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  • Infestation in food

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 »

Infestation in food bugs
15/02/2019
  • Infestation in food

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

Infestation in food bugs
15/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk knife milk and meat
07/02/2019
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas keilim
06/02/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products cross breeding Kilayim
05/02/2019
  • Non-Jewish prepared foods

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 »

Non-Jewish prepared foods stam yayin
01/02/2019
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils milk and meat
29/01/2019
  • Dangerous foods

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 »

Dangerous foods meat and fish
28/01/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat pareve
27/01/2019
  • Dangerous foods

Meat oven and fish

Question: An oven is used primarily for meat. It has grease residue. Can someone bake fish or make a fish meal in this “meat” oven? Can one bake fish in… Read more »

Dangerous foods meat and fish
22/01/2019
  • Kashering utensils

Tevilat Keilim – Electronics with Stickers on Outer Surface

Question: An Electronic sandwich maker that has labels on the outer surface (as in Warnings….) Do they need to be removed? P.S. The food will only touch the inner metal…. Read more »

Kashering utensils Chatzitza tevilas keilim
18/01/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Drink feishig mug hot water and eat dairy equipment chocolate bar

Question: Hello, is it halachically permissible to drink hot water or tea from a fleishig mug while also eating a chocolate bar made from dairy equipment? What if the chocolate… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
13/01/2019
  • Kashering utensils

Kashering metal dish rack

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 »

Kashering utensils kashering
13/01/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
01/01/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
31/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
31/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils ceramic kashering
30/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas keilim
28/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
28/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
28/12/2018
  • Hafrashat challah

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  

Hafrashat challah challah
20/12/2018
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products e-cigarettes
19/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat nitzuk zeah
18/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
17/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
16/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
16/12/2018
  • Non-Jewish prepared foods

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 »

Non-Jewish prepared foods stam yayin wine
14/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils kashering microwave
13/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas keilim
06/12/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
05/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas keilim
04/12/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils Chatzitza tevilas kelim
04/12/2018
  • Kashrut

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 »

Kashrut mashgiach
30/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat onions cut with knife
30/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
30/11/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
30/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
23/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
21/11/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils kashering milk and meat
05/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
05/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
04/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
04/11/2018
  • Non-Jewish prepared foods

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 »

Non-Jewish prepared foods stam yayin yayin nesech
04/11/2018
  • Kosher meat and poultry

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 »

Kosher meat and poultry business with non kosher food stock
04/11/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
31/10/2018
  • Infestation in food

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  

Infestation in food bugs
30/10/2018
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
29/10/2018
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products Hot Water kashrus
29/10/2018
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas kelim
26/10/2018
  • cholov Yisrael

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 »

cholov Yisrael cholov Yisroel Eruvin
26/10/2018
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