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==Basics==
==Basics==
# Utensils used for a meal that are bought from a non-Jew require Tevilah (immersion in a kosher mikveh).<Ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 120, Gemara Avoda Zara 75b </ref>
# Utensils used for a meal that are bought from a non-Jew require Tevilah (immersion in a kosher mikveh or mayan that are 40 seah).<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 120:1, Gemara Avoda Zara 75b. Even for a mayan 40 seah is necessary as Shulchan Aruch notes. Shach 201:42 agrees. </ref>
# It is actually a matter of dispute amongst the authorities whether the mitzva of tevilat keilim has the status of a Torah commandment<ref>Rabbenu Tam (Tosfot Yoma 78a), Rashba (Torat Habayit Ha'aroch 125b) </ref> or a rabbinical one.<Ref> Ramban on Parashat Bamidbar 31:23. See Yabia Omer Y.D. 2:9 for a list of both opinions. </ref>Nevertheless, most halachic authorities treat tevilat keilim as a biblical mitzva for all intents and purposes. <Ref> Aruch Hashulchan Y.D. 120:4, Sh”t Yechave Daat 4:44 </ref> All poskim agree that glass is only rabbinic.<ref> Pri Chadash 120:3 </ref>
# It is actually a matter of dispute amongst the authorities whether the mitzva of tevilat keilim has the status of a Torah commandment<ref>Rabbenu Tam (Tosfot Yoma 78a), Rashba (Torat Habayit Ha'aroch 125b) </ref> or a rabbinical one.<Ref> Ramban on Parashat Bamidbar 31:23. See Yabia Omer Y.D. 2:9 for a list of both opinions. </ref>Nevertheless, most halachic authorities treat tevilat keilim as a biblical mitzva for all intents and purposes. <Ref> Aruch Hashulchan Y.D. 120:4, Sh”t Yechave Daat 4:44 </ref> All poskim agree that glass is only rabbinic.<ref> Pri Chadash 120:3 </ref>
# A non-kosher utensil should first be kashered prior to immersing it.  <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 121:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:4 </ref>
# A non-kosher utensil should first be kashered prior to immersing it.  <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 121:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:4 </ref>
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