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# Maga Akum can only prohibit wine, not vinegar, but if the vinegar had been touched while it was still wine, the fermentation does not remove the Issur. Some were concerned that one would mistake vinegar for wine that's still fermenting, but, aside for situations that require heavier safeguards against intermarriage, the halacha assumes vinegar is vinegar and not subject to Maga Akum.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:6</ref> If the vinegar bubbles intensely when poured, one can assume it has been vinegar for at least three days and any contact with Non-Jews is irrelevant.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:7. See [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21867&st=&pgnum=108 Shu"t Shema Shlomo (vol 3 Yoreh Deah Siman 6)]</ref> Some claim that modern day vinegar is not the same vinegar as in the times of the Talmud, because even industrial vinegar does not bubble as described.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/does-wine-vinegar-present-a-concern-of-stam-yainam/ Does Wine Vinegar Present a Concern of Stam Yeinam? (OU Kosher)]. See also [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/4470/balsamic-vinegar-sour-grapes-or-sour-sweet-success/ BALSAMIC VINEGAR: SOUR GRAPES OR SOUR SWEET SUCCESS (Star-K)] regarding contemporary vinegar production.</ref> | # Maga Akum can only prohibit wine, not vinegar, but if the vinegar had been touched while it was still wine, the fermentation does not remove the Issur. Some were concerned that one would mistake vinegar for wine that's still fermenting, but, aside for situations that require heavier safeguards against intermarriage, the halacha assumes vinegar is vinegar and not subject to Maga Akum.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:6</ref> If the vinegar bubbles intensely when poured, one can assume it has been vinegar for at least three days and any contact with Non-Jews is irrelevant.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:7. See [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21867&st=&pgnum=108 Shu"t Shema Shlomo (vol 3 Yoreh Deah Siman 6)]</ref> Some claim that modern day vinegar is not the same vinegar as in the times of the Talmud, because even industrial vinegar does not bubble as described.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/does-wine-vinegar-present-a-concern-of-stam-yainam/ Does Wine Vinegar Present a Concern of Stam Yeinam? (OU Kosher)]. See also [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/4470/balsamic-vinegar-sour-grapes-or-sour-sweet-success/ BALSAMIC VINEGAR: SOUR GRAPES OR SOUR SWEET SUCCESS (Star-K)] regarding contemporary vinegar production.</ref> | ||
# We are stringent to assume liquid from unripened grapes (Boser) is subject to Maga Akum.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:8</ref> | # We are stringent to assume liquid from unripened grapes (Boser) is subject to Maga Akum.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:8</ref> | ||
# Wine spirits (Aguardiente), such as vodka, whisky, and arak, are included in the definition of wine,<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 123:24). See Kaf HaChaim Orach Chaim 202:16</ref> unless it was previously Mevushal.<ref>Shiurei Bracha Yoreh Deah 123:18, Nehar Mitzrayim Hilchot Yayin Nesech 5</ref> This applies even if it's a product of the pulp and pips.<ref>Pitchei Teshuvah Yoreh Deah 123:17</ref> | |||
=Mixtures (Ta'arovot)= | =Mixtures (Ta'arovot)= | ||
