Prepared to DeLIVER

In many places, the Torah forbids the consumption of blood. In the parsha of Acharei Mot, this prohibition of blood is mentioned. In Kedoshim there are nine references to blood, in the context of different prohibitions. This makes it appropriate to discuss the laws of preparing livers according to halacha.

Tevila of Something that Turns into a “Meal Utensil”

I received an ornamental honey dispenser and glass plate. I want to use the plate every Shabbat to hold challa rolls for lechem mishneh. Does it require tevilat keilim, assuming that it was made by a non-Jew(ish company)?

Is a Difficult to Remove Residue a Chatzitza?

Checking the Simanim for Rosh Hashana

Updated 5781

The right way one should check the Simanim for Rosh Hashana according to Bedikas Hamazon.

The Saga of Twelve Months

Is there any way to Kosher an expensive china set? is there any chance to eat during Pesach food that was cooked in a pot that was used once for Chametz?

The Cheese Factory

It is a common custom to have special milchig meals in honor Shavuos; thus, I am sharing with you an article on the halachic issue of gevinas akum.

A Sweet Change of Pace

What beracha does one recite over chocolate-covered raisins?

The Torah teaches that the second time the brothers came down to Mitzrayim, Yaakov told them to bring treats from Eretz Yisroel with which to woo Pharoah. Of course, they had no chocolate to bring, but we can discuss a different royal treat that the Aztecs considered a royal beverage.

Chalav Akum – Non-Jewish Milk

Honeycone

Why was the honey white? Is it considered dairy?

Some Contemporary Bishul Akum Curiosities

Salad at Meat and Milk Meals

Sometimes I serve the same salad at a fleishig meal and again at a milchig meal. My daughter told me that her friend’s family does not do that. Is it okay?

Water Slide

At the Shabbat Table

Bug-Free Tu B'Shevat

Updated 5780

The Crisis of Unwashed Meat

Bishul Akum for the Ill

Glycerin in Today’s World - Or "How I Stopped a Catastrophe"

Must I Toivel This?

Toveling which Utensil First

I made a beracha before toveling several utensils, primarily glass, which I started with. Then I noticed that one of the utensils was metal. Since toveling metal is a Torah obligation and for glass it is Rabbinic, could the beracha on the glass utensil count for metal? Should I have made another beracha on the metal utensil?

High in the Thigh

The Mitzvah of Gid Hano’she

What Makes Bread Jewish?