Question: I just moved into a new apartment. I don’t believe the previous tenant kept kosher. The kitchen has a large metal sink, with a hanging metal dish rack that… Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Kosher question
Question: I made a pareve bread in a dairy bowl. I made a lemon herb butter (made from coconut oil, it’s pareve) to spread onto the raw dough before baking,… Read more »
Kosher in the kitchen
Question: I made a pareve bread in dairy bowl. I made a lemon herb butter to spread onto the raw dough before baking, but accidentally used a fleishig kitchen scissor… Read more »
Milchig rack in fleishig oven
Question: My cleaning lady put the oven racks of the milchig oven into the fleishig oven. My mother, not aware of this, preheated the fleishig oven. When it was 275… Read more »
Earthenware plates used for non kosher food can one eat from them
Question: Can you eat from an earthenware plate that was used for non kosher food ? Answer: If they were used for hot solid food, such as hot meat that… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim question
Question: We got a new popcorn machine and my 12 year old son took it the store and asked the owner to toivel it for us. Is this valid or… Read more »
Microwave milk and meat issue
Question: A ceramic meat plate was used to cook a pizza in a milk microwave (in error). The microwave was clean. The plate was probably used with hot meat within… Read more »
Time between meat and dairy
Question: Where does the minhag of waiting 5 hours and a mah she hoo come from? Answer: Before getting into where it comes from, it should be clear that this… Read more »
How much Challah are you supposed to take off whole wheat Chsllah
Question: How much Challah are you supposed to take off Whole Wheat Challah ? Answer: It is the same as with regular white flour. Best Wishes
Grape flavoured e-liquid for e-cigaratte use
Question: Hi Is their a problem of “yain nesech” in a e-liquid that one of the flavours is Grape flavour, to inhale via an e-cigarette. Thanks Answer: It is hard… Read more »
Steam from Shabbos Urn
Question: Dear Rabbi I recently added water from a very hot electric Shabbos urn straight into a pot of hot chicken soup. It was about 3 inches away from the… Read more »
Eating milk and meat in the same meal
Question: May one eat milk and meat in the same meal? For example, after hamotzei may one eat something dairy, then wash hands and eat and drink something and then… Read more »
Meat put in a milky plastic bowl
Question: I accidentally put some cooked hot mince meat into a milky plastic container/ bowl. There was no milk In that bowl for at least 24 hours.. is the meat… Read more »
Food cooked in Milchige Oven
Question: THere were onions cut into a potato kugel that may have been cut with fleishige utensils. The kugel was putinto a milchige oven to cook. We realized quickly that… Read more »
Gifting a non kosher bottle of wine
Question: If one received a gift from a non-Jew of a non-kosher bottle of wine is it permissible to re-gift it to another no -Jew? Answer: Regarding benefiting from the… Read more »
How to kasher a fleish microwave?
Question: I have a brand new microwave. The first thing that I cooked was some uncovered chicken. Does this make the microwave only fleish or can I boil a cup… Read more »
Do you need to tovel earthenware
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 »
Washed off some meat and a few drops went into the milk sink
Question: Hi 1. Someone in my household was washing off some meat and a few drops went into the milk sink. There were a few items in the sink. Does… Read more »
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 »
Can a mashgiach borrow money from the restaurants that he supervises?
Question: Can a mashgiach borrow money from the restaurants that he supervises? Is not there a situation of submission? Should he find a problem, could he not be pressured, direct… Read more »
Onion cut with meaty knife and fried in milky pan
Question: Dear Rabbi, I accidentally cut an onion (don’t remember whether it was dairy or meat) with a meat knife on a dairy plastic cutting board. Then the onion was… Read more »
Pasta with cheese cooked in a meat pot and placed in dairy plates
Question: Dear Rabbi, I accidentally cooked pasta with cheese in a meat pot and then placed the pasta with cheese onto dairy plates. Can you please tell me what 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 »
Washing mouth out after eating
Question: Its more then 6 hours since I ate fleshigs but i never washed my lips after eating and licked my lips and maybe swallowed too. Can I eat Milk… Read more »
בשר בחלב
Question: לכבוד מו״ר הרה״ג שליט״א שלום וברכה! מישהו חתך בצלים עם סכין פרווה. אח״כ נתן הבצלים ומים כו׳ לתוך יורה בשרי שאינו בן יומו. לאחר שנגמר הבישול לקח המרק ונתן… 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 »
Pareve immersion blender to blend in a dairy container, did the blender become dairy?
Question: If I put a pareve immersion blender to blend pareve pesto in a container that I have used in the past for dairy, will the immersion blender also become… Read more »
Meat and milk
Question: By mistake i use a meat spoon to eat yogurt. Can i still use this spoon for meat? Answer: You may still use the spoon for meat. Just wash… Read more »
Will dairy-equipment food make pareve pressure cooker become dairy?
Question: I cooked squash on parchment on a dairy tray that hadn’t been used in a few weeks. I want to use the squash in a soup and cook it… Read more »
Cooking with wine
Question: What’s the law about cooking with non mevushal wine if a gentile is around ? CAN he handle the food that has wine in it ? Or it’s only… Read more »
Investing in a non-kosher establishment
Question: I was wondering if one is halachically allowed to buy stock in a company that sells some kosher and some non kosher products, even if I wouldn’t eat there…. Read more »
Pareve Kenwood bowl washed in milky dishwasher
Question: If I always wash my pareve plastic Kenwood bowl and pareve metal attachments (dough hook & K-beater) in a milky dishwasher and then use them to make a cake:… Read more »
Checking grapes for bugs
Question: Do grapes, red or green, require checking. If so how? Answer: Please see the following link. http://dinonline.org/Bedikat/grapes/ Best Wishes
meat/milk
Question: if I use an air fryer for meat item, can i then use it for a parve item and mix the parve item with dairy? I am sephardic. thanks… Read more »
Can one use hot water from a non-kosher store or on a plane?
Question: Can one use hot water from a non-kosher store in the airport to make a coffee or soup? What about on a plane? Answer: If the hot water source… 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 »
Partially Being Machmir
Question: Rabbi, Is there a benefit to: 1 – trying to keep cholov yisroel when I can and it’s up to me – since my wife does the cooking and… Read more »
Cooked a parve food in a parve oven with a fleishig pan and parchment paper
Question: I made French macaroons on parchment paper in a parve oven. I accidently used a fleishig pan that hasn’t been used for meat in a while. Can I put… 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 »
How to keep bowls parve in a dairy kitchen?
Question: I have new serving bowls (ceramic). I want to keep them parve, so I can in the future integrate them into a fleishig kitchen I want to have when… Read more »
Do I need to check Dole California dates?
Question: Do I need to check Dole California dates? Answer: Although they are cleaner than other dates they shiould stiull be checked inside and outside for infestation. Sources: Star-K and… Read more »
vitamins
Question: Do vitamins need to be kosher. Is it kosher if it is gluten free. Is there a way to have vitamins without being kosher Answer: There is a difference between… Read more »
Can we use fresh rosemary or does it need a hechsher?
Question: Hi Can we use fresh rosemary or does it need a hechsher? Answer: It doesn’t need a hechsher, however if it comes from Eretz Yisroel you will have to… Read more »
Stains on aril
Question: There are dark spots on almost all aril of pomegranates . What can be the possible cause Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: They are not a issue of insect… Read more »
Mixing cold spicy food in Pareve bowl with milk utensil
Question: We have accidentally used a clean milk fork to mash cold avocado and garlic in a porcelain Pareve bowl. Is the bowl now permanently considered milchig? Or could there… Read more »
Popcorn kosher?
Question: We are staying at a hotel with a popcorn machine. If the kernels and oils are kosher, is the popcorn permissible? Thank you Answer: The ingredients are kosher as… 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 »
Eating bugs
Question: I ate bugs by accident. I have bottles of spices that are way too old and I’ve still been using them/allowing them to be used for cooking in my… Read more »