Hard-Boiled Eggs Cooked by a Non-Jew in a Non-Kosher Pot

If a goy uses your keilim to cook kosher food, in which case the food is bishul akum, is the kli now also a problem?

Answer: In a case where the food is considered bishul akum (not all food cooked by a non-Jew is assur), the pot also becomes assur and needs to be kashered as if non-kosher food was cooked in it. Pots that cannot be kashered or are very difficult to kasher, one should consult a Rabbi if there is any room to be lenient.

Is Pat Yisrael a halacha or a chumra?

Answer: Chazal prohibited us from eating bread baked by a non-Jew (פת עכו”ם) so that we shouldn’t come too close to them and intermarry with them. There are two categories of bread in this prohibition: Pat Baal Habayit (home-made bread): This refers to bread made by a non Jew for his own personal use. This bread is forbidden to eat under all circumstances, and there are no leniencies. Pat Palter (Bakers…

I am a pre-school teacher in a Jewish school, where some of the teachers are Jewish and others are not. We bake challot for the kids in our toaster ovens on Thursdays as part of their Shabbat party. This week, one of the non-Jewish teachers baked the challot. What is the status of the challot and the toaster ovens?

Answer: Thank you for your question. The short answer: The challot are assur to eat and must be thrown out. The trays/racks that came in direct contact with the challot while they were baking must kashered at a temperature of 850-900 F. This can be accomplished by using a blow torch or by inserted the tray into an oven and running the self clean mode. If theses options aren’t possible, then…

If one goes to a restaurant, and the goy cooks the food with the mashgiach just turning on the fire (Ashkenazi standards) can a Sephardi eat food that is cooked from this utensil in the future (he requests that a jew will stir the food for him). Since the utensil was already cooked with only a goy in the past,…

Answer: Yes, darkei Moshe brings that as long as someone permits such food the utensils are fine

My cleaning lady refilled our water urn- is it ok? Or I need to take out the plug or put different water in? And does it matter if she actually put the plug in?

Answer: A non-Jew may boil water for a Jewish person. There are two prerequisites that must be met for a food to be included in the issur of bishul akum. The food must be inedible when raw, and the food must be Oleh Al Shulchan Melochim – fit to be served at a king’s table. A food which does not fulfill both of these requirements does not have the restrictions of bishul…

I put kosher milk in a glass cup. However this kitchen (family) is “halav Israel”. What should be done?

Answer: Wash it when done.