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 »
Category: Kashrut
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 »
Cleaning Supplies kosher
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 »
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 »