Unanswered Questions
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If the Dodo bird had a tradition of being kosher & was resurrected, would it be OK to eat again?
Came across an article titled "Could scientists resurrect the dodo bird?" and it made me wonder: suppose there was a mesorah that the Dodo bird was kosher before it went extinct in 1681.
If we in ...
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What defines a "בהמה" (also "חיה") for the application of kosher-animal indicators?
As discussed in *Asher Bamayim* (אשר במים) in kashrus halacha, *Tzomeach* (צוֹמֵחַ) in kashrus halacha, and *Of* (עוֹף) in kashrus halacha, there are different rules used to determine the kashrus ...
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If a reliable person tells you that an item, bearing an otherwise reliable hechsher, is in fact NOT kosher, are you required to investigate the claim?
Suppose I purchase a package of fresh steak bearing a very reliable and respected Hechsher (Kashrut symbol). Before starting up the BBQ, my friend passing by notices the steak and informs me that his ...
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Informing someone that the food they are eating is permissible only b'deved(after the fact)
Does one need to inform someone that the food they are about to eat is permissible b'deved(after the fact)?
Example 1: Some milk fell into the chulent and the Rabbi employed batel b'shishim and now ...
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Graven Image Question
Can someone give me sources from Tanakh and Halakhah on why it is permissible for a Jewish [certified kosher] bakery to make images from Christianity and their winter holiday? And if it is permissible,...
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May one order food from Amazon Prime after Pesach?
May one order chametz from a publically-traded company (Amazon) which may have had food pass through any number of distributers on the way? The service in question is Amazon Prime Pantry.
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Opened "please-take!" food items in a non-Jewish workplace
Is it alright to consume unsupervised food items at work that are open and available to anyone, assuming the items were initially known to be Kosher1 and there's no evidence of tampering?
Items that ...
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Can a volcano, geyser, or hot spring become treif?
All of these things are at a constant hot temperature.
If a pig (or substance used for idolatry, like Yayin Nesech or idolatrous water) falls (or is intentionally placed) into one, can you drink or ...
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Can you eat foods during Passover, if you already opened and ate from the package before Passover?
Let's say that a person opens a jar of pickles that is kosher for Passover, and eats from it during the week before Passover starts.
Can the jar still be used during Passover?
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Pouring honey into a hot beverage
Can pouring honey into a hot beverage, such as tea, create a Kashruth concern?
In particular, if you pour honey into hot tea with milk, can you later use the same bottle of honey to add honey to a ...
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Did early-20th-Century poskim speak to reliance on ingredients lists on labels?
It seems to be common knowledge that before the OU hechsher on food packages, American Jews frequently relied on the ingredients lists on labels to identify kosher food.
Did poskim of the day oppose ...
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Why are we allowed to eat flour?
The Torah explicitly says that we may not eat blood because the blood is an essential element in effecting Kaparah (as explained in Vayikra 17:11 among other places):
כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר בַּדָּם ...
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Are there ways of reheating non-kosher food in a kosher oven
Are there ways of reheating non-kosher food in a kosher oven without rendering the oven non-kosher?
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Is ta'am (flavor) physical or metaphysical?
The Talmud and Geonim seem to speak about ta'am and it's ability to transfer as being a very physical process. The literature reads as if one would be able to taste the transfer of flavor from one ...
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May one broker the sale non kosher restaurants?
one may not do business with foods that are forbidden to eat (shulchan aruch yore dea 117)
However, if a person's business is not selling the treif item and will never comes to own any of the product ...
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