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29 12, 2020

Non-Hekhshered Butter

December 29th, 2020|Kashrut, Yoreh De'ah|

QUESTION

Someone used non-hekhshered butter in making macaroni and cheese. They want to know if the pot and spoon is treif. The only ingredients in the butter is cream and salt. My understanding is that butter with whey could potentially be problematic because it comes from cheese making. I would assume that given

  • one could make an argument that the cheese itself actually is kosher
  • this may not come from whey
  • all of this may be batel

that this isn’t really a

20 12, 2020

Bishul Akum with a Boarder

December 20th, 2020|Kashrut, Non-Jews and Other Religions, Yoreh De'ah|

QUESTION

Riverdale, NY

A frum family has a non-Jewish young adult (post-college) who lives with them and participates in family life (more than a boarder). How do we think about בישול עכו״ם for them from things he cooks?

ANSWER

That’s a tough one, because there aren’t even the kulot of when it is of a commercial nature, etc. I’m not sure what I could advise other than – in special circumstances – NB: NOT saying this as regular pesak – we could adopt a very broad category of