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?
asked Jan 20, 2012 at 2:01
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1Are you asking about a sharpener that has been used for non-kosher knives or perhaps one that wasn't toiveled? I'm not clear what the question is.– HodofHodCommented Jan 20, 2012 at 3:17
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1Related: cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/1848. (A chala knife is serrated, typically.)– msh210 ♦Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 8:45
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2@msh210, While it is certainly very common for decorative "challah knifes" to be serrated, there is a practice to sharpen one's challah knife on erev Shabbos mentioned in Orach Chaim and there is a custom not to use a serrated challah knife.– YirmeyahuCommented Jan 20, 2012 at 10:09
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@Yirmeyahu, I never knew that! Thank you for the information.– msh210 ♦Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 15:39
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1@Yirmeyahu judaism.stackexchange.com/q/109545/759– Double AA ♦Commented Nov 15, 2019 at 19:58
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Rabbi Forst's "The Laws of Kashrus" references a Mordechai cited at the end of Beis Yosef 122 which permits using a single knife sharpener for meat and dairy, though he does note that they must be clean and that some have the custom of using different sharpeners (page 354).
I was unable to locate the precise reference inside the Beis Yosef, but the context seems like it is probably speaking about using a non-Jews knife sharpener.
Indeed the Star-K specifically allows using a knife sharpener that is used for non-Kosher knifes providing that the knife is clean. Both the Star-K and the CRC Article on Knife Sharpening speak of the issue of the heat generated by electric sharpeners used by sharpening services and both conclude that the heat is generally not sufficient to effect a transfer of taste (this would seem to implicitly support my gut feeling that even though with respect to knives the pressure can effect a transfer of taste even without heat, that characteristic of knives isn't relevant here). They both note that one must be able to ensure that the knife they are getting back is their own.
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כתב עוד שם דטעמא דסתם כלים של נכרים אינן ב"י משום דהוי ס"ס ולפ"ז כשמוליכין הסכינים להשחיז בבית האומן ומחזירן לבו ביום ליכא האי טעמא דספק ספיקא משום דבו ביום החזירן א"כ אם נשתמשו בהם היינו בו ביום בודאי וליכא למימר ספק משום דלא נשתמש בו כלל דודאי רגיל להשתמש בו כיון שאין ישראל עומד ע"ג הלכך צריך הגעלה– koutyCommented Nov 16, 2019 at 21:13
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