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Washing Pareve and Dairy Keilim Together in a Dishwasher

April 2nd, 2021|Kashrut, Yoreh De'ah|

QUESTION

Chicago, IL

Is there any reason not to wash pareve keilim alongside gendered keilim in a dishwasher? That is, if we use our dishwasher for dairy, are there any consequences from washing pareve pots or casseroles, etc. in the dishwasher along with the dairy items?

ANSWER

If there’s no be’ein it’s obviously not a problem. It is all nat bat nat. If there is be’ein then if the milkhig is not touching the pareve plate then also not a problem. It becomes nat bar nat in the water which then won’t transfer to the pareve keli. The only issue is if the milkhig keilim are directly on the pareve plate and they

Ashkenazi Roommate of a Sephardi Using Kitniyot Pots

QUESTION

Chicago, IL

Any recommendations for an Ashkenazi Jew whose roommate is a Kitniyot eating Sephardi vegan viz. pots and pans and dishes etc.?

ANSWER

Yes, it’s totally fine. Kitniyot are bateil berov – Shulchan Arukh OC 453:1 and Mishnah Berurah 453:9. As such, we can assume that there is rov of the actual food being cooked against what it absorbed. Admittedly, this can be questioned:

Maybe with all the ways we go to extremes to assume that the pot absorbed its entire volume (or the amount of food being cooked, whichever is less), we should assume that there might not be rov against the food absorbed

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