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 »
Category: Kashering utensils
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 »
Do you need to tovel earthenware
Question: Do you need to tovel earthenware Answer: The only materials that have to be toveled are metal and glass. Therefore earthenware does not need tevila. If however the… Read more »
Do you have to tovel a glass 1.5 gallon water dispenser, if I reassemble it?
Question: Hi, I bought a 1.5 gallon glass water container that has a plastic spigot on the bottom, to dispense water/beverages. We don’t like the stock spigot and bought a… Read more »
Toiveled a glass bottle with a sticker on it
Question: It seems I have to toivel the glass bottle again, once I remove the sticker. With or without a bracha? Made the bracha the first time. Answer: You should… Read more »
Toaster oven
Question: Hello, I just bought the Breville toaster oven. How do I make it kosher please to use for my dairy cooking? Answer: All you need to do is to… Read more »
Diary fork made treif and kashered too early
Question: A dairy fork was used for hot chicken. My wife then tried to kosher it by putting it in a boiling pot. She did not wait 24 hours. What… Read more »
Does a food thermometer needs tevila?
Question: Does a food thermometer needs tevila? Answer: Essentially you do not have to tovel it, however it would be preferable to tovel it without a bracha. The reason for… Read more »
Toiveling Earthenware vessel
Question: What is the biblical source for not being able to toivel a Kli Cheres? Answer: It is not that we can’t tovel it, rather it is that it is… Read more »
Why is one required to wait 24 hrs before using a vessel belonging to a gentile?
Question: Why does one need to wait 24 hours before being able to toivel a vessel belonging to a gentile, what is the purpose of those 24 hours Answer: It… Read more »
Do I need to kasher my kitchen?
Question: Food with bugs in it was cooked uncovered in my oven. Do I need to kasher my oven? What about utensils used to serve the food? What about the… Read more »
Kashering a microwave
Question: I accidentally warmed up dairy food in my meat microwave. How do I kasher my microwave? Answer: Wait and don’t use the microwave for 24 hours. Then clean it… Read more »
Toyvelling a bread machine
Question: How do you toyvel a bread machine. Answer: Remove the paddle before toveng the bread machine, insert the machine into the water at an angle so that the whole… Read more »
Can you kasher a second hand espresso machine?
Question: how, Just let it run for a bit because of the heat of the hot water will Kasher it and just kasher the porta filter in a pot like… Read more »
treif lid on kosher pot
Question: A treif lid (ben-yomo) that’s still hot was placed on a kosher pot with cooked cauliflowers in it. The pot with the cauliflowers was not yad-soledes bo and the… Read more »
Concerns, in attempting to buy opened boxed items:
Question: Any opened boxed objects such as, glass (like Pyrex dish) or plastic (like parve plates) are they allowed to be bought and used. For the glass, must be dipped… Read more »
frying pan kashrus status
Question: A few pieces of rice that was being warmed up together with chicken flew out of the pot and into a empty milchig frying pan. What is the status… Read more »
Treif pastry in kosher mug
Question: Cleaning help made a hot coffee and dunked her trief pastry inside. Do I need to kasher it? If yes, how do I do that? Tizke lmitzvos Answer: My… Read more »
I ate non-kosher food on a kosher plate
Question: Hello, I accidentally ate a piece of cake on a plate with dairy utensils. Afterwards, I realized the cake was not kosher (i.e., the ingredients were kosher but the… Read more »
Pool for Tevilas Keilim
Question: Can one use a swimming pool for tevilas Keilim? Answer: A swimming pool cannot be used for tevilas keilim, because the water does not stay in the same place… Read more »
Required to tovel an electric hot pot owned and used by a goy?
Question: Do I need to tovel an electric hot pot that is used for hot water that is owned and used by a goy? I am staying in a summer… Read more »
I forgot to remove the sticker on a pan. Do I need to re toivel with a bracha or without?
Question: I forgot to remove the sticker on a pan. Do I need to re toivel with a bracha or without? Answer: Before deciding if the poan needs a bracha… Read more »
Kashrut
Question: Dear Rabbi, Accidentally I poured with parve stainless ladle hot meat soup into parve stainless pot. Can I make the ladle and the pot parve again? Answer: You definitely… Read more »
China dishes, unknown if used for milchig or fleishig not used for 10 years
Question: china dishes that have a smooth coated finish-unknown if used for milchig or fleishig–never used together–they havent been used in over ten years—-can they be kashered? do they need… Read more »
Metal peeler that was inherited from a non religious Jew, does it need to be kashered?
Question: We inherited a peeler, which has metal blade. The owner was not Shomer Shabbos. Aside from Tvilah issue, what about Kashering. Is there an issue of “duchka d’sakena’ or… Read more »
Sous vide
Question: Sous vide needs טבילה Answer: The sous vide immerser does not need tevilah, because it does not come in contact with food, and it is meant to merely be… Read more »
Does this need to be toiveled?
Question: If I want to reuse a glass jar or bottle that was bought with food in it (eg. a coffee jar or whiskey bottle) do I need to toivel… Read more »