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==Buying for Pesach== | ==Buying for Pesach== | ||
#If you have raw chicken or raw meat you don't have to worry that it is chametz even if it was processed in a place where there was chametz. You can simply wash it off to solve any question.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/949232/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/hilchos-pesach-shiur-04-pesach-with-covid-19/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (min 11-15)]</ref> | #If you have raw chicken or raw meat you don't have to worry that it is chametz even if it was processed in a place where there was chametz. You can simply wash it off to solve any question.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/949232/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/hilchos-pesach-shiur-04-pesach-with-covid-19/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (min 11-15)]</ref> | ||
==Kitniyot== | |||
#Out of a concern of the coronavirus, this year some poskim permit taking vitamins which have additives of [[kitniyot]] in order to stay healthy and to strength one's immune system.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950289/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-7-kitniyos/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #7)]</ref> | |||
# Someone with Crohn's disease and needs to drink an enriched milk with kiniyot additives for his health can do so on Pesach. Also, he can do so within 6 hours after eating meat (see [[Waiting between Meat and Milk]]).<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950289/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-7-kitniyos/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #7)]</ref> | |||
==[[Kashering for Pesach]]== | ==[[Kashering for Pesach]]== | ||
# Some poskim allow [[kashering a dishwasher]] for Pesach even though there are plastic and other materials in there that are questionable to kosher. One should wait 24 hours without using it and then use with just hot water and no soap. According to Ashkenazim this should be used to kosher it from Chametz but not from meat to parve or milk or vice versa.<Ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-3-Mar-26-2020.pdf Rav Herschel Schachter (teshuva Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5780)]</ref> | # Some poskim allow [[kashering a dishwasher]] for Pesach even though there are plastic and other materials in there that are questionable to kosher. One should wait 24 hours without using it and then use with just hot water and no soap. According to Ashkenazim this should be used to kosher it from Chametz but not from meat to parve or milk or vice versa.<Ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-3-Mar-26-2020.pdf Rav Herschel Schachter (teshuva Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5780)]</ref> | ||
