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]
Strawberries
- The Star-K writes that one should wash the strawberries in soap water and agitate them in the water. Afterwards the tops should be cut off and no checking is required.[5]
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).
- ↑ https://www.star-k.org/checking. Rav Shlomo Amar in Shma Shlomo YD 7:4-5 5772 writes that the strict halacha is that any bug that's not visible to the naked eye is permitted and even if it is detectable by its movement it is permitted. As such he thinks that strawberries don't need to be checked but it is proper to wash them in soap and water and remove the tops.
