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# If one will put down hot food on the counter-tops on Pesach one should either Kasher the counters or cover them, however, if one isn't going to use the counter-tops for hot foods on Pesach then one should just clean the surface. <ref> Rav Hershel Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/community_services/video/67558 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5769] between minutes 11:45 and 12:30 </ref> | # If one will put down hot food on the counter-tops on [[Pesach]] one should either Kasher the counters or cover them, however, if one isn't going to use the counter-tops for hot foods on [[Pesach]] then one should just clean the surface. <ref> Rav Hershel Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/community_services/video/67558 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5769] between minutes 11:45 and 12:30 </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> | ||
==Hagalah== | ==Hagalah== | ||
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# Microwave which heat up food like an oven are cleansed like an oven by having it cleaned from all Chametz, left unused for 24 hours, and then heated to it’s highest temperature for an hour. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | # Microwave which heat up food like an oven are cleansed like an oven by having it cleaned from all Chametz, left unused for 24 hours, and then heated to it’s highest temperature for an hour. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | ||
# However, microwaves which heat up food by radiation (which is common) one should heat up a cup of water with a little soap for a few minutes until the walls absorb the steam. It’s preferable to cover all foods heated in the microwave on Pesach. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | # However, microwaves which heat up food by radiation (which is common) one should heat up a cup of water with a little soap for a few minutes until the walls absorb the steam. It’s preferable to cover all foods heated in the microwave on Pesach. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | ||
# If the microwave is also used to cook or is constantly in use (like those in stores) shouldn’t be used on Pesach at all. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | # If the microwave is also used to cook or is constantly in use (like those in stores) shouldn’t be used on [[Pesach]] at all. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:10) </ref> | ||
==Dishwasher== | ==Dishwasher== | ||
# According to Sephardim, a dishwasher which is used with soap can be used on Pesach but it’s preferable to run a cycle without dishes with soap. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:11) </ref> | # According to Sephardim, a dishwasher which is used with soap can be used on [[Pesach]] but it’s preferable to run a cycle without dishes with soap. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:11) </ref> | ||
==Pans== | ==Pans== | ||
# Frying pans which one uses with a little oil should be cleansed with Libun but one has what to rely on to cleanse it with Hagalah. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 134) </ref> | # Frying pans which one uses with a little oil should be cleansed with Libun but one has what to rely on to cleanse it with Hagalah. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 134) </ref> | ||
# Pans used to bake cakes with a little oil should not be used on Pesach because doing Libun on it will break it and one has what to rely on to do Hagalah. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:13) </ref> | # Pans used to bake cakes with a little oil should not be used on [[Pesach]] because doing Libun on it will break it and one has what to rely on to do Hagalah. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 451:13) </ref> | ||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
#One should purchase new baby bottles for pesach. <ref> http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-passover-kashering.htm </ref> | #One should purchase new baby bottles for pesach. <ref> http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-passover-kashering.htm </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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