[Avodah] Ta'aroves of yayn mevushal

[Zev Sero]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> Rabbi Rich Wolpoe asked:
>> I open a bottle of nonmevushal wine. Q: in order to avoid
>> contamination by a non-Jew may I mix in mevushal wine? Or
>> must I mevashel the original wine by itself?
> 
> Rabbi Binyomin Forst's "The Laws of Kashrus" (ArtScroll) writes (pg 63): "Yayin nesech, due to its association with avodah zarah, cannot become batel in any amount of wine. It can become batel, however with other foods in a sixty to one ratio - batel b'shishim. (Rambam [Maachalos Asuros] 15:6)"

That's not the question.  The question is whether non-mevushal wine can
become pasul lenisuch by mixing in some amount of mevushal wine, and if
so how much?


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