Checking for Bugs
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- With regard to fruits that are supposed to be checked, checking the majority of the fruits is not enough to ascertain that the rest are kosher. [1]
- If one notices a dot (that is not moving) on a fruit or vegetable, but even someone familiar with insects cannot identify it as a bug without a microscope, it would be permitted. [2]
- Most poskim hold that you do not need to use a magnifying glass to check for bugs. [3]
- Even though bugs are disgusting nonetheless it would make a mixture forbidden since it is a living creature and isn't nullified.[4]
Links
- Tu BiShevat Guide
- Bugs in Kashrut by Rabbi Hershel Schachter
- How to Check Produce for Bugs
Sources
- ↑ Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 46:36
- ↑ Halichos Shlomo Moadim (Pesach), pg. 176 and Shevet HaLevi 7:122
- ↑ Aruch HaShulchan YD 84:36, Iggerot Moshe YD II: 146, Halichos Shlomo, Moadim (Pesach) p. 176, and Yechave Daat 6:47.
- ↑ Pri Chadash 103:5 and Kaf Hachaim 103:5 unlike the Aruch Hashulchan 103:11. The Pri Chadash proves his point from the Rambam (Machalot Asurot 2:21). The Kaf Hachaim proves his point from the Shulchan Aruch 103:4 and Torat Chatat 85:24 (which was written by the Rama).
