Milk and poultry – why is it forbidden?
The prohibition of meat and milk is a chok, a commandment whose reason is not readily apparent. Chazal...
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Kashering china
In general, one cannot kasher china, as it is assumed to belong to the category of kli cheres...
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Kashering utensils from meat to dairy
Let’s start with a basic understanding of the problem. From the perspective of the gemara, and even of...
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Children checking food for insects
Your question is a very important one, and it has broad application. In fact, since the applications are...
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Exchanging non-kosher wine
What you suggest is the equivalent of selling the non-kosher wine. If it is asur behana’a, what you...
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Commerce with non-kosher food
The gemara derives from the pasuk, “Vesheketz yiheyu lachem,” that one may sell non-kosher species (and some other...
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Use of fleishig oven for pareve food
Please be aware that there are diverse minhagim in different communities regarding the use of ovens for various...
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Milk that fell on hot meat
When milk falls into a pot that contains meat, it can create the forbidden substance known as basar...
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Swallowing blood from a cracked lip
The prohibition against ingesting blood is a very severe one. However, the full force of the prohibition does...
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What utensils require tevillat keilim?
We cannot go into all of the factors that require something to have tevillat keilim, but we will...
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Bishul akum regarding pancakes
There are two basic exemptions from the rabbinic prohibition of bishul akum: (1) when the food is edible...
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