Question: Do cleaning supplies such as Bar Keepers friend need a Hechser ? I can not find something that works as good as that item. Thank you Answer: They do… Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Waiting by dishes cooked together with meat
Question: If II baked kugel with yapchik(meat kugel) both open together do I have to wait 6 hrs if I eat just the plain kugel? Answer: You do not have… Read more »
Fleishig microwave that ws used for dairy farina that spilled over, can it be kashered?
Question: I have a fleishig microwave my child put a open container dairy farina it’s spilled over, is there any way I can use the microwave again for fleishig. Answer:… Read more »
Wine
Question: Are you the kashrut organization that is involved in supervision of the wines of the Israeli winery Ramat Negev winery? Thanks in advance. Answer: We are a bais din,… Read more »
Drinking from dairy cup after eating meat
Question: After I ate meat, can I use a dairy plastic cup to drink from? The cup has had dairy in it, not just that its used during dairy meals,… Read more »
Baby Bella mushroom
Question: How do you check baby Bella mushrooms Answer: Please see the following link. http://dinonline.org/Bedikat/mushrooms/ Best Wishes
Question about a cleaned oven
Question: My cleaning lady used a sponge to clean the fleishig oven. She then use the Same sponge to clean out milchig oven. Both ovens were cold. The fleishig oven… Read more »
Juice in a non kosher restaurant
Question: Can I order a fresh pressed or squeezed vegetable or fruit juice from a non kosher hotel? Answer: Without getting ointo the issue if you arre allowed to enter… Read more »
My cleaning lady used the same sponge to clean the fleishig and milchig oven.
Question: My cleaning lady used a sponge to clean the fleishig oven. She then use the Same sponge to clean out milchig oven. Both ovens were cold. The fleishig oven… Read more »
Can Caesarstone countertops be kashered for Pesach?
Question: Can Caesarstone countertops be kashered for Pesach? Answer: It is a controversial issue, some poskim say that it can not be kashered because it is partially made of synthetic… Read more »
Kratom on pesach
Question: I had sent in a question about using kratom on pesach and the rav asked for more info as to what Kratom is……..Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a tropical evergreen… Read more »
Eating in a home where a woman is not frum
Question: A question recently arose in a Facebook group with both frum and non frum members as to whether a woman who is outwardly frum but inwardly not keep the… Read more »
Intention to toivel
Question: Hi Is there a ruling that if you intend to toivel an item then you can use it even though it hasn’t been toiveled? 1. Does an opinion like… Read more »
Baby bottle itself
Question: My apologies for the back and forth, but I just wanted to clarify regarding #1 and #2 ((51027) the answers are copied): What about the bottle itself? Is it… Read more »
Chia seeds
Question: Hi, I bought chia seeds with an OU hechsher, and only after looking at it thought to ask if it should be checked. From what i can see and… Read more »
Baby bottle in meat sink follow-up
Question: Thank you for the response. I would like to ask two follow up questions: 1) First, I wanted to point out that the water was not in the sink,… Read more »
Baby bottle in fleishig sink
Question: Regarding a baby bottle that was heated up in a metal cup. If I used the fleishig sink for this (and the hot water from that sink), and the… Read more »
6 hours after meat
Question: If someone BIT off a piece of chicken (didn’t chew) and spit it out. Does he have to wait 6 hours. Answer: There are two reasons why we wait 6… Read more »
Milk and meat in pet food
Question: hi If a pet food has any probiotics sourced from milk etc. is it a problem if the pet food has meat also? or would any probiotics be of… Read more »
Kasher Meat Silverware
Question: My mom has been staying with us and she brought a glass mug from her house. She does not keep a Kosher home. She ate soup out of the… Read more »
Mug used by a person that doesn’t keep a kosher home
Question: My mom has been staying with us and she brought a coffee mug from her house. She does not keep a Kosher home. She has only used the mug… Read more »
Parve knife washed with hot meaty sponge
Question: Someone in my kitchen washed my Parve knife and Woden cutting board with a meaty sponge that was probably recently used. I don’t know what temp the water was… Read more »
Eating kosher food when poor
Question: Shalom If the person is in a state of poverty and situation that it has to receive donations of food to survive, and some of that food is non-kosher…… Read more »
Are sea urchins, oysters, camels meat or camels milk and land snails kosher?
Question: Shalom Are sea urchins, oysters, camels meat or camels milk and land snails kosher and allowed to eat? Answer: All of the above are not kosher and may not… Read more »
Pas Yisroel
Question: OU fig bars – have to be Pas Yisroel? Answer: I am not familiar with this, but there are far greater potential issues with fig bars such as the… Read more »
Confusion about the status of Tupperware’s
Question: My mother found milchig Tupperware covers and containers in the fleishig cabinet and she doesn’t know if the cleaning lady washed them in the milchig sink or just by… Read more »
Does Beer/Liquor need a hechsher
Question: Does Beer from Germany need a hechsher? In general does liquor or beer need a hechsher? Answer: In general if the beer is unflavored and is produced in a… Read more »
Is a Goy living in Israel required to take Chalah?
Question: A non-Jew living in Israel and selling bread, is he supposed to take chalah? And if not, is a Jew allowed to buy this bread that was baked in… Read more »
Oops I used a meat utensil with my cheese
Question: I used a meat spatula (silicone) to flip my cheesy egg in my cheese pan. I threw away the spatula. Do I also throw away my cheese pan? Answer:… Read more »
kashrut
Question: I have some fleishig china dishes that I would like to give away. Is it a problem if the person who I give it to may use it for… Read more »
Kashrus of donkey born to a kosher animal
Question: Hi. Ive heard of some Gemara maybe Chullin or a chazal somewhere else that a camel or donkey born from a kosher animal may be permitted to eat. Where… Read more »
Garlic cut with meaty knife and fried in milky pan
Question: I used a clean fleishig knife to cut off the top of my of garlic cloves, then put them in my garlic press. Then emptied the garlic into a… Read more »
Checking cherries
Question: Do cherries imported to u.s. from Chile need to be checked? Answer: I don’t have information about fruits from Chile, but R’ Vaye’s sefer (which was written a while… Read more »
e-cigarette juice
Question: Does e-liquid for e- cigarettes need to have a hecsher? if not Which rebbeim/poskim say its ok? Thanks! Answer: Yes e-cigarrettes need to have a hechsher, as it has… Read more »
Meat spoon in parev pot
Question: Hi I used a meat silicon spoon while cooking a parev soup in a parev stainless steel pot by mistake. The soup had fried onions in. The spoon hadn’t… Read more »
Meaty soup in milky microwave
Question: I heated chicken soup in a milky microwave until it was hot, by mistake, what’s the status now of the microwave and chicken soup? Answer: My apologies that it… Read more »
Kashrus of vitamins
Question: I am trying to get off some medications, a nutritionist advised me to take these vitamins to see if solving problem, would you know if serrapeptase is kosher? And if… Read more »
Waiting 6 hours for shalom bayis
Question: A kollel yungerman’s wife does not usually prepare supper for her husband. Therefore, he takes care of his own supper by eating in yeshiva or elsewhere. One day, he… Read more »
Microwave for meat and dairy
Question: Is there a way I can use the same microwave for meat and dairy ? Answer: It is not recommended at all to use a microwave for both meat… Read more »
Gelatin Coating on multivitamins
Question: Hi, there are numerous daily supplements that have Gelatin coatings encapsulating the pill are these permitted to be taken? Yes I know there are kosher brands which I do… Read more »
Cut dough with a milchig knife but put it in a fleishig bowl
Question: I have the following question: I Mixed sweet dough in a flieshig bowl, cut the dough with michig knife. The ingredients are Flour maple syrup eggs oil almond milk… Read more »
Sugar snap peas in England
Question: I saw the question on checking sugar snap peas. The answer is for peas grown on the US I live in England and sugar snap peas are not generally… Read more »
Checking sugar snap peas
Question: Do sugar snap require checking for worms? If they do then how? Answer: Please see the following link, which discusses your question. http://dinonline.org/Bedikat/peas/ Best Wishes
Can I use the same knife sharpener for Parve and Fleishig knives?
Question: I have an Electric knife sharpener manufacturer is Chef’s Choice. Can I use to sharpen both Parve and Fleishig knives? Answer: Yes you can, just make sure that they are… Read more »
Is it permitted to use a kli once before toveling it?
Question: Shalom Lchvod Harav! I heard that the Be’er Moshe held that the first time one uses a keili they don’t need to toivel it I would love a source…. Read more »
GMO’s being certified kosher
Question: Shalom, would you please explain briefly why genetically modified organisms (GMO) are kosher certified. From what I understand some GMO’s contain DNA, genes, from other species, such as DNA… Read more »
Non- Jewish cleaner touching wine that is not mevushal
Question: My non jewish cleaner was cleaning out a closet that had a bottle of wine in that i had forgotten to remove prior to her coming.. My wife came… Read more »
Basar vichalav
Question: I was frying eggs in clean fleishige pan it was not used in past 24 hours. then I used a dirty dairy spatula which still had cheese residue on… Read more »
wrapping fish in aluminum foil in a meat oven
Question: Is wrapping fish in aluminum foil a good enough cover when baking fish in a greasy meat oven? Answer: If it is actually on top of the grease then… Read more »
Silicone utensils
Question: I used a parve silicone soup ladle for fleishig by mistake. Does the ladle become fleishig or traife? Answer: It is only fleishigs, not trief. Pareve is something that… Read more »