Question: Can one kasher aluminum made with diamonds (Swiss Diamond), i.e. does it have the status of “even” (a stone)? Here is a description: Diamond crystals are the hardest material… Read more »
Category: Kashering utensils
Kashering Pots from Meaty to Dairy
Question: If one has several used pots but does not know if they are dairy or meat, but knows that treif has never been cooked in any of them. Plus… Read more »
Drying Counter before Iruy
Question: When kashering (through hagoloh iruy keli rishon) a surface such as table, kitchen counter, etc., does one need to ensure it is totally dry after every sheficho (see Mishnah… Read more »
Tevillah of China Dishes
Dear rabonim, does one require to tovel porcelain dishes(bone china)? What is the mekor of the psak (machmirim and mekilim)? Thank you. Dovid Answer: Most authorities maintain that porcelain dishes… Read more »
Kashering Glass Stove Top
Question: Someone moved into a home where the previous owner was a non-Jew. He left his electric stove top which has 4 electric coil burners. The burners a covered by… Read more »
Tevillah for Baking with Paper
2 recent questions. Hope the Rav is doing well! 1) A kalla was baking and realized she had no toiveled muffin pans..she wanted to know if she could bake the… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim for Peeler and Can Opener
I bought a can opener and a metal peeler for peeling edible vegetables at a Jewish owned store in Israel. They were both manufactured in non-Jewish countries. Do they require… Read more »
Tevillah Without Berachah
If one toiveled an item that really required a bracha without a bracha and then used it is it necessary to go back and retoivel with a bracha again? Answer:… Read more »
Tevilah for Coffee Brewer
Do I have to toivel a single cup coffe brewer? Answer: The common custom is not to require tevilah for a coffee brewer. Please see here for more details and… Read more »
Tevilah for Borrowed Keilim (Utensils)
May someone use (through borrowing) keilim that belong to another Jew that have not been toveled yet? Answer: No. Utensils borrowed from a Jew are obligated in tevilah, and may… Read more »
Tevillah for Table
Does one need tevilas keilim on a glass table? And are there any sources for such a din? Answer: A table does not require tevilas keilim, because it is not… Read more »
Tevilah for Aluminium Foil Pan
Does one need to do tevilas keilim on a disposable aluminium foil pan? Answer: If a disposable pan is used only once, it does not require tevillah. Even if it will… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim for Electronic Appliances
What does one do for tevilas keilim on electronic items such as hand blenders, cheese sandwich maker machine? Does the cord and plug need to be toiveled, and are there… Read more »
Toveling Somebody Else’s Keilim
Someone who was in the middle of tovelling a number of kelim was asked by a katan that came just then in the middle that he should tovel his (the… Read more »
Tevilah for Swiss Army Knife
Can hagalah be made on a swiss army knife? As well how should it be tovelled? Answer: A swiss army knife only requires tevilah if its prominent use is for… Read more »
Tevilah for Porcelain Tea Kettle
Does a poercelain tea kettle need to toveled with bracha? What about its cover? Answer: The kettle and its cover should be toiveled, but not with a berachah. Porcelain might… Read more »
Kashering Sink with Plastic Faucet
Question: Can a sink faucet with a plastic spout be kashered? If I am by someone else’s house that was told by their Rav that they can kasher it –… Read more »
Tevilah for Fridge Shelves
If someone has glass shelves inside of a fridge that food is put on directly (without being inside of a wrapper or some sort of packaging) do the glass shelves… Read more »
Re-Toveling a Bought Utensil
Someone bought a cli that had on it a chatzitzah (a small one) that he wasn’t makpid on at all. He toveled it as it was. Later he gave the… Read more »
Tevillah for Kiddush Cup
If someone buys a silver Kos for kiddush from Jewish owned store (seforim store or silver store that sells these types of items). Does one need to tovel it? With… Read more »
Kashering Silverware for Pesach
Question: I would like to kasher my silverware for Pesach. I think that the blade of the knives are attached to the handle with glue. The MB (451- 23) says… Read more »
Tevilah for Ceramic Mug
Hi Rabbi, Does a ceramic mug that a child made have to be toiveled? Answer: If the ceramic mug is unglazed earthenware, it will require no tevilah. However, if it… Read more »
Using Vase for Fruit
Someone who has a glass vase that’s always used for putting in flowers, now they want to use it for putting in fruits or other foods one time. Does it… Read more »
Gemach of Glass Vessels
Someone who has a gemach of glass celim (for serving food on, etc) do they need to be toveled? Or is it like they are “omed l’sechorah” and patur from… Read more »
Tevilah for Glass Challah Board
There is a din of beis hastarim also by tevilas celim…Someone has a challah board that is wood with silver then on top of it is attached a big piece… Read more »
Toveling Electrical Appliance
Hot air popcorn maker that has a metal base where the popcorn kernels sit which ruins if submersed under water, is this necessary to tovel it or is it better… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim for Glass Lid
Does one need to toivel the glass to an earthenware chulent pot? The food steam hits the pot but the glass never really touches the food, and the pot itself… Read more »
Tevilas Kelim when Outer Vessel is Metal
Someone showed me a vessel and asked if it needed tevila. The outside of the mug was metal but the inside was plastic, so the drink never touches any metal…. Read more »
Tevilas Keilim on Tisha Be’av / Blessing on Utensil with 2 Parts
Can one tovel a utensil on tisha bav? If someone needs to tovel a juicer that has 2 metal attachments, is the bracha kelim in the plural, or keli in… Read more »
Wrong Bracha on Tevilas Keilim
I was toivelling a few frying pans the other day. Because there are no proper mikvaot by where I live, I had to use the ocean, but because I picked… Read more »
Tevilah for Copper Cup
Does a copper cup need to be toveled? Answer: Yes, being a metal, a copper cup needs to be toveled. Although the Torah mentions iron and a number of other… Read more »
Tevillah for Can Opener
Does one have to tovel a metal can opener? If no tevilas kelim mikvah is close by, can one use a womans mikvah? Answer: There is no need to toivel… Read more »
Libun and Milui Ve-Irui before Pesach
Question: 1) Someone started milui ve-irui on Friday afternoon, April 15, meaning that the 72 hours are finished after the time of issur chametz. Would that be a problem? The… Read more »
Toveling Electric Cord
When one tovels an electrical kitchen appliance does one also have to tovel the attached cord and plug? Answer: Although this question is the subject of a dispute among authorities,… Read more »
Tevilah for Disposable Pans
I have a question regarding the need to Tavel disposable aluminum pans, and other metal vessels made in the far east with Hebrew printed or engraved on them: What is… Read more »
Tevilas Kelim for Utensils Made by Irreligious Jews
The grape juice bottles with a triangle on them are manufactured in Israel. However the company that manufactures them desecrates Shabos – does this obligate a person to toivel them… Read more »
Source for Tevilat Keylim
What is the source for tevilat keilim, and why do we do it? Answer: According to most auathorities, tevilat keilim is a Torah mitzvah, which we learn from the verse… Read more »
Tevillah for Disposable Foil Pan
Does one need to toivel a disposable foil pan if he plans on using it more than once? Answer: If a foil pan is used only once, it does not… Read more »
Chatzitzah on Handles
I toiveled a pot recently. Before I toiveld it I took off all the chatziztos. My wife then used the pot for cooking in. However, after a week or so we noticed that… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim in River
Can one use a lake or a river to toivel their vessels? Answer: Natural lakes and rivers can be used for tevilas keilim, provided they contain 40 se’ah (of course,… Read more »
Tevilah of Plastic/Metal Spoon
i would like to know if i have to toivel my babys spoon, the top is metal and the bottom which he leaks is plastic thank you Answer: If the… Read more »
Tevillah of china dishes
Does china (dishes) require tevila? Answer Glazed china requires tevillah without a brocha
Tovelling a coffee machine
What is the halacha if one buys a coffee machine that has metal piping inside it but I am afraid if I toivel the entire machine that it will break?… Read more »
Tevilas Keilim – Redoing
Before yuntif a new set (about 80 pieces) of cutlery was bought and toiveled. I discovered after they were toiveled that one of the forks had a thick black goey… Read more »
Tevilas Kelim – Saltshaker
Question: Does a glass saltshaker require tevilloh? Answer: A saltshaker that has a glass container to hold the salt and a glass cover with holes in it needs tevilloh with… Read more »
Tevilas Kelim – Pickle Jar
Q We bought some pickles in a glass jar. I do not know if the jar was immersed in a mikve or not, but I somehow doubt the hechsher includes… Read more »
Ma’ase Uman – Tevilas Kelim
Q I just got a new toaster, and when I was going to open it, I discovered that the screw head is not a standard one; I’ll need a Torx… Read more »
Hagalah – Plastic Utensils
Question: Is it possible to do hagalah to plastic utensils? I heard that nowadays it is since the utensils could withstand boiling water. Is it true? Answer: Doing hagalah does not depend… Read more »