Question: Does toothpaste need a hechsher? Please explain the reason. Answer: The issue with using toothpaste is that it contains glycerin which is a smooth, sweet tasting ingredient which is used in the… Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Water of chicken dripped onto a container
Question: Water from a defrosted package of chicken dripped onto a closed plastic container in my fridge. Is the container now traif? Answer: I am assuming that it was not… Read more »
Toiveling keilim in a men’s mikva
Question: Can one toivel keilim in a standard men’s mikva? Answer: Toiveling keilim needs a mikva d’orayso on the level of a womens mikva. If the men’s mikva was made… Read more »
100% cranberry juice (no grape juice)
Question: Does 100% cranberry juice (only ingredient is cranberry juice, with no grape juice or other sweetener) need a hechsher? Answer: Yes it needs a hechsher, this is because the… Read more »
Can I put food that was cooked in a dairy pot but is parve in a fleishig microwave.
Question: Can I put food that was cooked in a dairy pot but is parve in a fleishig microwave. Answer: If you have Sefardi Minahagim it is permitted. If you… Read more »
Does a hot water urn need to be toveled
Question: Does a hot water urn need to be toveled? If so how is it done that Answer: I am assuming that you are asking about a simple hot water… Read more »
Status of bugs in Garlic
Question: I live in Israel. A few months ago I saw an ad in our local circular that there was a problem with bugs in garlic and that one should… Read more »
Lukewarm milk in fleishig sink
Question: I accidentally poured lukewarm milk into the fleishig sink. What is the status of the sink? Answer: If it wasn’t hot, (you could put your finger into it and… Read more »
Relying on the seller to tell you the kashrus level
Question: What is the definition of someone who is “muchzak b’kashrus” who can be relied on regarding kashrus even though he is making money from the food’s sale? Answer: To… Read more »
Non Kosher Teriyaki Sauce
Question: I used a Teriyaki Sauce that contained stam Yayin for fish. I bake it in the oven. The fish was pre sliced into wedges(about 8 pieces) about an inch… Read more »
Hafrashat Challah
Question: We are in process of baking challah. After a few loaves were already baked we realized that Challah was not separated. Should we remove Challah from the leftover dough… Read more »
Mixed up meat and dairy pan
Question: Hi! I have two of the exact same pan. One was meat and one was dairy. But now I have forgotten which one is which. The pan is metal…. Read more »
Unsure if utensil needs koshering
Question: Hi there and thank you for this site. My mum bought a french macaroon baking set, which includes an icing piping bag and accessories (which will only be used… Read more »
fish oil
Question: .There is a medicine called levaza for high cholesterol . It is made from 100% unadulterated fish oil.. There are equally effective alternatives with hechsherim (even with the badatz)… Read more »
Bishul akum
Question: A non-observant (mechaleil Shabbos) Jew lit the fire on the stove (while cooking a meal with kosher ingredients in a kosher pot) and the oven in my house (after… Read more »
I used a meat pot to cook hot dairy food
Question: The meat pot had not been used for a full year and was stored in the wrong place when I mistakenly took it out and used it to cook… Read more »
A piece of chicken was in a milchig microwave and only started to get slightly warm.
Question: A piece of chicken was in a milchig microwave for a minute only started to get slightly warm, can the microwave be used for dairy as usual? Answer: According… Read more »
Hot Dairy in a Pareve Glass Blender with Metal Blades
Question: I accidentally blended yogurt in a glass blender with metal blades that I wanted to keep pareve. No sharp foods in the stuff being blended, but I put hot… Read more »
Eating wormy walnuts
Question: If I have eaten some will get sick , what should I expect, what should I do? Answer: No you will not get sick, G-d does not give punishments… Read more »
Toiveling and Kashering Silverplated kiddush cups
Question: We got some used silverplated kiddush cups off an online auction. I don’t know who bought or used them originally. They may have been used by non frum Jews…. Read more »
Fleishig pot milchig ladle
Question: I was making pea soup in a fleishig pot and I used a milchig serving spoon to take it out. The soup was very hot but off the fire… Read more »
Milky pan flipper washed with meaty dishes
Question: If I put my milchig pan flipper (consisting of metal tube and plastic spatula) in the dishwasher with fleishig untensils, do I have to kasher it? Answer: I don’t… Read more »
Staying in an apartment for Shabbos that may have been used by non frum Jews
Question: If we rent an apartment for Shabbos that may have been used previously by non Jews or non frum Jews, what do we need to be careful about? We… Read more »
Using treif glass cups
Question: If one will be staying in a non-Jewish home, may he use their glass cups? Must he kasher them? For hot versus cold? Answer: If the glasses are clean,… Read more »
Use a potato peeler on a pareve food
Question: Can I use a potato peeler that was washed in a fleishig dishwasher and cook the potatoes in a milchig pot? Answer: As long as the potato peeler was… Read more »
How do I take terumah and maaser from Israeli vegetables?
Question: How do I take terumah and maaser from Israeli vegetables? Answer: The halachos of separating Terumos and Maaseros are numerous, but I will go through the basics. First we… Read more »
Milchig soup (hot) in feishig corel bowl
Question: Hi, someone by accident ate hot milchig soup w metal spoon from a fleishig Corelle bowl (hasn’t been used in a week). What to do with bowl? Can it… Read more »
Do all wine and vodka or alcoholic products need a kosher certification?
Question: Do all wine and vodka or alcoholic products need a kosher certification if not then how would it work what yes can I consume or what not??? Answer: There… Read more »
Wooden spoon in meat pot
Question: I was cooking pasta in a meat pot and the water was hot. I had not used the pot for at least a week but it is a meat… Read more »
kashrus-microwave
Question: I have a meat mircrowave that is not clean, it has meat grease on it etc.. what is the din if i put a ceramic eino ben yomo michig… Read more »
Cut onion with 2 different knives
Question: If I cut an onion in one direction (into slices) with a meat knife, and then cut it the other direction (chopped) with a dairy knife. Both knives had… Read more »
How to explain to a non Jewish that bishul akum and Stam wine is prohibited.
Question: How can I explain to a non Jewish why bishul akum and Stam wine is prohibited. Thank you. Answer: You can explain to him that from the time that… Read more »
Potatoes cut with dairy knife that was used to cut onions; boiled in parve pot
Question: I cut onions with a dairy knife, and then cut potatoes, and then put the potatoes to boil in a parve pot. What is the status of the pot?… Read more »
Hataras nedarim if I ate cholov stam?
Question: I am going in for total hip replacement surgery next Monday and was recommended to drink “ensure clear” 3 hours prior to surgery. It has ‘whey ” and not… Read more »
Polycarbonate cups
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 »
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 »