Friday, March 31, 2017

Eating Matza on Erev Pesah



Eating Matza on Erev Pesah

Day: Friday
Date: March 31, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 471

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On Erev Pesah, from amud hashahar (this year in Los Angeles approximately 4:14 AM) and on, it is forbidden to eat matza until the seder. The reason for this prohibition is so that everyone will eat the matza with gusto at the Seder that evening. For the same reason, some people also have a custom not to eat maror or eggs on Erev Pesah since they are both used at the Seder as well. However, these are not our customs. On Erev Pesah one should also refrain from eating foods made from matza meal unless there is a very small ratio of matza meal to the other ingredients. It is permissible to eat Matza Ashira on Erev Pesah since it cannot be used to fulfill the hiyuv that night. A child who is too young to understand the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim may eat regular matza on Erev Pesah.


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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Matza Ashira



Matza Ashira

Day: Thursday
Date: March 30, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 462, 467

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The Sephardic custom is to permit egg matza and matza made with fruit juice, also known as Matza Ashira, to be eaten on Pesah. Ashkenazim however follow the opinion of Rama and therefore with the exception of children and the elderly, do not eat such matzot on Pesah. The Matza Ashira cannot be used to fulfill one's requirement to eat matza at the Seders. However, after one has eaten the required amount of matza at the Seder, he may eat Matza Ashira as well. It is permissible to soak matza in water in order to soften or prepare it for some other use. Likewise, flour made from ground matza can also be used for any baking and does not become hametz.


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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Rice and Other Kitniyot on Pesah



Rice and Other Kitniyot on Pesah

Day: Wednesday
Date: March 29, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 453

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It is permissible on Pesah to eat rice, peas, and any other kitniyot. One must ensure to check rice well three times prior to cooking it in order to make sure there are no wheat kernels mixed in. Ashkenazim and some Sephardim are strict in this regard and do not eat these foods on Pesah. However, such a person, who does not eat these foods on Pesah may own and even store them in his house during the holiday. Ashkenazim may eat non kitniyot food in a Sephardic house even if the food was cooked in dishes that were previously used for kitniyot. Needless to say, a Sephardic host may not serve kitniyot to an Ashkenazi guest. A person who does not eat kitniyot may nevertheless cook kitniyot for those who do.


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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

How to Kasher a Table



How to Kasher a Table

Day: Tuesday
Date: March 28, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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It is not neccesary to kasher a table for Pesah if there is generally a tablecloth over it. If there is generally not a tablecloth then water should be poured over the table. If there is a chance that doing so will ruin the table, one should keep a tablecloth on during Pesah instead. Tablecloths that are used for hametz need to be washed with hot water and then they can be used on Pesah. When doing hag'ala one should not put in meat and dairy dishes at the same time if they have both been used within twenty four hours. Instead he should kasher them one after the other.


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Monday, March 27, 2017

Glass Dishes on Pesah



Glass Dishes on Pesah

Day: Monday
Date: March 27, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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Glass does not absorb anything that has been cooked or stored inside of it and therefore glass may be used on Pesah without being kashered. Even if the hametz was stored inside of the glass for long periods of time, such as beer in beer bottles, the bottles do not need to be kashered. The only thing necessary is to wash them well a few times. Ashkenazim are strict in this regard and treat glass the same as ceramic. (See DSH from April 8, 2016 for the laws of kashering ceramic). There are some Sephardim who with regards to Pesah are also strict about using glass. They should consult with their Rabbi if they would like to change their custom and follow Maran. Glass baking dishes also have no need to be kashered just like any other glass dishes. Ashkenazim may kasher glass baking dishes by doing hag'ala on them three times. After the baking dishes are taken out of the hot water, they should not be put into cold water as is generally done as part of hag'ala since doing so will cause the baking dishes to shatter.


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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Ceramic Dishes on Pesah



Ceramic Dishes on Pesah

Day: Sunday
Date: March 26, 2017
Parshat: Vayikra
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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Ceramic and pottery dishes that have been used for hot hametz during the year can never be kashered for use on Pesah. The Torah teaches us that any taste that is absorbed into the walls of earthenware utensils never comes out. Therefore such vessels must be put away for Pesah and not used. If however the vessel was used for cold hametz and that hametz remained inside of it for 24 hours or more, the vessels can be kashered. The procedure is as follows: one must pour cold water into the vessel and leave it for 24 hours. After 24 hours the water should be spilled out and this process should be repeated two more times. Once this has been done three times the vessel has been kashered and may now be used on Pesah.


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Thursday, March 23, 2017

How to Kasher Silver, Refrigerators, Bottles, and Dentures



How to Kasher Silver, Refrigerators, Bottles, and Dentures

Day: Thursday
Date: March 23, 2017
Parshat: Vayakhel Pekudei
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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Silver, gold, and any other utensils that are not normally used for hot food need only to be cleaned well to be able to use them on Pesah. Even if they are occasionally used for hot food they still need only to be washed well. However, if they were used for hametz within 24 hours of the start Pesah then they need to be kashered following the guidelines previously mentioned. (See DSH from March 13, 2015). Refrigerators and Soda Stream bottles also need only to be washed well to able to use on Pesah. Dentures need to be cleaned well from any pieces of hametz to be able to use them on Pesah. Ideally one should pour hot water on the dentures from a kli rishon as well as wash them. It is strongly recomended to remove the dentures before pouring the hot water.


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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

How to Kasher a Microwave for Pesah



How to Kasher a Microwave for Pesah

Day: Wednesday
Date: March 22, 2017
Parshat: Vayakhel Pekudei
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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There are two different kinds of microwave ovens. Some of them have a heating element and can be used like a regular oven. Others work only by using radiation to warm up the food as opposed to using actual heat. The ones that have a heating element can kashered for Pesah the same way as a regular oven: by waiting 24 hours from the last use, cleaning it well, and turning it on the highest setting for an hour or so. The microwaves that work by using radiation need to be kashered even though generally they are used to warm things rather than to cook things. These microwaves can be kashered by cleaning them well and boiling a cup of water with (non toxic) soap until the walls of the microwave have steam on them. As an extra precaution, it is also good to wrap well everything that is heated in the microwave during Pesah. Microwaves in public places that are constantly used or even private microwaves that are used so much that the walls generally become very hot should not be kashered for Pesah. Serving trays that are not used to cook on may be kashered by pouring boiling hot water on them directly from a kli rishon.


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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

How to Kasher Ovens, Dishwashers and Plattas



How to Kasher Ovens, Dishwashers and Plattas

Day: Tuesday
Date: March 21, 2017
Parshat: Vayakhel Pekudei
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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An electric oven can be kashered by cleaning it well, waiting twenty four hours from the last use, and then leaving it on the highest setting for an hour. A dishwasher can be kashered by cleaning it out well from any food particles and then running it empty with soap. A platta is kashered by cleaning it off well from any hametz particles and then pouring hot water directly from a kli rishon over it. Even if a person occasionally puts bread straight onto the platta this still works since the heat of the platta burns away any hametz that may have been absorbed.


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Monday, March 20, 2017

How Kasher a Barbecue for Pesah



How Kasher a Barbecue for Pesah

Day: Monday
Date: March 20, 2017
Parshat: Vayakhel Pekudei
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 451

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Skewers and barbecue grills are used without liquid. Therefore, if a person knows that he had hametz mixed into something he barbecued or if he toasted buns on the grill, the grill requires libun in order to kasher it for Pesah. This can be done by heating the grill intensely until it gives off sparks. If he did hag'ala instead, that would work too although it's not ideal. If one is not sure whether or not during the past year he put hametz on the grill he should still kasher it just in case, but for that situation hag'ala is fine. Molds that are used to make rolls and baguettes require libun. If they will be destroyed by doing libun and it is not at all practical to buy new ones, hag'ala may be done instead.


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