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# It is possible kasher wooden, metal, or stone utensils. It is impossible to kasher earthenware utensils.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 116:1-2</ref> | # It is possible kasher wooden, metal, or stone utensils. It is impossible to kasher earthenware utensils.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 116:1-2</ref> | ||
# If a vessel was used even once for Chametz it needs to be cleansed to be used for [[Pesach]]. A bread knife which was once for cutting a Chametz food that was hot such as warm cake, warm breaded-chicken, or used to stir chulent. A teapot needs be cleansed because it probably touched Chametz when it was warm. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Isser VeHeter vol 3 pg 470) </ref> | # If a vessel was used even once for Chametz it needs to be cleansed to be used for [[Pesach]]. A bread knife which was once for cutting a Chametz food that was hot such as warm cake, warm breaded-chicken, or used to stir chulent. A teapot needs be cleansed because it probably touched Chametz when it was warm. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Isser VeHeter vol 3 pg 470) </ref> | ||
# There is a question if it is possible to kasher plastic utensils. | # There is a question if it is possible to kasher plastic utensils. <ref>Rav Shimon Eider in Halachos of [[Pesach]] (p. 137) rules that one may not kasher plastic utensils for [[Pesach]] based on Igrot Moshe 2:92 who doesn’t allow kashering synthetic rubber since it is a new material that wasn’t discussed by the Rishonim. Rav Moshe Feinstein (cited by A Guide to Practical Halacha v. 5 p. 90 n. 4) disallowed using corningware, correlle, or pyrex used for chametz to be used for Pesach. See however, Chazon Ovadia (p. 151), Minchat Yitzchak 3:67, Chelkat Yaakov YD 45, Tzitz Eliezer 4:6 who allow kashering plastic. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim] allows kashering plastic.</ref> | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is not to kasher glass.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 116:13</ref> According to Sephardim, one never needs to kasher glass, as it does not absorb. Rather, one must wash it thoroughly. The same is true for Pyrex and Duralex.<ref>Yechave Daat 1:6</ref> | # The Ashkenazic minhag is not to kasher glass.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 116:13</ref> According to Sephardim, one never needs to kasher glass, as it does not absorb. Rather, one must wash it thoroughly. The same is true for Pyrex and Duralex.<ref>Yechave Daat 1:6</ref> | ||
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==Stovetop== | ==Stovetop== | ||
# | # For a gas stove put a pot on top of the grate so that the fire spreads out and leave it on for a half hour to an hour.<ref> [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 14)]. Note that you don't need to wait 24 hours since the grates need [[#libun]] to be koshered. The Mishna Brurah 451:34 writes that really the reason that grates need to be koshered is a chumra of chametz since a pot doesn't absorb from another pot without liquids in between. After the fact if someone used grates without kashering them it isn't an issue.</ref> Some say that you should buy new grates for pesach or put them in the oven at 550 for an hour.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/passover/how-to-kasher-your-kitchen-for-passover/ OU] allows using 550 as libun kal for the grates</ref> Some require that the grates be put in an oven's self-clean cycle.<ref>[https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/338/preparing-kashering-the-pesach-kitchen/ Star-K] writes that the grates should be put in a self-clean cycle to have libun. The Star-K notes that a person should check with the manufacturer if the grates will break in the self-clean cycle.</ref> | ||
#The stovetop surface should be covered with tin foil for all of pesach.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/passover/how-to-kasher-your-kitchen-for-passover/ OU], [https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/338/preparing-kashering-the-pesach-kitchen/ Star-K]</ref> For safety, the oven vent should not be covered.<Ref>[https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/338/preparing-kashering-the-pesach-kitchen/ Star-K]</ref> | |||
# For an electric stove you need to turn it so that it gets red hot (which might only take several minutes).<ref> [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 14)], [https://oukosher.org/passover/how-to-kasher-your-kitchen-for-passover/ OU], [https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/338/preparing-kashering-the-pesach-kitchen/ Star-K]</ref> The stovetop surface should be cleaned and covered.<Ref>[https://oukosher.org/passover/how-to-kasher-your-kitchen-for-passover/ OU]</ref> | |||
#Drip pans for the gas stove should be replaced for pesach, or placed in a self-clean oven, or covered with thick aluminum foil.<ref> https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 14-5)]</ref> | #Drip pans for the gas stove should be replaced for pesach, or placed in a self-clean oven, or covered with thick aluminum foil.<ref> https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 14-5)]</ref> | ||
