Halacha Tag: koshering utensils

Ben Yomo – Hagala

RL / May 11, 2021 /

The Rama (יו”ד קכא:ב) writes that the custom is to do hagala only when a utensil is not a ben yomo – not used in the past twenty-four hours. There are two reasons for this custom. One reason is that we don’t want a person to mistakenly do hagala on a meat utensil and dairy […]

Switching a Utensil from Meat to Milk

RL / April 12, 2021 /

The Magen Avraham (או”ח תקט ס”ק יא) writes that it is prohibited to keep switching a utensil from meat to milk and vice versa, because one may forget to kosher the utensil one time and use it for the wrong food. This is a general rule, however there are a few exceptions. If the utensil […]

Hagala

RL / March 7, 2021 /

Hagala means using boiling water to pull out the beliot in the utensil. Since there is a rule of k’bolo kach polto – whichever method of cooking was originally used to put the beliot in the utensil is the method that can remove the beliot. The type of cooking used for hagala can differ from […]

K’bolo Kach Polto – Beliot Come Out the Way They Go In

RL / March 2, 2021 /

The Gemara (פסחים ל) writes regarding utensils that can be koshered, there is a rule k’bolo kach polto – whatever method was originally used to put the beliot in the utensil is the method necessary to remove the beliot. The Gemara explains that there are different levels of koshering a utensil. Cooking in water (hagala) […]