Venue: Italy Italy

Halacha:

Hechsher Keilim 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of Italy

Description

Lecture given on a bus in Italy. The tour visited a kosher winery. Rabbi Schachter discusses the laws of making kosher wine. How does one kasher, non-kosher wine barrels? What are the ways of kashering utensils, from non-kosher to kosher, from meat to dairy, and from chametz to kosher-for- pesach? Does a utensil, not used for a year, require kashering? What is the status of wine used in a church service? What is the difference between the avodah zara itself, and tikrovet avodah zara? Can one benefit from non-kosher wine, that one receives in a hotel room or as a gift? What special status does pasteurized wine have? What temperature is needed to be considered pasteurized? Why is stam yainam assur?