Question: Is it possible to use polycarbonate cups to drink milk but also to drink pareve drinks with a meat meal? Answer: I am not familiar with polycarbonate cups, and… Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Plastic parve cup measurer
Question: Some water from a parve grain that was boiling in a fleishig pot (that has not been used for meat in at least 24 hours) was spilled into a… Read more »
Milchig fork in a Fleishig pan
Question: Hi. A metal milchig fork that has not been used for at least 24 hours was accidentally used to probe potatoes that were boiling in a fleishig pan. The… Read more »
Deep fryer used for fleishigs, that was used for French fries, am I fleishigs or milichigs?
Question: If I have a deep fryer that I use for fleishigs and I made French fries now after not using the deep fryer for a week, am I fleishigs… Read more »
Milchig hands Touched dough
Question: If a 6 year old made challah during lunch time and they have pizza and she did not wash her hands after eating the pizza and touch the dough… Read more »
Parve ceramic knife cutting feta cheese
Question: Feta cheese was cut using a parve ceramic knife. Do I consider the knife milchig now,or can it be made parve again? Answer: Assuming that the cheese was cold… Read more »
Reicha in microwave
Question: 1)is there reicha in microwaves? 2) if yes, does residue on the walls of microwaves present an issue of reicha? Answer: 1. If both foods are cooked in the… Read more »
Bug in pan
Question: Shalom Shalom, A bug was found in an otherwise empty frying pan that was on the fire. What should be done with the frying pan? Thank you Answer: Please… Read more »
How long do I need to wait between meat and milk after bariatric (Sleeve) surgery
Question: Bariatric (sleeve) surgery reduces the capacity of the stomach to around 150 gms (say 20% of normal), and the dieticians advise to eat every 3 hours. Does the smaller… Read more »
Kitchen- dish rack
Question: I am sfardi and I was told by a sfardi Rav that I was allowed to use my dish rack (metal with some parts covered with rubber and plastic… Read more »
food
Question: I was at Walmart and they had kosher hot dogs, they are super good, cost a little bit more but well worth it. So what are some other Kosher… Read more »
Cobwebs in sesame seeds question 2
Question: Can I just remove all the cobweb seed stuck sesame seeds and use the r st of the free flowing sesame seeds that are clean of cobwebs? Answer: It… Read more »
Cobwebs in sesame seeds
Question: I will of course not use the sesame seeds since they have white webbing which some groupings of thensesame seeds are stuck to. My question is – what exactly… Read more »
Noodles with cheese put in fleishig bowl in milchig microwave
Question: I put noodles with cheese in a fleishig corelle bowl in the milchig microwave by mistake. Can I eat the noodles? what is the status of the bowl? Status… Read more »
Blood spot on eggs
Question: If I found a blood spot on an egg, do I have to remove the whole egg or just the blood spot? Answer: The general rule regarding our eggs… Read more »
Frozen Milchig in Meaty Microwave
Question: Hi. I accidentally placed a mllchig frozen dinner into the fleishig microwave at my work (which has a kosher kitchen). I realized my mistake when it had been heating… Read more »
I accidentally bought non kosher ice cream and used a spoon.
Question: I accidentally bought non kosher ice cream and used a spoon (don’t even remember which) Answer: If the ice cream only contacted the spoon when the spoon was cold,… Read more »
E cig
Question: Does e cig juice need a hechsher? Answer: Please see the following post http://dinonline.org/2017/04/14/electric-cigarette/ Best wishes
Dead fly lands on my food while grilling
Question: If a fly lands on my grill and dies while I am grilling meat. What is the status of my food? What is the status of my grill ?… Read more »
MiIchig quiche in fleishig warmer
Question: a long time ago i was acting as mashgiach at an event where we borrowed a fleishig warming oven to heat and keep food heated for the event ….we… Read more »
Bishul Akum by an Intermarried Child’s Spouse
Question: If one has a child who is unfortunately intermarried, must they avoid the cooking of this child’s non-Jewish spouse (assuming all other Kashrus issues are accounted for)? Answer: It… Read more »
Kashering plates in a non kosher kitchen
Question: I’m renting a villa and wanted to use some of the kitchen facilities. The oven I can kosher and also the cutlery. I was hoping not to buy new… Read more »
Are schnitzel crumbs meaty?
Question: I ate a spoon of couscous which had a few minute crumbs leftover from my son’s schnitzel. Am I meaty? Answer: You are. The reason is because the crumbs… Read more »
Kashering Old China
Question: Friends, My mother-in-law who didn’t keep Kosher left us some bone-china. It has not been used in 20 years. There is a gold plated rim. Is there any way… Read more »
Dairy tin on meaty bleach wrapped in foil
Question: If I have a meat bleach and I put a piece of tinfoil on it then I rap a tin pan two times with aluminum foil, may I place… Read more »
Luke warm noodles, unknown if dairy, placed on cold cuts, if noodles pushed off, can meat be eaten.
Question: Food was bought from at event from two restaurants set on different sides of room. One restaurant is fleishig, the other is pareve or dairy. Plate filled with cold… Read more »
Dairy pot on meat stove
Question: A dairy pot that hasn’t been used in 24 hours, but is not completely stainless steal (has nonstick coating throughout) was placed on meat side of stove on flame…. Read more »
Pan in meaty sink
Question: A dirty dairy frying pan with liquid in it was placed in a meat dink and sat there for a few hours. I don’t know if it was hot… Read more »
Milchig pizza tray on fleishig countertop
Question: a hot round Pizza tray with holes in bottom (with pizza on the tray) was put down on fleshing formaica countertop and when removed there was moisture I’m assuming… Read more »
utensil in sharp food
Question: A spoon that at times I stir coffee and milk with , the spoon was not used with any hot dairy in the last 24 hours. I used this… Read more »
cholent pot , cheese on edge
Question: Cholent with meat was just turned on. Barely warm. Hot cheese fell onto edge of pot, outside of the cover, and a little on the edge of the cover…. Read more »
Davar charif with olives
Question: we had a jar of green olives in brine a davar charif that was used with a fleishig spoon for sure and posibbly a fleishig fork to poke at… Read more »
Baby Bottle Sterilizer on Meat Microwave
Question: After we clean the baby bottles, which have had baby formula (milki), we put them inside a container with 200ml of water and heat it in the microwave for… Read more »
Eating a bacon cheeseburger.
Question: I know that you get 40 lashes for eating a non-kosher animal, and you get 40 lashes for eating a meal of milk and meat. If that is the… Read more »
Wild watercress grown in pond
Question: I harvested about 4lbs of wild watercress from my spring fed pond. When wash the watercress, I saw small black worms about 1/8 to 1/4 “. On a second… Read more »
taking off challah
Question: One took off challah, but the challah that was taken off become mixed back in. May the lady do hataras nedarim and nullify her declaration of this piece of… Read more »
drinking from milky cup after eating meat
Question: Can i use a milky cup to drink a non dairy drink after eating meat? Many Thanks Answer: If the cup is clean, there is no problem with it,… Read more »
Is my plate still kosher?
Question: I made parve pancakes in my meat pan and served them on a meat plate with meat cutlery as I always do with parve foods, however I then accidentally… Read more »
2 people eating at the same table
Question: Can someone eat dairy food and another person eat pareve food ben yoma meaty/ something sharp non ben yoma meaty at the same table without a separation/reminder between them… Read more »
Pareve lid placed on hot fleishig pot
Question: I was cooking pareve quinoa in a fleishig pot. By accident, I placed a pareve lid on the pot (actually it was too small for the pot and fell… Read more »
Hot milchig pan touched metal sink
Question: I was washing a VERY hot milchig pan and it touched the walls of my metal milchig sink. The question is, when I moved into my apartment, I did… Read more »
Fleshige spoon put in to parve pot of boiling water
Question: What is the status of a parve pot if a fleishige spoon was put in it while boiling water in the pot? i’m not sure when the last time… Read more »
Fleishig spoon in yoghurt
Question: I accidently put a fleishig spoon (ben yomo) in a cup of yoghurt, should the spoon be kashered? And is the yoghurt assur or mutar now? Answer: If the… Read more »
Toveled pan before buying back from gentile?
Question: My mikvah is very far away and I had immediate need to use a new cast iron pan, so I sold it to my gentile neighbor. I had opportunity… Read more »
Kashering an induction hob.
Question: We replaced our non kosher glass top induction hob with a new one. We have been using it for milk and meat ( with a break in between )… Read more »
May one use dryer sheets to clean pots?
Question: I got a text saying that dryer sheets are made with pig fat and that they can’t be used for cleaning pots (apparently it’s a popular method) First of… Read more »
Hot water from milky mug
Question: Hi we poured hot boiling water from a clean milky mug into rice in a non stick meaty pan. Can we eat the rice and is the pan okay… Read more »
Old China used by non religous Grandparents
Question: My wife’s grandparents were’nt religous, her grandma passed away 23 years ago, so it definately wasn’t used since then, she says maybe even 40 years ago it was last… Read more »
kashering cutlery bought from a non Jew.
Question: I have been looking at second hand cutlery on line can it be kashered? Answer: If it made of metal it can be kashered. There are a few point… Read more »
Is toiveling necessary after kashering?
Question: I am kashering some keilim that I have used previously, and they were toiveled before their original use. Some of the items are silverware that was used with the… Read more »