Question: Do you need to tovel earthenware Answer: The only materials that have to be toveled are metal and glass. Therefore earthenware does not need tevila. If however the… Read more »
Category: Kashering utensils
Do you have to tovel a glass 1.5 gallon water dispenser, if I reassemble it?
Question: Hi, I bought a 1.5 gallon glass water container that has a plastic spigot on the bottom, to dispense water/beverages. We don’t like the stock spigot and bought a… Read more »
Toiveled a glass bottle with a sticker on it
Question: It seems I have to toivel the glass bottle again, once I remove the sticker. With or without a bracha? Made the bracha the first time. Answer: You should… Read more »
Toaster oven
Question: Hello, I just bought the Breville toaster oven. How do I make it kosher please to use for my dairy cooking? Answer: All you need to do is to… Read more »
Diary fork made treif and kashered too early
Question: A dairy fork was used for hot chicken. My wife then tried to kosher it by putting it in a boiling pot. She did not wait 24 hours. What… Read more »
Does a food thermometer needs tevila?
Question: Does a food thermometer needs tevila? Answer: Essentially you do not have to tovel it, however it would be preferable to tovel it without a bracha. The reason for… Read more »
Toiveling Earthenware vessel
Question: What is the biblical source for not being able to toivel a Kli Cheres? Answer: It is not that we can’t tovel it, rather it is that it is… Read more »
Why is one required to wait 24 hrs before using a vessel belonging to a gentile?
Question: Why does one need to wait 24 hours before being able to toivel a vessel belonging to a gentile, what is the purpose of those 24 hours Answer: It… Read more »
Do I need to kasher my kitchen?
Question: Food with bugs in it was cooked uncovered in my oven. Do I need to kasher my oven? What about utensils used to serve the food? What about the… Read more »
Kashering a microwave
Question: I accidentally warmed up dairy food in my meat microwave. How do I kasher my microwave? Answer: Wait and don’t use the microwave for 24 hours. Then clean it… Read more »
Toyvelling a bread machine
Question: How do you toyvel a bread machine. Answer: Remove the paddle before toveng the bread machine, insert the machine into the water at an angle so that the whole… Read more »
Can you kasher a second hand espresso machine?
Question: how, Just let it run for a bit because of the heat of the hot water will Kasher it and just kasher the porta filter in a pot like… Read more »
treif lid on kosher pot
Question: A treif lid (ben-yomo) that’s still hot was placed on a kosher pot with cooked cauliflowers in it. The pot with the cauliflowers was not yad-soledes bo and the… Read more »
Concerns, in attempting to buy opened boxed items:
Question: Any opened boxed objects such as, glass (like Pyrex dish) or plastic (like parve plates) are they allowed to be bought and used. For the glass, must be dipped… Read more »
frying pan kashrus status
Question: A few pieces of rice that was being warmed up together with chicken flew out of the pot and into a empty milchig frying pan. What is the status… Read more »
Treif pastry in kosher mug
Question: Cleaning help made a hot coffee and dunked her trief pastry inside. Do I need to kasher it? If yes, how do I do that? Tizke lmitzvos Answer: My… Read more »
I ate non-kosher food on a kosher plate
Question: Hello, I accidentally ate a piece of cake on a plate with dairy utensils. Afterwards, I realized the cake was not kosher (i.e., the ingredients were kosher but the… Read more »
Pool for Tevilas Keilim
Question: Can one use a swimming pool for tevilas Keilim? Answer: A swimming pool cannot be used for tevilas keilim, because the water does not stay in the same place… Read more »
Required to tovel an electric hot pot owned and used by a goy?
Question: Do I need to tovel an electric hot pot that is used for hot water that is owned and used by a goy? I am staying in a summer… Read more »
I forgot to remove the sticker on a pan. Do I need to re toivel with a bracha or without?
Question: I forgot to remove the sticker on a pan. Do I need to re toivel with a bracha or without? Answer: Before deciding if the poan needs a bracha… Read more »
Kashrut
Question: Dear Rabbi, Accidentally I poured with parve stainless ladle hot meat soup into parve stainless pot. Can I make the ladle and the pot parve again? Answer: You definitely… Read more »
China dishes, unknown if used for milchig or fleishig not used for 10 years
Question: china dishes that have a smooth coated finish-unknown if used for milchig or fleishig–never used together–they havent been used in over ten years—-can they be kashered? do they need… Read more »
Metal peeler that was inherited from a non religious Jew, does it need to be kashered?
Question: We inherited a peeler, which has metal blade. The owner was not Shomer Shabbos. Aside from Tvilah issue, what about Kashering. Is there an issue of “duchka d’sakena’ or… Read more »
Sous vide
Question: Sous vide needs טבילה Answer: The sous vide immerser does not need tevilah, because it does not come in contact with food, and it is meant to merely be… Read more »
Does this need to be toiveled?
Question: If I want to reuse a glass jar or bottle that was bought with food in it (eg. a coffee jar or whiskey bottle) do I need to toivel… Read more »
China kli coated in glass
Question: If a china/cheres kli is coated in glass (like most common dishes today), would they have the dinim of a glass kli or a cheres kli in terms of… Read more »
Mix up of meat and dairy /China plate
Question: My babysitter used my favorite dairy China plate (where I used to place hot dairy foods) for hot cutlets (meat!!!)…I haven’t used that plate for six months and not… Read more »
New oven kashrus
Question: When you buy a new oven, what are the steps that must be taken (other than toveling grates) before using it? Answer: When buying a new oven, and there… Read more »
Can fire toivel a metal object or must be water
Question: Can fire toivel a metal object or must it be water Answer: It depends on what has to be done. If the metal vessel was bought from a non… Read more »
can you kasher glas for use on peasach
Question: can you kasher a glass for peasach Answer: If the glass has absorbed something inside it with heat the Ashkenazi minhag according to most poskim is not to kasher… Read more »
Can used glasses be used that were purchased in 2nd hand store..and if so do they need to be toveled?
Question: Can used glasses be used that were purchased in 2nd hand store..and if so do they need to be toveled? Answer: You can use drinking glasses that were bought… Read more »
herbal tea concentrate without hashgachah added to cup of hot (but not boiling) water
Question: I added a spoon of liquid herbal tea concentrate that I subsequently discovered was not under hashgachah to a porcelain cup of hot water shortly after boiling the latter… Read more »
What is my knife and how do I fix it
Question: I was cutting some frozen butter with my milk knife. I slipped and cut into my finger. Some of the blood got on the butter. I threw the butter… Read more »
using dairy fork to eat meat
Question: Tonight i are meat with a dairy fork. what is the halacha about kashering back to dairy? Answer: Wait until 24 hrs. after you used the fork, then wash… Read more »
Burying treif items in the ground for three days
Question: Have you ever heard of burying kitchen items in the ground for three days that have been made treif by accidentally using meat for milk, etc Answer: No, I… Read more »
Is toiveling necessary after kashering?
Question: I am kashering my kitchen for the first time with the assistance of my local Chabad Rabbi. Question – Is it necessary to toivel items that have never been… Read more »
Kashrus status of glass big measuring cup in which milk was heated
Question: What is the kashrus status of a fleishig large measuring cup in which my son accidentally heated milk in the microwave? It did not get extremely hot at all-… Read more »
Adhesive residue on bowl after toiveling
Question: I toiveled new bowls and afterward discovered some residue of adhesive from the label on the bottom of the bowl. Do I need to toivel again? Answer: It depends… Read more »
Kashrus status of dairy bowl into which hot fleishig soup was poured and eaten
Question: What is the status of a milchig bowl into which fleishig soup was poured and eaten with a fleishig spoon? Answer: If the soup was poured on to it… Read more »
Tovel Glasses
Question: I just bought glass shot glasses. Do I need to tovel them? Answer: If they were made in Israel, then we can assume that they were made by Jews,… Read more »
Kashering items:
Question: My question: #44368 – just answered; you could only Kasher metal or glass item’s bought. So what am I supposed to do with the wood, plastic or ceramic utensils… Read more »
Kashering newly bought items:
Question: My question that leaves me in wonder refers to kashering. When new dishes and kitchen utensils are bought from a non Jewish store, is it then an obligated must… Read more »
Melted cheese in glass meat bowl
Question: My child’s baby sitter by accident melted cheese on noodles in one of our Pyrex glass bowls that are used for meat. Do I need to throw it out?… Read more »
Toiveling keilim in a men’s mikva
Question: Can one toivel keilim in a standard men’s mikva? Answer: Toiveling keilim needs a mikva d’orayso on the level of a womens mikva. If the men’s mikva was made… Read more »
Does a hot water urn need to be toveled
Question: Does a hot water urn need to be toveled? If so how is it done that Answer: I am assuming that you are asking about a simple hot water… Read more »
Non Kosher Teriyaki Sauce
Question: I used a Teriyaki Sauce that contained stam Yayin for fish. I bake it in the oven. The fish was pre sliced into wedges(about 8 pieces) about an inch… Read more »
Unsure if utensil needs koshering
Question: Hi there and thank you for this site. My mum bought a french macaroon baking set, which includes an icing piping bag and accessories (which will only be used… Read more »
I used a meat pot to cook hot dairy food
Question: The meat pot had not been used for a full year and was stored in the wrong place when I mistakenly took it out and used it to cook… Read more »
Hot Dairy in a Pareve Glass Blender with Metal Blades
Question: I accidentally blended yogurt in a glass blender with metal blades that I wanted to keep pareve. No sharp foods in the stuff being blended, but I put hot… Read more »
Toiveling and Kashering Silverplated kiddush cups
Question: We got some used silverplated kiddush cups off an online auction. I don’t know who bought or used them originally. They may have been used by non frum Jews…. Read more »