[Avodah] May one eat a salad at non-kosher restaurants while on the road?

[Professor L. Levine via Avodah]

>From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis


Q. May one eat a salad at non-kosher restaurants while on the road?


A. Rav Belsky, zt"l ruled that one may absolutely not eat a salad at a non-kosher or vegan restaurant. Here are several of the reasons:

  1.  Maris Ayin - eating in a non-kosher restaurant gives the impression that one is doing something forbidden.
  2.  The knives used to cut the salad may be soiled from non-Kosher use and that would make the salad non-kosher.
  3.  Even if the knives were clean, if they were used to cut 'sharp' or spicy vegetables, they will transfer the non-kosher taste from previous usage.
  4.  Many vegetables need to be checked for insect infestation in order to be considered kosher.


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