Disclaimer
The following is a brief general guideline. For your specific scenario, we encourage you to consult your Rav or your local Orthodox Rabbi.
The following is a brief general guideline. For your specific scenario, we encourage you to consult your Rav or your local Orthodox Rabbi.
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Tevillas Keilim
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Hafrashas Challah
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Terumah & Ma’aser
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Pas Yisroel List
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Tevillas Keilim
There is an obligation to immerse any utensil that is used for food that was owned or produced by a non-Jew into a mikvah. Utensils that require immersion, may not be used even once without immersion in a mikveh. Items that are questionable if they need to be immersed, should be immersed without a blessing.
(This is not in place of the need to Kasher when this is applicable)
There is an obligation to immerse any utensil that is used for food that was owned or produced by a non-Jew into a mikvah. Utensils that require immersion, may not be used even once without immersion in a mikveh. Items that are questionable if they need to be immersed, should be immersed without a blessing.
(This is not in place of the need to Kasher when this is applicable)
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Where
There are many halachos of what is required of a body of water to make it suitable for a immersing utensils. Not all Mikvos are kosher for Keilim. Therefore, we only recommend using the following locations for immersing utensils:
There are many halachos of what is required of a body of water to make it suitable for a immersing utensils. Not all Mikvos are kosher for Keilim. Therefore, we only recommend using the following locations for immersing utensils:
Sharon Keilim Mikvah
9 Dunbar st.Sharon MA Code 1818 |
Providence Keilim Mikvah
401 Elmgrove Ave Providence RI (in the rear) To make an appointment to dip dishes, please call Shoshana Golden at 401-421-6996. |
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Hafrashas Challah – outside Israel
There is an obligation to separate a small piece (any size) of dough from all doughs;, that have 2.5lbs of flour in them, and that will be baked not fried or boiled. This should be done immediately after finishing to knead the dough. If it’s a batter, a small piece should be taken off after the item was cooked. A blessing it said before taking this piece when the dough has 5lbs or more of flour.
Care should be taken, especially when making a simcha, as baked items may combine with each other in certain cases that would require challah to be taken where it wasn’t required before.
If a dough item has a reliable hechsher on it, there is no need to be concerned about taking off challah.
There is an obligation to separate a small piece (any size) of dough from all doughs;, that have 2.5lbs of flour in them, and that will be baked not fried or boiled. This should be done immediately after finishing to knead the dough. If it’s a batter, a small piece should be taken off after the item was cooked. A blessing it said before taking this piece when the dough has 5lbs or more of flour.
Care should be taken, especially when making a simcha, as baked items may combine with each other in certain cases that would require challah to be taken where it wasn’t required before.
If a dough item has a reliable hechsher on it, there is no need to be concerned about taking off challah.
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What to do with the piece of Challah
No benefit maybe derived from this piece of challah due to it’s terumah like status. If placed directly in your oven, your oven could become non-kosher and need to be re-kashered. Even though there is a preference to burn the piece of challah there is another option.
No benefit maybe derived from this piece of challah due to it’s terumah like status. If placed directly in your oven, your oven could become non-kosher and need to be re-kashered. Even though there is a preference to burn the piece of challah there is another option.
Burning It
Wrapped in foil, placed on the bottom of the oven and burnt while nothing else is in the oven. Once it is fully burnt it may be discarded. |
Discarding it
It should be wrapped and then placed in the garbage |
BELL PEPPERS FROM ISRAEL (red, yellow and orange) often appearing in U.S. stores, and will require taking of Terumos and Maaseros. Consumers should carefully check the fine print on the package, or the sticker on individual peppers sold loose, for the country of origin. Often the same brand has some peppers from Israel and some from other locations, so each individual package or pepper should be checked. Details of the tithing procedure can be found (courtesy of cRc Chicago) at Instructions for Separating Terumah and Ma’aser. One should always be careful when buying produce to check the sticker, bag label or original case for the country of origin. Some additional examples of Israeli produce commonly found in the U.S. include tomatoes, carrots, citrus fruit (oranges, grapefruit, lemons, mandarins, clementines and pomelos), persimmons (“Sharon Fruit”), pomegranates, mangos, dates, dill and parsley.
Bread product branded as Shaw’s/Star Market, Stop and Shop, Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market, etc., bearing the following on the label, are Pas Yisrael.
Zadye’s Market
Life’s a Bagel
- CT #3643 (Please Note: English muffins with CT #3643 are not P.Y.)
- CT#11666
- CT#14945
- CT#10308
Zadye’s Market
Life’s a Bagel
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