Question: My children painted ceramic bowls in a paint-it-yourself place in Beit Shemesh and they were then glazed and put in an oven to become usable. I’m unsure of where… Read more »
Category: Kashering utensils
Tevilla on pottery
Question: There are places where one can go and buy a piece of pottery (that is usually ceramic etc.) and paint it yourself according to how you want it to… Read more »
KASHERING PAREVE SPOONS
Question: I have 5-10 PAREVE spoons that were accidentally used for cold cottage cheese or used in a hot cereal mixed with butter/ milk. Can i Kasher them in a… Read more »
Toveling 3 gallon glass water jars
Question: we have large three gallon glass jars that we use as a water source (rather than tap water) – we unscrew the cap and fill it at a store… Read more »
Toveling with a sticker on
Question: Hi, My wife and I got married a few years ago and received shabbos china as a gift. All of the dishes have really stuck on stickers that are… Read more »
Kashering a treif microwave
Question: A while ago I designated a separate microwave for my cleaning lady to use whenever she wants to reheat her meals that she brought along. Now my microwave broke… Read more »
Kashering counter tops and sinks
Question: I have read on this website that one may kasher a sink or countertop. However, the reality is that it is impossible to pour hot water over all of… Read more »
Talking while toveling utensils
Question: I toveled several pots and silverware this week. I talked in the middle. I asked the man in the store how to remove the sticker. Then I toveled the… Read more »
Am I allowed to buy a wood cutting board Or other wood bowls that says it is preoiled?
Question: May I buy new Wood cutting boards or bowls that are pre oiled? Answer: You may buy them, but they should be kashered, once the surface oil is removed…. Read more »
Tevilas kelim for “disposable” baking rack
Question: If I buy a baking rack (a wire grill/grate) from the dollar store intending to use it a few times then to throw it out when it gets gross… Read more »
Bracha on toiveling a pot and its lid
Question: Should it be tevilat keli or tevilat keilim? (this is after the fact, I already opted for keilim since they are two distinct parts). Answer: Interesting question, in fact… Read more »
Glass jars from food are they made in Israel
Question: We have a number of products produced here in Israel such as honey, date syrup and coconut oil that come in glass jars. Is there a way to know… Read more »
Toiveling a utensil for someone else with your utensils
Question: I ordered 2 utensils, one for me and one for a gift. The recipient is disabled and I would like to toivel it first for her to save her… Read more »
Non Kosher Food Eaten on Dining Table
Question: I am new to keeping kosher at home, and recently had a guest who brought in non-kosher food and ate it on my dining table. (None of my utensils,… Read more »
Food cooked in non koshered oven.
Question: Hi, I recently moved into new apartment, previous tenants were not kosher. Do I have to Kosher the oven I don’t have self cleaning mode so how would I… Read more »
Grill
Question: Dם I have to toivel a grill? Answer: A grill that was made by a non Jew or was bought from a non Jew has to be toveled, with… Read more »
Is tarnish on a silver utensil a chatzitza by tevillas keilim?
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 »
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 »