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==Which vessels require Tevilah?== | ==Which vessels require Tevilah?== | ||
# While the immersion of metal utensils is required by Torah law, glass utensils must be immersed only by rabbinic enactment. Glass was incorporated into the mitzva of tevilat keilim because glass and metal share a common characteristic - they are both materials which can be melted and reconstructed when needed. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan Y.D. 120:25 </ref> | # While the immersion of metal utensils is required by Torah law, glass utensils must be immersed only by rabbinic enactment. Glass was incorporated into the mitzva of tevilat keilim because glass and metal share a common characteristic - they are both materials which can be melted and reconstructed when needed. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan Y.D. 120:25 </ref> | ||
# Metal, glass, crystal, pyrex, and duralux require Tevilah. However, plastic, nylon, earthenware, and vessels covered in earthenware do not require Tevilah. <Ref>Sh”t | # Metal, glass, crystal, pyrex, and duralux require Tevilah. However, plastic, nylon, earthenware, and vessels covered in earthenware do not require Tevilah. <Ref>Sh”t Yabia Omer 4:8, Hilchot Tevilat Kelim (Rabbi Moshe Fariz, 2:2-3) </ref> | ||
# Some say that porcelain requires Tevilah, <ref> Hilchot Tevilat Kelim (Rabbi Moshe Fariz, 2:6) explains that even though some poskim held that it wasn’t obligated that was only because they were discussing porcelain which was ceramic not covered with glass, however, nowadays the common porcelain is covered with glass and must require Tevilah. Sh”t | # Some say that porcelain requires Tevilah, <ref> Hilchot Tevilat Kelim (Rabbi Moshe Fariz, 2:6) explains that even though some poskim held that it wasn’t obligated that was only because they were discussing porcelain which was ceramic not covered with glass, however, nowadays the common porcelain is covered with glass and must require Tevilah. Sh”t Yabia Omer 4:8 writes that porcelain doesn’t require tevilah. </ref> | ||
# Plastic or wood cutting boards do not need Tevilah, but those who are strict and do Tevilah for it will be blessed. <Ref> Hilchot Tevilat Kelim (Rabbi Moshe Fariz, 2:2-4) </ref> | # Plastic or wood cutting boards do not need Tevilah, but those who are strict and do Tevilah for it will be blessed. <Ref> Hilchot Tevilat Kelim (Rabbi Moshe Fariz, 2:2-4) </ref> | ||
# One need not immerse earthenware dishes, even if they contain some sort of glass coating or finish. <Ref> Igrot Moshe Y.D. 2:46 </ref>Those who nevertheless choose to immerse glazed earthenware dishes or fine china must do so without reciting the blessing, as the immersion is not truly required. | # One need not immerse earthenware dishes, even if they contain some sort of glass coating or finish. <Ref> Igrot Moshe Y.D. 2:46 </ref>Those who nevertheless choose to immerse glazed earthenware dishes or fine china must do so without reciting the blessing, as the immersion is not truly required. | ||
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# The utensil is immersed once, ensuring that it is completely covered by the water of the mikva. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:10 </ref> | # The utensil is immersed once, ensuring that it is completely covered by the water of the mikva. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:10 </ref> | ||
# One should remove a knife from the case before immersion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:6 </ref> | # One should remove a knife from the case before immersion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:6 </ref> | ||
# A child under [[Bar Mitzvah]] can only do Tevilah in the presence of an adult and he can even make the Bracha. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:25, Sh”t | # A child under [[Bar Mitzvah]] can only do Tevilah in the presence of an adult and he can even make the Bracha. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:25, Sh”t Yabia Omer 2:9(8) </ref> It is best not to allow a minor to perform the immersion. <ref> Y.D. 120:14, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:12 </ref> | ||
# Tevilat keilim is not to be performed on [[Shabbat]] or [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:13 </ref> | # Tevilat keilim is not to be performed on [[Shabbat]] or [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:13 </ref> | ||
# A non-kosher utensil should first be kashered prior to immersing it. <ref> Y.D. 121:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:4 </ref> | # A non-kosher utensil should first be kashered prior to immersing it. <ref> Y.D. 121:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:4 </ref> | ||
# It is unclear whether or not one who converts to Judaism is required to immerse the utensils he already owns. <ref>Sh"t Shevet HaLevi 4:92, 6:245(2) holds that a convert is required to immerse his vessels. Sh”t | # It is unclear whether or not one who converts to Judaism is required to immerse the utensils he already owns. <ref>Sh"t Shevet HaLevi 4:92, 6:245(2) holds that a convert is required to immerse his vessels. Sh”t Yabia Omer YD 8:7 writes that seemingly the convert wouldn’t be obligated to immerse the utensils and quotes the Sefer Devarim Achadim (Rav Eliyahu Kalskin Siman 196), Shem MeShmuel (Parshat Matot), Sh”t Nezer HaKodesh 17 who agree. Yabia Omer concludes that one should immerse metal vessels without a Bracha and one wouldn’t need to immerse glass vessels. See Tzitz Eliezer 8:19-20, 22:49.</ref> | ||
==Bracha== | ==Bracha== | ||
# For one vessel the Bracha is Al Tevilat Kli and for multiple vessels the Bracha is Al Tevilat Kelim. After the fact, if one switched Kli for Kelim or the opposite one has fulfilled one’s obligation. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:7 </ref> | # For one vessel the Bracha is Al Tevilat Kli and for multiple vessels the Bracha is Al Tevilat Kelim. After the fact, if one switched Kli for Kelim or the opposite one has fulfilled one’s obligation. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 120:7 </ref> | ||
