Question: Crazy question. My young son was at a BBQ and got his shirt all full of “stuff” while eating. He then came home and someone accidentally spilled milchig coffee… Read more »
Category: Kashrut
Sushi Seaweed
Question: Does seaweed (for making sushi) need a Hechsher? If yes, can one rely on a weaker Hechsher in which one normally doesn’t rely on for meat/chicken or Ma’aser/Orlah, or… Read more »
MIlky spatula used to cook with meaty frying pan while cooking pareve
Question: Hello, Can you please advise, A milk silicon spatula was used to cook fish in a fleishige frying pan together with other pareve items. There was a substantial amount… Read more »
halachah status of pareve pan
Question: I accidentally sautéed (pareve cut) onions, in a pareve pan, using a spatula that I’d just used to (in a dairy pan) make eggs with cheese. there was still… Read more »
Davar Charif Inside a Mixture
Question: We used Jalapeneo peppers with a blender that is milchig. The peppers were added after all teh other ingeredients were in. But the end result is still a hot… Read more »
Using the Peel of an Orange
Question: There are certain recipes which call for using orange peel. Likewise is fermentation of certain products that we make at home teh recipes may call for this as well…. Read more »
Oven for meat and milk
Question: Can one use an oven for dairy if the oven is designated for meat? 1. Does it have to be double wrapped(also in general, what does double wrapped actually… Read more »
buying -selling stocks of MCDONALDS
Question: Can a person buy/sell stocks of MCDONALDS or any other non kosher restaurant? Answer: Please see the following post http://dinonline.org/2012/07/17/owning-stocks-in-non-kosher-food-company/ Best Wishes
Swallowing blood
Question: If one has a nose bleed and swallows some blood is that consider being over an a lav of Kares bishogage or the din only applies if it was… Read more »
liquid health supplement- kosher?
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. For the purposes of applying to the skin for health benefit, is it ok to use an item with the following ingredients? Distilled… Read more »
Challah
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. When purchasing 6 store-bought kosher challah rolls, that come in one package, is there any requirement to take off bread to separate the… Read more »
Whole Foods roasted coffee beans
Question: Can I use Whole Foods coffee beans? If so, can I use their grinder? The beans are unflavored. Thank You Answer: In consultation with a kashrus expert, it seems… Read more »
Coming in contact and delivering with not kosher food.
Question: I’ve been wanting to deliver for a food delivery app for a while (to make a little extra cash on the side) and just realized that there may be… Read more »
Are these specks in the Pear not Kosher?
Question: There weren’t any holes that I noticed on the skin, but I found these pieces in the flesh of the pear. Are they stam blemishes, or insects? Thank you… Read more »
Bach Flower Remedies
Question: Bach Flower Remedies are homeopathic tinctures used for various health conditions. It is made by distilling flowers to produce a specific formulation. The website states that brandy alcohol is… Read more »
Pastry and flour
Question: Shalom What pastry and baking flour is kosher Answer: Any, if it only contains flour. Best Wishes
Checking for bugs
Question: Shalom How do i make cabbage ,lettuce ,spinach,broccoli ,cauliflower ,strawberries and rapsberry’s kosher at my home Can you please help me Kind regards Answer: The only issue with the… Read more »
Do metal cookie cutters require tevilat keilim?
Question: Is there מקום להחמיר לכחילה? Thanks alot! Answer: Yes they should preferably be toveled, since they come in contact with the food. However it should be without a bracha… Read more »
Poured milk into fleishig sink
Question: I was at someone for shobbos. They had one washing cup for both sinks. I filled up water in the washing cup that I had just picked up from… Read more »
Hot chicken placed in a dairy Tupperware container
Question: This is in followup to question 52170 in which I was asked a followup question by email to clarify my case. I sent the reply by email but it’s… Read more »
Kashrus agancy
Question: I wanted to know if the kashrut symbol of what looks like the luchos habris with a K inside the symbol is a reliable hushgacha? Answer: I never heard… Read more »
Fruit wax
Question: I was told that fruit wax can have dairy ingredients in it and fruit wax is on the skin of the uncut fruit. Should I be concerned that my… Read more »
Pareve dishes
Question: SHALOM Can you please explain to me the following. What is better to have in my home ,parev ,milchig and fleishig dinner plates Or Only milchig and fleishig dinner… Read more »
Cutting sharp food
Question: What should sharp food’s (example ,lemon garlic ,onion or chilli) be cut with ,either a parev knife , a milchig knife or a fleishig knife. And if i cut… Read more »
Food plate
Question: Is there any food plates that are made out of certain materials that i can use for both milchig and fleishig Answer: According to some opinions glass doesn’t absorb,… Read more »
Fleishig Sauce Spilled on Milchig Sandwich Toaster
Question: A tray of baked turkey came out of the oven and then a sizeable amount of the turkey sauce spilled directly onto a milchig sandwich toaster (known in Israel… Read more »
Baking Parve in a Fleishig Oven and eating it with dairy
Question: Shalom, What needs to be done when using a fleishig oven, in order to keep the keili parve and so the food willl be: 1 – parve and can… Read more »
Pikuach Nefesh and Kashrut
Question: My wife is a kosher giyores while her mother is not. My mother in law lives in our 2 family house and watches over our type 1 diabetic 8… Read more »
Kombucha Kashrus
Question: Hi, When making kombucha (fermented tea), you place a mushroom-like yeast/bacteria disc into the tea to ferment it known as a Scoby. If this Scoby was made in a… Read more »
tevilas keilim
Question: Would a glass that at the bottom is a straw (therefore no real bais hakibal) need tevila? Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: I don’t understand your question. the picture… Read more »
Ice cube maker for meat and milk.
Question: Hi Rabbi! I have a silicon/plastic ice cube tray (pareve), freeze liquid whey or ice coffee (milchigs), 1) What’s the status of the tray regarding the din of Kovush?… Read more »
onion dice/slice with milchig and fleishig knife
Question: hi! i started slicing a onion with a fleishig knife and by mistake continued with a milchig knife, whats the status of the onion? the milchig knife? and does… Read more »
Warm milk in a dough recipe
Question: Will making a dough recipe that calls for 3/4 cup of warm milk in my mixer make my mixer milky, or does it have to be hot milk to… Read more »
Hot Meat sauce splattered onto cold dairy pan
Question: Some hot meat sauce from a bubbling meat pan on stove splattered and landed on a cold dairy empty frying pan nearby (the splattered sauce was about the size… Read more »
Using ceramic dishes bought at yardsale
Question: Shalom from Jerusalem… I bought some used ceramic kitchen ware at Emuna bazaar this morning…pitchers pottery serving plates….what can I do to be able to use them….do I need… Read more »
what 3 foods are considered to be Davar Chareif
Question: what 3 foods are considered to be Davar Chareif Answer: There are more than three foods that are considered a dvar charif, such as onions, garlic, horseradish, pepper, spices,… Read more »
Using utensils with sharp foods
Question: If I am cutting onions/garlic and sauteing them to be eaten with fish, is it ok to use a fleishig knife and frying pan? Thanks! Answer: It is preferred… Read more »
Blood in chicken
Question: This may be an odd question, but I’d like to know. I was cooking kosher chicken drumsticks in a pot. I always notice a bit of blood coming from… Read more »
A smoker and milk/meat use
Question: We purchased a smoker to smoke meat as well as fish in it. My question is, can I smoke fish in this smoker that I also use for smoking… Read more »
Separate high chair trays for milk and meat
Question: Is there any issues with a baby eating diary from tray that may have leftover chicken? Is there timtum if babies eat meat and diary? Thanks Answer: Technically it… Read more »
how can i keep crock pot pareve?
Question: i have read the responsa dated june 26, 2015 titled ” crock pot for pareve”. in order to have a truly pareve cholent, I have a designated “pareve” crock… Read more »
Is it allowed to watch cooking video of non-kosher foods?
Question: I understand that neveilos utreifos, and nonkosher animals is mutar behana’ah, but meat and milk is assur behana’ah. Someone in my family likes watching cooking video-clips, and sometimes they… Read more »
Can I eat frozen strawberries in America?
Question: There are frozen strawberries in Costco with a mainstream hechsher. Can I eat them? Thank you for your help Answer: Without knowing what hechsher you are referring to, in… Read more »
Put dairy equipment soy milk in hot fleishig coffee mug
Question: Hello, Our coffee mugs happen to be fleishig, used with chicken soup, etc…is it permissible to pour soy milk made from dairy equipment into a hot fleishig coffee mug?… Read more »
Keilim touched each other
Question: I was boiling milk in a pot and it overflowed and spilled, i inmediately took the pot of the stove and accidentaly placed it my great grandmothers metal serving… Read more »
Chewable antacids
Question: Do non brand name chewable antacids need a hecksher? Answer: Antacids can contain ingredients that are from animal derivatives, therefore they should have a hechsher. Best wishes
Baby Formula and Cholov Stam
Question: My baby is 5 months old and is my wife is feeding her. Periodically it’s necessary to give the baby milk formula for example we’re going out, or to… Read more »
Vaping
Question: Is juul pods kosher? Answer: It should have hechsher, and this is indeed the opinio of R’ M. Shternbuch, and other poskim in E. Yisroel. It is also the… Read more »
Blood in Breastmilk from pumping, are the plastic parts treif?
Question: When pumping, blood was noticed in the parts and in the milk. We use the microwave to sterilize the parts. Are they now treif and we cannot sterilize them… Read more »
Why do we use different utensils for meat and milk?
Question: Why do we use different utensils for meat and milk? Answer: The reason that we use different utensils for milk and meat is because when a utensil is… Read more »