[Avodah] The Paradox of Purging Plastic Products: Is Plastic Kasherable?

[Prof. L. Levine]

>From https://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/6296

One of the remarkable debates of contemporary times concerns whether or not “new age polymers” such as plastic or Teflon[1]<https://ohr.edu/6296#_edn1> can be kashered. Not simply a theoretical question, with the abundance of Tupperware and Rubbermaid products (for storing hot soups etc.), as well as plastic parts and handles and Teflon coating as part and parcel of many of our ubiquitous pots and pans, this halachic classification issue affects us all. Quite interestingly, this is an issue that authorities in America seemingly rule more stringently than many Poskei Eretz Yisrael. Additionally, there might also be a distinction between kashering from non-kosher to kosher and from chometz to kosher L’Pesach. But to properly understand these nuances, a bit of background is in order.

See the above URL for a detailed discussion of these topics bt Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

Professor Yitzchok Levine






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