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How to Toivel a hot and cold water cooler?
I recently bought a hot and cold water cooler for our house. I thought it was a simple gift.
I bought one with a stainless steel water basin to help avoid possible health issues with plastic (and ...
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Delayed commandment for immersion of vessels?
In parshas Mattos, Bemidbar 31:19-20 we learn about ritual immersions for people and vessels who went to a war. These laws are taught after the war with Midian. Why did the Torah delay teaching these ...
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Tevilla for second hand dishes
I heard once that if a Jew, who is trustworthy in halacha, gives you their second hand dishes, which they definitely tovelled themselves, you still have to tovel them again.
I was young and ...
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Does chinaware need Tevilat keilim
According to Halacha, does chinaware need tevilat keilim when it is bought by a Jew from a gentile or no? Is this question a machloket amongst the different poskim?
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May a Jew Benefit from non-Toiveled utensils
According to Halacha, is it permissible for a Jew to benefit from selling non-Toiveled utensils to non-Jews or no? For example, if Jews decide to buy up the rights to a silverware company that sells ...
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Tovelling a non-stick pan
Should a metal pan with a non-stick coating be tovelled and if so, should it be with a bracha? Does the non-stick coating mean that it isn't counted as a metal pan and therefore it doesn't require ...
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tevilat keilim - ger toshav and meshumad
Do keilim (eating utensils) bought from an artisan who is a ger toshav (observant non-Jew) require tevilah (ritual immersion)? Conversely, what if the artisan is a meshumad (Jewish idolator/heretic)?
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Do cooling racks need to be toiveled?
Similar to but different from this question, do cooling racks need to be toiveled?
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Can a woman take a spoon with her to the mikvah?
If a woman is going to the mikvah for herself and has a utensil that also has to be dipped in the mikvah, is there any halachic or public policy reason she can't take it with her?
Possible reasons I ...
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Is one allowed to dine in a home where pots are kosher but not toiveled?
What would be the halachic course of action if one is invited for a meal on shabbos to a family who are shomer shabbos and kosher, but readily admit that they never toiveled their pots/dishes?
Is it ...
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Aluminum Pan Reuse
If you reuse an Aluminium pan does it then require a Tevilah as it is no longer a one time use disposable pan and now is a Keli which requires Tevilah?
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Why does the Torah explicitly endorse the use of lead, a carcinogenic metal, in regards to Tevilah?
In Parshas מטות, the Torah describes 6 different metals which require Tevilah (Bamidbar 31:22), one of them being lead. (Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, & lead.)
It is learned out that all metals ...
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Can one engrave on a utensil bought from a non jew to avoid the need for tevilla?
Yahu made the following comment on the question posed as "Electric Appliances and Mikva"
"Breaking does not mean that it can not work. As long as what you are doing affects the vessel ...
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Is Tevilas Keilim needed? [duplicate]
Regarding a ceramic crock pot that is always used with a plastic liner does it need tevila? or since food never touches pot its fine?
I looked it up
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Does a coffee grinder require Tevillah (immersion) in a Mikvah?
I recently bought a coffee grinder with non-removable burrs (rather than a blade). The only parts of the machine that is actually of a substance that requires Tevillah are the burrs themselves. I ...
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Can someone [be] tovel accidentally? (Does tovelling need kavanah?)
Does tovelling, either for vessels or a person, require kavanah (intent) to achieve the purification?
Let's say someone went bathing in the river, or for whatever reason just fell in naked; for dishes,...
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Tevilat keilim - one item definitely needs a beracha, the others dont
When there is a safek regarding whether to do tevilat keilim on an item we generally don't say a beracha when tovelling the item since this beracha is d'rabbanan i.e., tovel without a beracha.
However,...
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When does a pot/pan need to be toveled?
If I buy a pot/pan with intention to only use it a few times and then discard it (away on vacation and no intention of bringing it home) does it need to be toveled?
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Tvilas keilim in winter - better in river or lake? (if no mikva around)
In a situation where it's winter and two options are available, is it better to toivel in a river or in a lake? Which option is preferable? Both the river and lake are "medium large".
When I ...
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Tevila in Keilim Mikva without permission
Recently was at a Keilim Mikva which had a sign "No Tevila allowed for outside utensils. Only utensils purchased at this store may be Toiveled here". I was wondering if one goes ahead and ...
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Toivel a utensil used in a store
A local (jewish/frum owned) store near me sells these little glass cups with mousse in them (produced by a non Jewish company). Do such cups require tevillah from the stores perspective? follow up ...
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Don't rely on rov for general blessings, but do for tevila
The Mishnah Berurah (215:20) brings from the Chayei Adam (Kelal 5) and Pri Megadim (Pesicha LeHilchos Berachos) that even if there's sfek sfeka (a double doubt) telling you to make a blessing, we don'...
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Is there a source for not requiring Tevilah for the first use?
I have heard (as I'm sure many others have) that one can use a utensil one time before Tevilah. At the same time, I've heard that this is a common misconception.
Is there anyone who holds that this ...
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Microwave tray tevilah
Does you need to tovel the glass plate from a microwave in a mikvah, and do you need a Bracha?
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to grate cheese with a saw not Toveled?
The mishna in Masechet Shabbat says:
A man may take a hammer to split nuts, a chopper to cut [a round of] pressed figs, a saw for sawing cheese, a spade to scoop dried figs, a winnowing shovel and ...
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Why does a Meat Thermometer not need Tevilla?
In this answer, We were told that "according to the Star-K Tevila Guidelines, no tevila is required for a meat thermometer."
Why not?
From the Star-K's article on Tevillat Kelim:
Utensils ...
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What kinds of metals need immersion in a mikvah?
Metal (and glass) utensils used for food require immersion in a mikvah. What counts as a metal for this purpose? Note that there is no universally accepted scientific definition of a metal.
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Dipping in a basket vs. on a bench
Note that a spring is usable as a mikva for some purposes (e.g., a zav or m'tzora's dipping) and in some conditions (viz, with fewer than forty s'a and/or while not pooled) that a mikva is not. ...
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Is immersion of utensils (tevila) valid before koshering (hagala)?
dinonline (here) writes that
The hagalah [koshering of non-kosher utensils] should be done before
the tevila [immersion in a mikve].
Are there other sources saying so? Are there sources saying ...
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Loosely holding utensils in a mikve - halacha development
The Rambam (Hilchot Mikvaot 2:11) does not allow loosely holding a utensil in a mikve
When one holds another person or an implement and immerses them, they
remain impure. This applies even if he ...
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Why do we need the second reason?
Chagigah 3:8:
כָּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁהָיוּ בַמִּקְדָּשׁ, טְעוּנִין טְבִילָה, חוּץ מִמִּזְבַּח הַזָּהָב וּמִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן כַּקַּרְקַע, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים,...
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Does a ger have to tovel their dishes?
When a ger finishes their conversion, must they tovel (immerse in a mikvah) their dishes? Does it matter if they had toveled them previously?
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Why don’t we have to toivel hot water heaters?
If a water heater is essentially a giant pot why is it different than a coffee urn which does the same thing but is required to be toiveled?
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Does a tea infuser need to be immersed in the mikvah?
I don't know the criteria for an item to be required to be immersed in the mikvah before use.
Does a loose tea infuser (images below) need to be immersed? You put loose tea leaves into it and then ...
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Why doesn't the Rambam mention the Brochah on Tevillas Keilim?
Why doesn't the Rambam mention the Brochah on Tevillas Keilim? Even if he holds its a Mitzve Drabanon (as this is subject to an argument), but by others he specifies the Brochah.
So why is it ...
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Can a Jew use a knife that belongs to a non-Jew?
I know there's a whole thing about a Jew being allowed to use the kli of a non-Jew without tevilah, but I don't know the extent of that allowance. I was part of a conversation on facebook where ...
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Immersing a dish used for a gift
(Based in part on this question.)
If I purchase a new dish that would require immersion, and I use the dish FOR a gift (I bring brownies on the dish to my Jewish neighbor), and I do not intend to ...
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Tevila for a plastic kettle?
Does a kettle 1, whose body made of plastic, need tevila? (Do we consider the body, or the metallic resistor?)
1 A very classic electrical kettle, ie a jug with a warming resistor immersed into the ...
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Should I say the bracha when I immerse the vessel in the Mikve if I don't know what it is made of?
For example: we immerse without bracha on utensils made of porcelain, but utensils made of glass we do immerse with bracha. If I don't know if it's actually made of glass or porcelain, what should I ...
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Can an item toveled by someone non-religious be used?
If a cooking pot was expressly intentionally toveled in a kosher mikva by someone who is not religious (intentionally does not keep shabbat, kosher etc.) and did not make a blessing, but followed all ...
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Do I need to toivel Britta water pitcher?
Does a Britta water filtering pitcher need toiveling?
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Using mikva under owners conditions
I recently passed a keilim mikva which is located in a highly congested area.There is no charge to use the mikvah. Right above the mikva there was a big sign that said " you do not have permission to ...
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Are metim toiveled in regular mikvaos?
I just learned that metim are toiveled as part of the preparation for burial. I assume this is done in a mikvah. I assume this is not the same mikvah that the living use to toivel themselves or their ...
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Do dental instruments need to be toyveled?
Metal utensils that will be used to handle food that's to be consumed generally need first to be immersed in a mikvah ("toyveled") (if owned by a Jew). If the food or utensil is hot, the utensil must ...
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Kashrut of second-hand silverware
Note: I've just emailed my rav to request a psak, this question is purely to explore the halachic background of the issue.
Does second-hand silverware require both tevilah and kashering? If one is ...
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tevilas kitchen carts
Do stainless steel top kitchen carts require tevila prior to placing food items (such as fruit) directly on them?
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Does a table require tevila?
Does a table need to be toiveled if it is made of glass? It doesn't seem to be common practice, but I would think it's a כלי אכילה.
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Rav S.Z. Auerbach on Toveling Tables and Refrigerator Shelves
According to Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, z"l, as cited by the Kof-K, tables do not require tevila. However, he is cited in the same Kof-K article as having seemingly allowed omitting tevila of ...
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Toveling an item with Hashgacha
Many years ago, my parents bought me a jar of cider which had a hashgocha clearly visible on it. The cider came in a handled mug with a top (like this https://is.alicdn.com/img/pb/572/105/517/...
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