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Hagales celim in “tzir”
When one wants to make celim (vessels) Kosher by purging non-Kosher absorbed tastes from it, one method is hagaleh, which normally is done with water. The Rema says in SA OC Siman 452:5 that b'dieved ...
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Why does age of a water filter affect how to kasher it?
The Star-K Web site says about water filters:
If they are metal and have been on [the faucet] consistently since the previous Pesach, they should be left on during kashering of the spigot [for ...
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Step-by-step Kashering: Hag'alah
What is the step by step process of Kashering for the method of Hag'alah?
Assume I've never done it before, and I am taking a recently used, non-Kosher metal pot and a number of cutlery and cooking ...
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Step-by-step Kashering: 'Iruy
What is the step by step method of Kashering for the method of 'Iruy?
Assume I've never done it before, and I am taking a recently used, non-Kosher metal sink for Passover. (Maybe I'm in a hotel.) It ...
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Step-by-step Kashering: Libbun
What is the step by step process of Kashering for the method of Libbun?
Assume I've never done it before, and I am taking a recently used, non-Kosher oven and stove, as well as a frying pan, for ...
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How to salt a chicken at home?
I'm Sara Gittel from the Shtetl and I just got back to my home with my freshly shechted chicken that I had brought to our local Shochet. I seem to have forgotten though how to salt it. Can please you ...
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Koshering granite
I have been told that a granite counter top is similar to glass in that it is not porous and does not absorb taste from food that touches it.
Is there a source in halacha for this concept? What other ...
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Efshar LeSoḥato Asur - because or even though?
I'm trying to comprehend the concept of "אפשר לסוחטו אסור" (roughly: "if it's possible to extract it - something prohibited from something otherwise permitted - it is prohibited"). As far as I can ...
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Kashering glass plates
We bought from eBay glass fish-shaped plates, manufactured by Arocroc (France) in 1970 or so. The listing had "unused" in the description but that is not certified. How does one kasher glass plates?
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Sharpening a knife as Ne'itzah/Kelipah
Can sharpening a knife be done as a form of Ne'itzah for removing a Kelipah for Kashruth concerns?
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Trustworthiness of “new” dishes
When one buys new dishes from a store (e.g. cutlery, plates, bowls), is there any concern that they are not as "new" as they are claimed to be?
For example, someone buys some cutlery and plates, ...
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Can an 'AGA' oven be koshered?
Can an 'AGA' oven be koshered?
Here are encyclopedia and video explanations of what an AGA oven is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRp9b1yFGA
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Can you kasher earthenware or porcelain utensils?
I read in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of the Yalkut Yosef that if one cooked dairy in a earthenware meat vessel, and if the vessel is valuable, then one can perform hagalah on the vessel three times ...
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Can I kasher a ceramic mug? [closed]
I have a ceramic mug which may have been used for a non-kosher hot beverage. I'm really not sure, I'm thinking I used it for coffee made at my parents' house a while back, though I'm not entirely ...
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Why does one need to kasher burners on a stove for passover?
I don't use separate burners for milk and meat during the year, nor do I think there's any reason to do that. So why the need to kasher burners before passover?
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Kashering pot from meat to dairy/parev?
I know I've learned somewhere that you can't kasher a meaty pot for use with dairy (except for Pesach), but I can't find a source for it now. Can anyone provide a source? (The sauce would be a light ...
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Is one allowed to ask another to kasher his items that may get damaged when kashered?
There is a halacha which prohibits one to kasher items which may get damaged when kashered (as there is a concern that one may not kasher his item well).
Are you allowed to ask someone else to kasher ...
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Why does smashing an earthenware vessel resolve the problem of the absorbed material of a cooked offering which has gone beyond its time limit?
Vayikro 6:21
An earthenware vessel in which it is cooked shall be broken, but if it
is cooked in a copper vessel, it shall be purged and rinsed with
water.
Rashi explains,
“[An ...
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Microwave on Pesach
A friend told me that his family will kasher his microwave in general (ie if non-kosher food was heated up in it) but will not kasher it for Pesach, letting it lie dormant instead. Does anyone have a ...
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How is Hagalah done on glass?
With regards to using glass vessels on Pesach that were used year round, The Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Orach Chaim 451:63) says that, for Ashkenazim, if the glass vessel was used multiple times during the ...
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Knife sharpening - can it be done anywhere?
Can you take a Challa knife to any knife sharpener or would you have to Kasher it after it is sharpened? Would there be a difference if it is a meat or cheese knife?
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Hagalah in Denver?
In high-altitude cities, water boils at a lower temperature than the standard 212 degrees Farenheit. For example, in Denver the boiling point is about 203 degrees. Can one kasher utensils with hagalah ...
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Can an immersion heater be used to kasher a sink? Does anyone have experience with this?
Normally, to "kasher" or "kosherize" a metal sink (from non-kosher to kosher, or before Passover), you clean it out well, make sure it's used for nothing hot for 24 hours, then pour boiling water all ...
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Forms of Kashering a knife
I remember hearing that a knife can be kashered (from being treif) by sticking it in the ground. But I also know you can use the traditional kashering methods - Hag'ala and Libun.
I have 2 ...
