האדם כבשרו, וסיים עלה בין לענין איסור אכילה בין לטומאה. ובפשטות קאי אכולהו. ולשיטתו שם ב, ג, שאסור לאכול בשר אדם…
Question: Potatoes were cooked in the same oven as chicken but in separate trays. I'm not sure whether both were covered or perhaps they were both uncovered. Can I…
Question: I have a milchig pot (not used for a few days) that was used to boil pasta and was stirred by a fleishig spoon accidentally. The spoon was…
Question: Soup spilled over from a bowl containing hot chicken soup onto a parve glass baking dish. It may also have sprinkled onto a parve metal cooling-rack beneath the…
Question: Raw nuts are kosher with no Hechsher, but what about almonds that are Steam Pasteurized? Are they still considered raw in this case? Answer: Yes, they are…
Question: When buying whole radishes without their greens, they are packaged without any hashgacha. I noticed that some have a cut where they were attached to greens. Is that…
Question: I have a friend who doesn't eat chalav or pas yisroel, she also drives to shul, though she keeps other parts of Shabbos, she buys pas yisroel cookies…
Most certainly. There are serious kashrus concerns with uncertified maple syrup. See also: https://asktherav.com/16026-is-fresh-maple-syrup-gifted-by-a-non-jew-kosher/ #6438
Question: My kids under Bar/Bas Mitzvah, know how to make themselves fried eggs or other simple things in the kitchen, are they allowed to check the eggs themselves? If…
Question: We want to bake challahs in a meat oven - but to keep them pareve. So I know the oven has to be cleaned and preheated and that…
Question: If one buys a fresh fruit salad which includes grapes in a non-Jewish supermarket need one be concerned regarding stam yeinom because of the grape juice squeezed from…
Questions: If I cooked vegetables that weren't checked from bugs (like celery or Broccoli or cabbage) can I eat from: the soup? the actual vegetable? if the vegetable was…
