Question: I used a dairy spoon to put food with meat in it into a dairy bowl. The food was in a meat pan out of which I served myself…. Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Milk soup spoon to drink chicken soup
Question: I accidentally used a milk soup spoon to drink chicken soup, what should I do with the spoon in order to reuse it? Answer: The spoon just has to… 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 »
Checking things with hechsher
Question: Do i have to check israeli oatmeal with good hechsher? I found black spots in my already cooked oatmeal but not in an uncooked pack(i checked pretty well) so… Read more »
Can i use a pareve knife for cold cuts
Question: I have a pareve knife that i keep pareve. I have huge bulky cold cut loafs that i need to cut and the only knife that would do the… Read more »
Do these things require a kosher certification?
Question: Good morning, I’ve started a new diet plan that requires very specific ingredients to be consumed. I’ve looked for these products but apparently none come with a hechsher. I… 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 »
Coffee spilled on Fleishig bowl
Question: There was a fleishig bowl out and as I had milchig coffee some spilled and got into the bowl. The bowl was clean and had not been used recently…. Read more »
Cooked frozen vegetables in a milk pot, then strained them in a meat strainer. Is the strainer treif?
Question: A house guest cooked frozen vegetables in a milk pot (no onions), but then strained them in a plastic meat strainer. IS that strainer now treif? Do we have… Read more »
basar bchalav
Question: i had gotten fleishigs (chicken) on my phone then hours later touched my phone and then handeled pizza to put it away..is this a problem? Answer: While it is… 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 »
fish with garlic cooked in clean fleishig pan and reheated in clean milchig frying pan. Status of milchig pan?
Question: Fish was cooked in fleishig pan together with garlic. Next day reheated fish in milchig frying pan. Is milchig frying pan treif? Neither the fleishig nor the milchig pans… Read more »
Organic chocolate with no kosher sign
Question: Does an organic chocolate bar require a a kosher sign? The ingredients are: raw cacao, raw agave nectar. With an allergy caution for coconuts and sesame seeds. If it… Read more »
grilling non pas Yisroel wraps to make them pas Yisroel?
Question: I am a chef and I work in the local farmers market with a skillet and grill and I make egg wraps. I bought non pas Yisroel wraps which… 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 »
Can we eat the chicken soup I accidentally left out uncovered overnight?
Question: Can we eat the chicken soup I accidentally left out uncovered overnight? Answer: The reason we don’t eat uncovered water or wine is not because it is unpure, but… Read more »
If you divide a dough between classmates and everyone home a piece do you have to give challah
Question: If you divide a dough between classmates and everyone home a piece do you have to give challah Answer: A dough that has a shiur of Challah, but the… Read more »
Bug found in Almond nut
Question: I eat a few nut out of the packet then found this bug will I be ok. Answer: Hopefully you didn’t eat the bug, and you will be OK…. 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 »
Do you have to take off challah from a batter of sponge cake
Question: Do you have to take off challah from a batter of sponge cake Answer: Essentialy yes, we have to take off challah from a recipe of sponge cake. But… Read more »
Basar Bchalav followup (47340)
Question: Thank you, I was just wondering what about the fact that the spoon may have touched the pot itself when I stuck it in? Answer: In order to even… Read more »
porcine based supplement for brain deficiency
Question: hi i am writing in regard to a question i asked recently but was answered privately, i am not sure how to answer thevquestion that was asked back to… Read more »
Basar Bchalav
Question: I drank a cup of coffee (with milk) and about 20 minutes later when I came home I used a plastic spoon to taste my hot fleishig food that… 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 »
Drops of milk in cookies
Question: Hi, A few drops of milk (that were left in the bottom of a cup that was passed ungracefully over the bowl of dough – I didn’t quite see… Read more »
kashering raw chicken livers
Question: I bought a pack of livers – within how many days must I kasher them. If after five days can I eat them Answer: Essentially it should be kashered… Read more »
Zeiah Question
Question: I poured boiling water from a kettle into a cup containing coffee (no milk). Before pouring the water into the cup, I washed off the cup and thought it… 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 »
Am I allowed to attach a drain hose from a meat dishwasher to under a dairy sink?
Question: Am I allowed to attach a drain hose from a meat dishwasher to under a dairy sink? Answer: Yes you are allowed to attach the drain from your dishwasher… Read more »
Liver in glass bowl
Question: a. A while ago, I used a pyrex glass bowl to soak raw liver in cold water for about 20 minutes, as well as a knife to separate them…. 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 »
Cooked milchig in fleishig oven
Question: By accident I cooked my cheese cake in my fleishig oven. Can I use the cheese cake or is it now treif ? Do I have to kasher my… Read more »
Meat wooden spoon
Question: I accidentally used meat wooden spoon while cooking a parve dish in a milk pot, and then washing the spoon with a milk sponge. Do I need to replace… Read more »
Pan Used for Dairy or Meat Bread
Question: What is the status of a pan used to bake bread that is halachically forbidden as dairy or meat bread? Thank you Answer: According to most poskim to pan… 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 »
Kashrus
Question: If i touched steering wheel in car and other things in car with fleshig hands and its past 6 hours does if have to get cleaned? Answer: It can… Read more »
Kashrus
Question: If fleshigs touched my phone / tzitzis does it come fleshigs or touching something with fleshig hands Answer: It should be wiped or washed off well, and then it… Read more »
Bruises on chicken
Question: I sometimes find small purplish bruises on the chicken or a bit of reddish, bloody looking spots. Especially if I buy chicken parts and they cut through the bone… Read more »
Making Raisins Without Bugs and Worms
Question: Thank you for your wonderful website. Your instructions to make raisins without bugs says to use a temperature of “2300-2500 F.” Do you mean bake them at 230 to… Read more »
Using Food Processor for parve and cold milk
Question: I have a new food processor. Basically I want it to be able to make parve foods but I would also like to be able to make dairy shakes…. Read more »
Do Collagen Peptides make someone, or can they be eaten together with milk?
Question: I have seen some people use this form of protein in their coffee. It is kosher, but is made from bovine collagen. Does it have the status of meat,… Read more »
Birds – neveilah an teraifah
Question: Are these prohibited deoraisa or derabanan? Thank you Answer: It is deorayso, and we are commanded on it in Shemos 22-30, see Sefer Hachinuch 73.
Kashrut symbol
Question: I have seen these yogurts (Oikos Triple Zero and Dannon Light and Fit) at many stores with a Kosher K symbol. I know that a simple K is not… Read more »
Smoothies
Question: Am i allowed to buy and drink fruit smothies in chutz laarets if they tell me they don’t use any milk or meat at the store( the only thing… 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 »
Non-Kosher Wine received as a gift
Question: Hello, I received a gift at work, of a bottle of very expensive wine ($200+). May I give it away to a non-jew? or how else may I dispose… Read more »
meat and miliki
Question: i cooked noodles in a clean meat pot which had been used the day before for heating meat. may I eat the noodles with cheese? thank you Answer: If… Read more »
Grilling fish and meat on the same grill.
Question: I have separate grates for fish and meat. I close the lid when I grill. Can I eat dairy after I eat the fish or do I have to… Read more »