Question: I am tutoring a teenage boy from a traditional sfardic family. We learned halachos of bishul Yisroel and I told him that a non-Jew may not turn the…
Question: I am tutoring a teenage boy from a traditional sfardic family. We learned halachos of bishul Yisroel and I told him that a non-Jew may not turn the…
Question: We recently rented a cottage for a few days. The host, who lived next door was impressed with us, Baruch Hashem, and wanted to leave us a gift.…
Are there any granola bars that need to be Pas Yisroel? I noticed that some bars are soft with more of a cookie type texture and in the ingredients it…
Canned sardines are a very basic staple all over the world. However, in many places canned sardines that are bishul Yisroel (cooked by a Jew) are not available. There is a machlokes…
The flour in Twizzlers isn’t a primary ingredient. (Thus its Bracha is Shehakol). Although they are cooked using ingredients that cannot be eaten raw, there is no issue of Bishul…
In general there is a Machlokes in regards to regular Potato chips if they need to be Bishul Yisroel and it is proper to be stringent, however, even according to…
Obviously, the OU ensures that are all its products are Bishul Yisroel. However, there are a range of opinions regarding what needs Bishul Yisroel. You would have to contact…
Ingredients are potato starch, potato flour, corn starch, Spanish powder, tomato paste, & assorted oil. Answer: It is the right thing to be stringent and require Bishul Yisroel. These…
1. If the food is not edible raw, one should be stringent. Mashed fruit however, such as mashed pear, is fine. 2. Oat cereal is not Oleh Al Shulchan Melachim…
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…
Foods that are usually eaten raw or that are not Olah Al Shulchan Melachim (fitting for a kings table) do not fall under the prohibition of Bishul Akum. However,…
I’m assuming that the flour is not the key ingredient, nor is it there for taste, rather it is there just to give it a crispy texture, and it is…
Mezonos cereals produced of risen batter from the Chameishas Minei Dagan (the five types of grain, i.e., wheat, barley, rye, oats and spelt) are considered Pas (bread product) by many Poskim, since…
It depends. If it’s an item which you consider not Kosher, but others consider it Kosher, or if it’s Kosher only based on an opinion which is rejected by mainstream…
Many poskim maintain, at least in the USA, that corn is a food which isn’t subject to Bishul Yisroel, as it isn't fit to be served at a king’s table.…
Canned sardines are a very basic staple all over the world. However, in many places canned sardines that are Bishul Yisroel (cooked by a Jew) are not available. There is…
There are several reasons for leniency with regard to canned vegetables, sardines, salmon or tuna: Firstly, many vegetables are edible raw, where the Issur of Bishul Akum doesn't apply. With…
There is no issue of Bishul (or Pas) Akum applicable here because the oats are not fit for a kings table. They also need more cooking to make them edible…
