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  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
13/05/2019
  • Infestation in food

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 »

Infestation in food bugs
12/05/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
12/05/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
12/05/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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

Kashrut of products kashrus
07/05/2019
  • cholov Yisrael

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 »

cholov Yisrael cholov Yisroel
07/05/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products e-cigarettes
07/05/2019
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils blood breast milk
06/05/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
05/05/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products hechsher
01/05/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
30/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk kashering microwave
30/04/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products kashrus
17/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
17/04/2019
  • Infestation in food

Baby Bella mushroom

Question: How do you check baby Bella mushrooms Answer: Please see the following link. https://dinonline.org/Bedikat/mushrooms/ Best Wishes

Infestation in food bugs
16/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
12/04/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products bugs fruit drinks
12/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
12/04/2019
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils kashering
11/04/2019
  • Kashrut of products

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 »

Kashrut of products kashrus
10/04/2019
  • Kashrut

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 »

Kashrut kashrus non-observant Jews
08/04/2019
  • Kashering utensils

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 »

Kashering utensils tevilas keilim
04/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
04/04/2019
  • Infestation in food

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 »

Infestation in food bugs
03/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
03/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
02/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
02/04/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat pet food
31/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
29/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

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 »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
29/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Parve knife washed with hot meaty sponge

Question: Someone in my kitchen washed my Parve knife and Woden cutting board with a meaty sponge that was probably recently used. I don’t know what temp the water was… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
25/03/2019
  • Kosher meat and poultry

Eating kosher food when poor

Question: Shalom If the person is in a state of poverty and situation that it has to receive donations of food to survive, and some of that food is non-kosher…… Read more »

Kosher meat and poultry kosher food
23/03/2019
  • Kashrut of products

Are sea urchins, oysters, camels meat or camels milk and land snails kosher?

Question: Shalom Are sea urchins, oysters, camels meat or camels milk and land snails kosher and allowed to eat? Answer: All of the above are not kosher and may not… Read more »

Kashrut of products non kosher animal
23/03/2019
  • Kashrut of products

Pas Yisroel

Question: OU fig bars – have to be Pas Yisroel? Answer: I am not familiar with this, but there are far greater potential issues with fig bars such as the… Read more »

Kashrut of products kashrus
19/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Confusion about the status of Tupperware’s

Question: My mother found milchig Tupperware covers and containers in the fleishig cabinet and she doesn’t know if the cleaning lady washed them in the milchig sink or just by… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
18/03/2019
  • Kashrut of products

Does Beer/Liquor need a hechsher

Question: Does Beer from Germany need a hechsher? In general does liquor or beer need a hechsher? Answer: In general if the beer is unflavored and is produced in a… Read more »

Kashrut of products beer kashrus liquor
17/03/2019
  • Hafrashat challah

Is a Goy living in Israel required to take Chalah?

Question: A non-Jew living in Israel and selling bread, is he supposed to take chalah? And if not, is a Jew allowed to buy this bread that was baked in… Read more »

Hafrashat challah challah
15/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Oops I used a meat utensil with my cheese

Question: I used a meat spatula (silicone) to flip my cheesy egg in my cheese pan. I threw away the spatula. Do I also throw away my cheese pan? Answer:… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
13/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

kashrut

Question: I have some fleishig china dishes that I would like to give away. Is it a problem if the person who I give it to may use it for… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
12/03/2019
  • Kosher meat and poultry

Kashrus of donkey born to a kosher animal

Question: Hi. Ive heard of some Gemara maybe Chullin or a chazal somewhere else that a camel or donkey born from a kosher animal may be permitted to eat. Where… Read more »

Kosher meat and poultry non kosher animal
06/03/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Garlic cut with meaty knife and fried in milky pan

Question: I used a clean fleishig knife to cut off the top of my of garlic cloves, then put them in my garlic press. Then emptied the garlic into a… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat onions cut with knife
06/03/2019
  • Infestation in food

Checking cherries

Question: Do cherries imported to u.s. from Chile need to be checked? Answer: I don’t have information about fruits from Chile, but R’ Vaye’s sefer (which was written a while… Read more »

Infestation in food bugs
03/03/2019
  • Kashrut of products

e-cigarette juice

Question: Does e-liquid for e- cigarettes need to have a hecsher? if not Which rebbeim/poskim say its ok? Thanks! Answer: Yes e-cigarrettes need to have a hechsher, as it has… Read more »

Kashrut of products e-cigarettes
28/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Meat spoon in parev pot

Question: Hi I used a meat silicon spoon while cooking a parev soup in a parev stainless steel pot by mistake. The soup had fried onions in. The spoon hadn’t… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
27/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Meaty soup in milky microwave

Question: I heated chicken soup in a milky microwave until it was hot, by mistake, what’s the status now of the microwave and chicken soup? Answer: My apologies that it… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk kashering microwave milk and meat
26/02/2019
  • Kashrut of products

Kashrus of vitamins

Question: I am trying to get off some medications, a nutritionist advised me to take these vitamins to see if solving problem, would you know if serrapeptase is kosher? And if… Read more »

Kashrut of products kashrus vitamins
25/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Waiting 6 hours for shalom bayis

Question: A kollel yungerman’s wife does not usually prepare supper for her husband. Therefore, he takes care of his own supper by eating in yeshiva or elsewhere. One day, he… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk waiting between meat and milk
25/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Microwave for meat and dairy

Question: Is there a way I can use the same microwave for meat and dairy ? Answer: It is not recommended at all to use a microwave for both meat… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk microwave milk and meat
25/02/2019
  • Kashrut of products

Gelatin Coating on multivitamins

Question: Hi, there are numerous daily supplements that have Gelatin coatings encapsulating the pill are these permitted to be taken? Yes I know there are kosher brands which I do… Read more »

Kashrut of products vitamins
24/02/2019
  • Mixtures of meat and milk

Cut dough with a milchig knife but put it in a fleishig bowl

Question: I have the following question: I Mixed sweet dough in a flieshig bowl, cut the dough with michig knife. The ingredients are Flour maple syrup eggs oil almond milk… Read more »

Mixtures of meat and milk milk and meat
23/02/2019
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