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Tevila for Ceramic

Should one tovel a ceramic knife or scissor ? With a bracha ? Answer: The mitzva of Tevilas Keilim applies only to metals and glass. Ceramics then would be exempt…. Read more »

Kashering utensils ceramic glass keilim tevila tevilas kelim
31/05/2015
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Tevillah for Lid

Shalom, Does a lid that is only used when storing food ever require tevilah? Thank you Answer: Yes, the lid requires tevillah if it is made of an obligated material…. Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
04/03/2015
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Tevillah for Gift of Dish

Can one give a glass dish with food on it to someone for mishloach manos. If so, can you toivel the dish for them? or what else should you do?… Read more »

Kashering utensils Purim tevilas kelim
03/03/2015
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Tevillah for Espresso Machine

When I toivel an espresso coffee machine do all the pipes that the coffee runs through have to be filled with water? Answer: The tubes that come into contact with… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
14/11/2014
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Tevillas Keilim for Made in China

If a Jewish company makes a metal kli in China by goiyim does it need tevila? Answer: Under the circumstances there is no obligation of tevilas keilim. Best wishes. Sources:… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
24/10/2014
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Tevillah for Coffee Machine

I am of the understanding that an Espresso coffee machine requires tevillah. People seem to be hesistant to tovel it as the machine is very expensive and could be damaged… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
03/09/2014
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Teivllah for Gifts and Appliances

Hi, How are you, I just purchased a waffle maker similar to a sandwich maker but the ceramic plates are not removable. I just wanted to know how to kosherize… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
27/08/2014
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Tevillah for Sandwich Maker

Does one need to tovel in a mikvah a sandwich maker? It will be water damaged. Answer: The general approach of Poskim is to be stringent in this matter. From… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
03/08/2014
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Eating from non-Toveled Dishes

If one is invited to a home where you know with almost complete cetainty that they have never toiveled their keilim, and for whatever reason you cannot avoid going there… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
13/04/2014
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Immersing Several Items at Once

I have a number of spoons and forks to tovel. Can I tovel them all at once using a crate with holes? Whats the best way of doing this? Is… Read more »

Kashering utensils items tevila tevilas kelim tovel
10/03/2014
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Tevillat Keilim for Restaurant / Hotel

IS IT NECESSARY MAKE TEVILAS KEILIM FOR UTENSILS USED IN KOSHER / KEHILA / RESTAURANT? Answer: The dishes and utensils require immersion (certainly for metal dishes). Although this involves a… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
13/02/2014
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Disassembling Sandwich Maker

I bought a sandwich maker in Israel. Its made in China. Can i as a woman unscrew the machine and put it back together again? And how much has to… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
19/11/2013
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Tevillah for Polycarbonate Utensils

Does polycarbonate drinking glasses need tevilot keilim, or is it like plastic? Answer: Polycarbonate has the same halachic status as plastic. Although some authorities require tevillah for plastic utensils (non-disposable;… Read more »

Kashering utensils immersion plastic tevila tevilas kelim
31/10/2013
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Tevilah for Saucer

Does the plate that comes together with a becher need to be toveled if the person normally pours the liquid that falls onto the plate back into the becher itself?… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
08/04/2013
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Kashering Oven for Pesach

Question: Can a self-cleaning oven be kashered for Pesach? Can it be changed from meat/milk and vice versa? this question is being asked by sefardim (i know there’s difference concerning… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover self-cleaning oven
20/03/2013
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Kashering Diamonds

Question: Can one kasher aluminum made with diamonds (Swiss Diamond), i.e. does it have the status of “even” (a stone)? Here is a description: Diamond crystals are the hardest material… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover diamonds
20/03/2013
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  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Kashering Pots from Meaty to Dairy

Question: If one has several used pots but does not know if they are dairy or meat, but knows that treif has never been cooked in any of them. Plus… Read more »

Kashering utensils Mixtures of meat and milk
20/03/2013
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Drying Counter before Iruy

Question: When kashering (through hagoloh iruy keli rishon) a surface such as table, kitchen counter, etc., does one need  to ensure it is totally dry after every sheficho (see Mishnah… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover Kitchen
10/03/2013
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Tevillah of China Dishes

Dear rabonim, does one require to tovel porcelain dishes(bone china)? What is the mekor of the psak (machmirim and mekilim)? Thank you. Dovid Answer: Most authorities maintain that porcelain dishes… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
06/01/2013
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Kashering Glass Stove Top

Question: Someone moved into a home where the previous owner was a non-Jew. He left his electric stove top which has 4 electric coil burners. The burners a covered by… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover glass non-Jewish Stove
01/01/2013
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Tevillah for Baking with Paper

2 recent questions. Hope the Rav is doing well! 1) A kalla was baking and realized she had no toiveled muffin pans..she wanted to know if she could bake the… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
26/10/2012
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Tevilas Keilim for Peeler and Can Opener

I bought a can opener and a metal peeler for peeling edible vegetables at a Jewish owned store in Israel. They were both manufactured in non-Jewish countries. Do they require… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
07/08/2012
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Tevillah Without Berachah

If one toiveled an item that really required a bracha without a bracha and then used it is it necessary to go back and retoivel with a bracha again? Answer:… Read more »

General Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
07/08/2012
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Tevilah for Coffee Brewer

Do I have to toivel a single cup coffe brewer? Answer: The common custom is not to require tevilah for a coffee brewer. Please see here for more details and… Read more »

General Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
19/07/2012
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Tevilah for Borrowed Keilim (Utensils)

May someone use (through borrowing) keilim that belong to another Jew that have not been toveled yet? Answer: No. Utensils borrowed from a Jew are obligated in tevilah, and may… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
08/06/2012
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Tevillah for Table

Does one need tevilas keilim on a glass table? And are there any sources for such a din? Answer: A table does not require tevilas keilim, because it is not… Read more »

General Kashering utensils immersion Table tevilas kelim
07/05/2012
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Tevilah for Aluminium Foil Pan

Does one need to do tevilas keilim on a disposable aluminium foil pan? Answer: If a disposable pan is used only once, it does not require tevillah. Even if it will… Read more »

General Kashering utensils foil tevilas kelim
04/05/2012
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Tevilas Keilim for Electronic Appliances

What does one do for tevilas keilim on electronic items such as hand blenders, cheese sandwich maker machine? Does the cord and plug need to be toiveled, and are there… Read more »

General Kashering utensils blender cord electric kettle mixer tevilas kelim urn
04/05/2012
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Toveling Somebody Else’s Keilim

Someone who was in the middle of tovelling a number of kelim was asked by a katan that came just then in the middle that he should tovel his (the… Read more »

General Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
16/04/2012
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Tevilah for Swiss Army Knife

Can hagalah be made on a swiss army knife? As well how should it be tovelled? Answer: A swiss army knife only requires tevilah if its prominent use is for… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
04/04/2012
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Tevilah for Porcelain Tea Kettle

Does a poercelain tea kettle need to toveled with bracha? What about its cover? Answer: The kettle and its cover should be toiveled, but not with a berachah. Porcelain might… Read more »

General Kashering utensils pot tevilas kelim
01/04/2012
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Kashering Sink with Plastic Faucet

Question: Can a sink faucet with a plastic spout be kashered? If I am by someone else’s house that was told by their Rav that they can kasher it –… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover kashering
01/04/2012
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Tevilah for Fridge Shelves

If someone has glass shelves inside of a fridge that food is put on directly (without being inside of a wrapper or some sort of packaging) do the glass shelves… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
21/03/2012
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Re-Toveling a Bought Utensil

Someone bought a cli that had on it a chatzitzah (a small one) that he wasn’t makpid on at all. He toveled it as it was. Later he gave the… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
14/03/2012
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Tevillah for Kiddush Cup

If someone buys a silver Kos for kiddush from Jewish owned store (seforim store or silver store that sells these types of items). Does one need to tovel it? With… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
13/03/2012
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Kashering Silverware for Pesach

Question: I would like to kasher my silverware for Pesach. I think that the blade of the knives are attached to the handle with glue. The MB (451- 23) says… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover
28/02/2012
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Tevilah for Ceramic Mug

Hi Rabbi, Does a ceramic mug that a child made have to be toiveled? Answer: If the ceramic mug is unglazed earthenware, it will require no tevilah. However, if it… Read more »

General Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
21/02/2012
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Using Vase for Fruit

Someone who has a glass vase that’s always used for putting in flowers, now they want to use it for putting in fruits or other foods one time. Does it… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
13/02/2012
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Gemach of Glass Vessels

Someone who has a gemach of glass celim (for serving food on, etc) do they need to be toveled? Or is it like they are “omed l’sechorah” and patur from… Read more »

General Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
12/02/2012
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Tevilah for Glass Challah Board

There is a din of beis hastarim also by tevilas celim…Someone has a challah board that is wood with silver then on top of it is attached a big piece… Read more »

General Kashering utensils air challah board glass tevilas kelim
07/02/2012
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Toveling Electrical Appliance

Hot air popcorn maker that has a metal base where the popcorn kernels sit which ruins if submersed under water, is this necessary to tovel it or is it better… Read more »

Kashering utensils damage dry electrical appliances tevila tevilas kelim water wet
22/09/2011
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Tevilas Keilim for Glass Lid

Does one need to toivel the glass to an earthenware chulent pot? The food steam hits the pot but the glass never really touches the food, and the pot itself… Read more »

Kashering utensils earthenware glass steam tevilas kelim
21/08/2011
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Tevilas Kelim when Outer Vessel is Metal

Someone showed me a vessel and asked if it needed tevila. The outside of the mug was metal but the inside was plastic, so the drink never touches any metal…. Read more »

Kashering utensils metal plastic tevilas kelim
16/08/2011
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Tevilas Keilim on Tisha Be’av / Blessing on Utensil with 2 Parts

Can one tovel a utensil on tisha bav? If someone needs to tovel a juicer that has 2 metal attachments, is the bracha kelim in the plural, or keli in… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim tisha be'av
10/08/2011
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Wrong Bracha on Tevilas Keilim

I was toivelling a few frying pans the other day. Because there are no proper mikvaot by where I live, I had to use the ocean, but because I picked… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
07/08/2011
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Tevilah for Copper Cup

Does a copper cup need to be toveled? Answer: Yes, being a metal, a copper cup needs to be toveled. Although the Torah mentions iron and a number of other… Read more »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
24/07/2011
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Tevillah for Can Opener

Does one have to tovel a metal can opener? If no tevilas kelim mikvah is close by, can one use a womans mikvah? Answer: There is no need to toivel… Read more »

General Kashering utensils mikva tevilas kelim
15/05/2011
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Libun and Milui Ve-Irui before Pesach

Question: 1) Someone started milui ve-irui on Friday afternoon, April 15, meaning that the 72 hours are finished after the time of issur chametz. Would that be a problem? The… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kashering utensils for Passover
17/04/2011
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Toveling Electric Cord

When one tovels an electrical kitchen appliance does one also have to tovel the attached cord and plug? Answer: Although this question is the subject of a dispute among authorities,… Read more »

General Kashering utensils cord electric tevilas kelim tovel
29/03/2011
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Tevilah for Disposable Pans

I have a question regarding the need to Tavel disposable aluminum pans, and other metal vessels made in the far east with Hebrew printed or engraved on them: What is… Read more »

Kashering utensils Kosher non-Jews tevilas kelim
25/02/2011
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