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Tagged as: Kashrus

  • Food, Kashrus
  • fish, food, Kashrus, kingklip, scales

Our fish store just bought a fish that has scales and fins. The scales aren’t noticeable and the name of the fish is kingklip. Is this fish kosher or not? 

There are those who permit it, but most Poskim maintain kingklip is Treif for many reasons. This is the position of Harav Elyashiv, Harav Shternbuch, the Eida Charedis, the OU,…

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  • Food, Kashrus
  • cut, fleishig, food, Kashrus, knife, milchig, onions, sharp foods, יו"ד צו

Article: Regarding an onion cut with a Fleishig knife, can I have Milchigs before/after?

  One may not eat or drink Milchig (dairy) products within six hours of eating meat. According to Halachah, if onions or other sharp foods are cut with a Fleishig…

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  • Kashering, Kashrus
  • fleishig, Kashering, Kashrus, milchig, pareve

We have a Pareve knife used for cutting onions. The knife was washed with dirty Fleishig dishes. May I Kasher the knife back to Pareve status?

One may Kasher from Fleishig to Pareve. Even from Fleishig to Milchig is permissible if it became Treif. See here for a discussion on the topic.  

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • blender, chopper, fleishig, Kashrus, kithcen, knife, milchig, onions

A Fleishig knife cut an onion and the onion was put into a Milchig chopper. Is the Milchig chopper kosher?

The chopper should be Kashered. If not Kasherable, there is room for leniency, provided the chopper doesn’t heat up when used. See here for more details.   Sources: נדו"ד, אינו…

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  • Food, Kashrus
  • food, health, Kashrus, Kosher

How important is it to keep Kosher?

Firstly, every Mitzvah Hashem has given us is important, because it is important to him that we keep them. If a king would ask you for a simple thing like…

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  • Food, Kashrus
  • anisakis worm, fish, Kashrus, salmon, tolaim, wild salmon

What is the opinion of Lubavitch Rabbanim regarding the Anisakis worms issue in salmon?

  The issue of Anisakis isn’t a particularly Lubavitch issue as such, and although the Tzemach Tzedek dedicates some space to address the issue of fish infestation as discussed in…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • dairy, Kashrus, kitchen, meaty, milchig, sandwich maker, washed in fleishig sink

I bought a sandwich maker…

After washing some of the parts of the machine I realized that I wanted the sandwich maker to be dairy, but I had already washed the parts in the Fleishig…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • dish soap, hechsher, Kashrus, kashrus in the kitchen, kitchen, soap

Does dish soap require a Hechsher?

  One may use dish soap without a Hechsher. However, it is recommended to use only one with a Hechsher. Regarding Pesach, see here: https://asktherav.com/7523-the-dish-soap-that-i-have-has-a-hechsher-it-doesnt-say-p-on-it-can-i-use-this-to-clean-my-dishes-on-pesach/   Sources: ע״פ דין יש…

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  • Bugs, Kashrus
  • bugs, checking raisins, do raisins need a hechsher, infestation, Kashrus, raisins

Do raisins need a Hechsher?

  Raisins are often treated after production with oil, and/or glycerin which can come from non-Kosher sources. Also, in the process of drying, often fatty esters are used, creating a…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • bone china, butter in a fleishig soup, Kashrus, kashrus in the kitchen

Pareve soup was cooked in Fleishig pot, not Ben Yomo….

The soup was served hot in a fine bone Fleishig china and metal spoon. Accidentally half a teaspoon amount of butter on a plastic fork was placed in the liquid…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • cutlery, Kashrus, kitchen, milchig knife washed in fleishig sink

What’s the status of a Milchig knife (not used for Milchig in 24 hours) that was used for Pareve and was put in the Fleishig sink with dirty Fleishig dishes and rinsed in hot water?

The Milchig knife needs to be Kashered. The Fleishig dishes are fine.   Sources: .סי' צ"ה ש"ך סק"י

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, canned salmon, canned vegetables, Kashrus, mashgiach temidi, steam cooking

Does canned salmon need to be Bishul Yisroel, and is it a problem if it does not have a Mashgiach Temidi?

  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.…

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  • Fish and Milk, Kashrus
  • fish and milk, Kashrus, Parmesan, parmesan cheese and fish

Can I eat salmon and Parmesan cheese together?

  One should refrain from eating fish with milk since there is a danger involved. It is proper to also refrain also from eating cheese with fish, at least when…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • baby oatmeal, bishul yisroel, bishul yisroel oatmeal, Kashrus

Is Gerber baby oatmeal with an OU fine, or is there a problem with Bishul Yisroel ?

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…

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  • Food, Kashrus, Kitchen
  • cookies baked in pareve oven, Kashrus, kashrus in the kitchen, meat and milk

A Milchig food was put into a Pareve oven for a few minutes (on 350 degrees Fahrenheit)…

Later in the day cookies were put in, after the oven was previously heated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for about 5 minutes. Are the cookies allowed to be served in…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • kasher, Kashrus, kashrus in the kitchen, milchig cookies baked in pareve oven

I used my Pareve oven to bake Milchig cookies. It’s nothing that splatters onto the oven or anything that would make the oven dirty, it was just baked on a disposable baking sheet. To use the oven for Pareve again, do I need to kosher it? If yes, how so?

The oven needs to be Kashered if you want it to be Pareve, (even if none of the Milchig cookies spilled or splattered). To Kasher the oven in this instance…

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  • Kashrus, Kitchen
  • air bnb, bbq, bowl, hot dogs, Kashrus, kitchen, table, יו"ד צב

Hot metal bowl and hot dogs on non-Kosher table

  Question: I put a hot metal bowl on a clean table covered by the plastic table cover in a country house rented from a non-Jew. Afterwards I also put…

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  • - עברית, Kashrus
  • cheese, Hot water, kasher, Kashrus, spout, urn, יו"ד צה

  שאלה: מדובר במתקן לחימום מים, שיש מסגרת של מתכת מסביב כמו כיסוי (צירפתי תמונות למטה), והמכסה למעלה אינו נוגע במתקן עצמו. המקום היחיד שיש נגיעה בין המתקן לכיסוי זה…

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  • Kashrus
  • kasher, Kashrus, meat, milk, pasta, strainer

If we cook pasta in a clean meat pot and pour it out (w/the boiling water) into a pasta strainer, does the strainer become “meaty”? Would I be able to later use the same strainer with pasta cooked in a dairy pot that would be put into a dairy recipe? (both pots were not used with their respective ‘genders’ meat and milk in 24 hours)

The strainer will not become fleishig or milchig in either case.   Sources: 1) The taste of the meat (or dairy) absorbed in the pot after 24 hours is טעם…

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  • Kashrus
  • Kashrus, medication, medicine, pills, vitamins

Can I take the prescription medication Vitamin d-2 cap 50,000 IU?

There is a difference between consuming a medicine where one does not benefit from the taste and where one does benefit from the taste (like a a flavored syrup medicine).…

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