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1) The water that is used
to kosher utensils must be boiling (i.e. bubbling) due to its being
cooked.
Placing a heated stone or
piece of iron into a pot of cold water to produce boiling does not
suffice, and utensils placed in a pot that was boiled in this manner are
not considered koshered.
2) Once the pot of boiling
water stops bubbling, it should immediately stop being used, as any
utensils placed in the pot that has stopped bubbling do not become
koshered.
If the water resumes
bubbling, utensils may once again be koshered in it.
(See
Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim Siman 452:16 and Yoreh Deah Siman
94:3. See also Moadim U'Zmanim Siman 281 for more details about the
level of bubbling necessary)
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QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest
on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting
topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the
Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to
questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my
own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
Why do we only keep 33
[days of mourning] of the 49 days of the Omer? why is one half different
than the other?
Answer:
The whole concept of Aveilus in Sefirah is an old
minhag. The Minhag began as a partial mourning, and remained so.
According to some, the Talmidim of Rav Akiva stopped dying on Lag
B'Omer, hence the mourning stopped and only 33 days of mourning was
accepted. Hence, even those who hold the second half, retained the 33
day minhag as well
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל
יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות
אלא הלכות -
one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in
Olam Haba - the world to come. (:מגילה כ"ח )
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