Question: Is tarnish on a silver utensil a chatzitza by tevillas keilim? Answer: You should clean the utensil and try to get off as much of the tarnish as you… Read more »
Category: Kashering utensils
Hagalah and Tevilah Kelim for new utensils that were bought
Question: Shalom, I bought some new kelim, and I made hagalah, but I didn’t make tevilah kelim before Pesach and I used the kelim them after Pesach but I only… Read more »
Reheated chicken soup poured into glass cup
Question: I had thought that already prepared chicken soup (which was in a throwaway plastic container) was actually parve soup, and reheated it in a parve stainless pot, and then… Read more »
Poured milk into jar to get out choco, did the Jar need tevila
Question: Hello, Earlier today my wife made a hot Choco from leftovers of a chocolate spread. The sheilah we have is as follows: She boiled milk in a pot on… Read more »
Using Microwave water for hagala
Question: Would one be able to bring water to a boil in a utensil using a microwave, then insert an even meluban into the utensil to overflow the water in… Read more »
How to make old pots pans officially pareve
Question: Can I use an old milchig pot not used for few many months, possibly year, and old frying pan not used for years to cook pareve food that I… Read more »
Forgotten shaala on knives put aside for kashering
Question: Few sharp cutting knives aside from Shalla that was not asked. From few months or year ago. Don’t recall Shalla. They are all clean. Some are milchig, one pareve… Read more »
Hot air popcorn popper
Question: We recently got a hot air popcorn popper. My question is whether or not it has to be toveled? If it is of any help, the machine basically is… Read more »
Reuse of water used for kashering utensils
Question: Can the boiling water used for kashering utensils be reused for cooking? For example, to cook noodles. Answer: We do not reuse the water that was used to kasher… Read more »
Cheese on outside of toaster status
Question: We put a cheese sandwich on the metal rim of a new parve toaster and turned it on. Some melted cheese stuck to this rim, but no cheese went… Read more »
Koshering items that have not been used for years made of “un-kosherable” material?
Question: My family has inherited a number of pieces of china and other ceramic dishes, plates, and glasses inherited from a beloved relative who unfortunately did not keep kosher. We… Read more »
Status of pareve plastic bowl after 1 year
Question: A pareve plastic bowl (used for baking) was accidentally used to marinate chicken. I am putting it away after Pesach, what status will it have for next year Pesach?… Read more »
Making pagum the taam in old china dishes
Question: Regarding kashering old china keilim, on May 29 2017 you answered that “china is a material that cannot be kashered. The reason being, that it is a type of… Read more »
Closed Keilim Mikvaos
Question: Iv’e seen/heard many concerns about people making their first seder, leading to the purchase of new pots, silverware, and other utensils but since the mikvaos are closed have nowhere… Read more »
Kasher utensils on unkosher stove range
Question: Can I kosher metal utensils by placing them on the stove range and turning up the fire until they get red hot? The range will not get red hot… Read more »
Kashering sink for pesach
Question: We were leaving our sink for 24 hours to kasher for pesach but then someone used the sink to wash out a bowl with cereal in it with warm/hot… Read more »
Kashrut for possover
Question: Can I kosher for passover my knife if it has a wooden handle? Answer: Technically you can, because wood can be kashered, however you have to make sure that there… Read more »
kashering for pesach
Question: When kashering a sink for pesach, must the pot or kettle be a pesachdig pot or kettle? Answer: No you do not have you specifically use a pesachdik kettle…. Read more »
Seder plate Tevila
Question: Thanks for your wonderful website!! I bought a nickel plated seder plate. Does it need tevila?? Answer: Assuming that it is a metal plate that is nickel plated, essentially… Read more »
Kashering preparation
Question: How well do pots have to be cleaned on the outside in order to kasher them, or use them as a kashering vessel. There is a tremendous amount of… Read more »
Tevillas Keilim in Current Pandemic
Question: Hi Does one have to tovel his keilim in the current pandemic seeming as other people might have been their and left behind the virus particle? Answer: The mitzva… Read more »
Making DAIRY CUTLERY PAREVE
Question: CAN I put DAIRY cutlery in boiling water in a pareve pot to make it pareve? If yes, How long does it need to boil for? Does it make… Read more »
Giving glass jars as a present
Question: If one is giving shalach manos in new small glass jars, does the giver need to toivel them before filling them and giving ? Is it like buying packaged… Read more »
Immersion of utensils(tevilah kli)
Question: BS”D It’s raining a lot here in my town and I put a big 150-liter bucket under House gutter (spot that drains rainwater from the roof) and this bucket… Read more »
How to Kasher a metal insert crock pot
Question: So I found out the soup I was warming up was OU dairy in the crock pot made with a metal insert not ceramic. the crock pot was always… Read more »
Kashering of Knives
Question: My kitchen knives need sharpening. I have a client who is a former meat cutter, non Kosher. He’s offered to sharpen my knives. Can they be rekashered? If so,… Read more »
Glass bottles like Snapple(Coke), They need Tevilah?
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi. Question: I recently saw that you have a machloket about the drinks, Snapple, if one should transfer the contents to another kli, and to do… Read more »
Chicken baked in dairy glassware
Question: If accidentally chicken was baked in a clean dairy glassware that had not been used for more than 24 hours. Do I have to throw out the chicken and… Read more »
How to kasher a new rice cooker given by a non-Jew
Question: I took the inner pot to the mikveh and immersed it. However, a friend told me that I could not use it because it was given to me by… Read more »
Turning a dairy popcorn maker into pareve
Question: How do I turn a dairy popcorn maker into pareve Answer: There is no need to kasher the popcorn machine. The reason is since the machine was not used… Read more »
Kashering PAREVE spoon that touched milk
Question: I ate hot/ warm oatmeal that had (cold) milk and butter with a PAREVE spoon by mistake. How can I make (Kashe) the spoon as PAREVE again? Can I… Read more »
Tevilos Keilem for things toveled by store
Question: We recently ordered cups from a store for a party and they did not arrive on time . The store graciously offered to lend us new different glasses for… Read more »
Rinsing Baby bottles in meat sink
Question: Someone visited me and rinsed the remainder of the milk left in their baby’s bottle in my meat sink although the milk is kosher (dairy). Do I need to… Read more »
Do I need to toivel used glass jars?
Question: Do I need to toivel used glass jars (mayo, coffee, etc) before using them for food products? For example, using a used mayo jar to store soup? Answer: According… Read more »
Tevilat keilim for somone elses things
Question: May I tovel somonene elses keilim if they allowed me to use them but do not know about tevillah? Is there a diffefrence with a keli that may break… 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 »
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 »
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: Interesting picture, but the glass here has… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »