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# One can sell vegetables that have bugs in them since one isn't profiting from the bugs.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 117:3</ref> | # One can sell vegetables that have bugs in them since one isn't profiting from the bugs.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 117:3</ref> | ||
# One can do business with non-Kosher fats (chelev) of kosher<Ref>Shach 117:4, Kaf Hachaim 117:13</ref> animals as the pasuk says "יעשה לכל מלאכה" (Vayikra 7:24) that it can be used for any purpose.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 117:1</ref> | # One can do business with non-Kosher fats (chelev) of kosher<Ref>Shach 117:4, Kaf Hachaim 117:13</ref> animals as the pasuk says "יעשה לכל מלאכה" (Vayikra 7:24) that it can be used for any purpose.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 117:1</ref> | ||
# Many poskim permit anointing oneself with forbidden fats but since some rishonim forbid one shouldn't do it unless one is in pain.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 117:15 cites Tosfot Niddah 32a and Avoda Zara 77a, Rashba, Ritva, Tosfot Harosh, and Meiri niddah who are lenient with anointing oneself with non-Kosher fats. Isur Vheter 39:24 forbids anointing oneself with forbidden fats since anointing is like drinking. He concludes that although most poskim are lenient including Zivchei Tzedek 117:45 it is good to be strict unless one is in pain. Nekudat Hakesef 117 is lenient.</ref> As a result some are strict not to use bar soap that was made from forbidden non-Kosher fats (such as lard).<ref>Nekudat Hakesef 117 connects whether one can use soaps made from forbidden fats with the question in general of anointing oneself with non-Kosher fats. However, Pri Chadash 117:4 writes that everyone should permit the soap since it isn't edible. Biur Halacha 326:10 writes that it is proper to be strict. Kaf Hachaim 117:17 is lenient.</ref> | # Many poskim permit anointing oneself with forbidden fats but since some rishonim forbid one shouldn't do it unless one is in pain.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 117:15 cites Tosfot Niddah 32a and Avoda Zara 77a, Rashba, Ritva, Tosfot Harosh, and Meiri niddah who are lenient with anointing oneself with non-Kosher fats. Isur Vheter 39:24 forbids anointing oneself with forbidden fats since anointing is like drinking. He concludes that although most poskim are lenient including Zivchei Tzedek 117:45 it is good to be strict unless one is in pain. Nekudat Hakesef 117 is lenient.</ref> As a result some are strict not to use bar soap that was made from forbidden non-Kosher fats (such as lard).<ref>Nekudat Hakesef 117 connects whether one can use soaps made from forbidden fats with the question in general of anointing oneself with non-Kosher fats. However, Pri Chadash 117:4 writes that everyone should permit the soap since it isn't edible. Biur Halacha 326:10 writes that it is proper to be strict. Kaf Hachaim 117:17 is lenient. Orchot Rabbenu v. 1 p. 290 records the practice of the Steipler not to use soap ever because of a concern of the non-Kosher soaps. However, the Chazon Ish did use kosher bar soap.</ref> | ||
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