Dairy Bread

Hi,

The sages forbade dairy bread, lest one eat it with meat; even eaten alone, dairy bread is not considered kosher.

Stay tuned for exceptions to the rule tomorrow...

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 97:1)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Pesach posts

Hi,

Here are links to past halachah posts about Pesach. Please note that any times on these posts are for past years, and have not been updated.

Pesach Preparation

Pesach: Fast of the Firstborn

Pesach Seder

Chametz during Pesach

Chametz after Pesach

Have a great day,
Mordechai

A meat pot that was used to cook dairy

Hi,

One may not use a pot to cook dairy, once it has been used to cook meat. The reverse is also true.

If one accidentally cooked meat in an open dairy pot, or dairy in an open meat pot, but the pot is clean and has not been used in 24 hours, and the food cooked in the pot is not sharp-tasting, then the food is permitted, but the pot may still require kashering.

Please ask a competent rabbi for specific cases. Note, as well, that the law may change if there is a lid on the pot.

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 93:1; Shach Yoreh Deah 93:4)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Meat that touched dairy

Hi,

If meat touches dairy, and both items are cold, and the contact is not through soaking in a liquid medium, and there is no grease present, then one may simply rinse their surfaces and they remain kosher.

[Of course, one should avoid this through measures like assigning separate kitchen counters and separate refrigerator areas, wherever possible.]

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 91:1; Pitchei Teshuvah Yoreh Deah 91:1; see also Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 95:6)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

A separate bread knife

Hi,

Technically, one could use a knife to cut meat, clean its surface, and then use the same knife to cut bread that would be eaten with dairy. We would not be concerned for the knife's absorption of meat and then potential extrusion of that absorption into the dairy.

Nonetheless, the general Jewish practice is to avoid this situation, presumably due to concern lest the knife or its handle be cleaned insufficiently in between; we keep separate knives. One should not deviate from this practice.

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 89:4)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Meat and dairy tablecloths

Hi,

One may not use the same tablecloth or placemat for dairy and meat.

However, one who keeps all of the food on plates may use the same tablecloth for dairy and meat, so long as he wipes it down and then flips it so that one side is for dairy and the other for meat.

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 89:4; Pitchei Teshuvah Yoreh Deah 89:8)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Food cooked in meat/dairy receptacles

Hi,

One may eat dairy right after eating food cooked in a meat pot, without actual meat present, and one may eat meat right after eating food cooked in a dairy pot, without actual dairy present.

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 89:3)

Have a great day,
Mordechai