[Avodah] Halacha Yomis - Wine, non-mevushal

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

  Is there any problem with an aino Yehudi handling a closed bottle 
of non-Mevushal wine?

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Q. Is there any problem with an aino Yehudi handling a closed bottle 
of non-Mevushal wine? Does the non-Mevushal wine always have to 
remain covered in an aino Yehudi's presence, so that he doesn't even 
look at it and render it prohibited? (A subscriber's question)

A. Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'ah 124:17) writes that if an aino Yehudi 
shakes an open bottle of wine, even though he did not directly touch 
the wine, it becomes forbidden. However, if the bottle is closed, 
even if it is not sealed, it may be moved or even shaken by an aino 
Yehudi (Yoreh De'ah 124:25) because ain derech nisuch b'kach (this is 
not a method for serving idolatry.) However, if the bottle is not 
sealed, an aino Yehudi should not be left alone with the bottle of 
wine. There is a concern that the bottle might be opened and poured.

Some have a custom (based on the Shelah Hakadosh) not to use wine for 
Kiddush if an aino Yehudi looked at it. In some communities this 
custom is widely followed while in others it is not observed.

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