(א) שלא לאפות היתר ואיסור בתנור א'. ובו ז' סעיפים:
אין צולין בשר כשרה עם בשר נבילה או של בהמה טמאה בתנור א' ואף על פי שאין נוגעים זה בזה ואם צלאן הרי זה מותר ואפילו היתה האסורה שמינה הרבה והמותרת רזה ואם התנור גדול שמחזיק י"ב עשרונים ופיו פתוח מותר לצלותם בו ובלבד שלא יגעו זה בזה ואם אחד מהם מכוסה בקערה או בבצק וכיוצא בו מותר לצלותם אפילו בתנור קטן ופיו סתום:
הגה וה"ה לבשר עם חלב נמי דינא הכי (טור סימן צ"ז) ונוהגין להחמיר לכתחלה אפילו בתנור גדול ובדיעבד להקל אפילו בתנור קטן (ארוך כלל ל"ט דלא כב"י ובתשובת ר"י מינץ ובהגהת ש"ד ואגור בשם מהרי"ל וטור בשם רשב"א שכן הסכמת רוב המורים והוא שיטת רש"י וה"ג ורי"ף ורמב"ם) ואם אפה פת עם בשר אסור לאכלו עם חלב אם יש לו פת אחר (שם) וכן אם עובד כוכבים אפה פת עם איסור אסור לקנות אותו פת אם יש פת אחר דכל זה מקרי לכתחלה אבל אם אין לו פת אחר בריוח מותר בשניהם דזה מקרי לענין זה דיעבד (אגור בשם ר"י מולין) י"א דאין מתירין ריחא אפילו בדיעבד אלא אם כן התנור פתוח קצת מן הצד או למעלה במקום שהעשן יוצא (שם בארוך) ובמקום הפסד אין להחמיר בדיעבד (כי כן נראה מהפוסקים וכ"פ ב"י) אפילו סתום לגמרי ואם האיסור דבר חריף וכל שכן אם ההיתר דבר חריף ריחא מילתא היא ואפילו בדיעבד אסור אם שניהם מגולים אבל אם אחד מהם מכוסה אפילו בבצק בעלמא מותר (מרדכי פ' ג"ה ואו"ה)...
(1) Do not roast kosher meat with non-kosher meat or meat of an unclean animal in the same oven, even if they do not touch one another. But if you did roast them, this is permitted - and even if the piece of forbidden meat was very fatty and the piece of permitted meat was lean. But if the oven is large enough to hold 12 esronim, and its mouth is open, then it is permitted to roast them in it as long as they do not touch one another. And if one of them is covered with a bowl or with dough or the like, it is permitted to roast them, even in a small oven with a closed mouth.
Comment: The same is true for meat with milk - the ruling is also thus. And it is customary to be strict before the fact, even with a large oven, and after the fact to be lenient even with a small oven. But, if one baked a loaf of bread with meat, it is forbidden to eat it with milk if he has another loaf. And thus if an idolator baked a loaf of bread with something prohibited, it is prohibited to buy that loaf if he has another loaf - because all this is an instance of "before the fact." But if he has no other loaf available, both are permitted, because this is an instance of "after the fact." There are some who say that we do not permit on the basis of smell not being an issue, even after the fact, unless the oven is open from the side or above where the smoke can escape. But in a case of financial loss we are not stringent after the fact, even if the oven is completely closed. If the prohibited thing is pungent, and all the more so if the permitted thing is pungent, smell is an issue and even after the fact it is prohibited, if the two of them are uncovered. But if one of them is covered, even as is common with dough, it is permitted...
McDonald's Settles Beef Over Fries
June 5, 2002 / 6:40 AM / AP
By Herbert G. McCann
McDonald's Corp. has agreed to donate $10 million to Hindu and other groups to settle lawsuits filed against the chain for mislabeling french fries and hash browns as vegetarian.
McDonald's also posted an apology on its Web site, acknowledging that mistakes were made in communicating to customers and the public about the ingredients in the fries and hash browns. The vegetable oil used to prepare the fries and hash browns was not pure, but contained essence of beef for flavoring purposes. Many Hindus consider cows sacred and do not eat beef.
"We regret we did not provide these customers with complete information, and we sincerely apologize for any hardship that these miscommunications have caused among Hindus, vegetarians and others," the company said in an apology posted June 1 on the Web site. "We should have done a better job in these areas, and we're committed to doing a better job in the future."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-settles-beef-over-fries/
Halakhah L'Ma'aseh, Etz Hayim Humash
Exodus 23:19 You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk
Expanding on this verse, Jewish law prohibits preparing, eating, serving, or benefiting from a mixture of meat and dairy together. Separate utensils are used for cooking and serving meat and dairy foods. One rinses the mouth, and some wait one half hour after eating dairy before eating meat; one waits three hours or six hours after eating meat before eating dairy, according to variant regional customs.
Etz Hayim Humash
Deut 14:21: You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
This rule is listed with the food prohibitions because meat cooked this way may not be eaten (see Exod. 23:19, 34:26). Meat boiled in sour milk (leben) was probably regarded as a delicacy, as it is by Arabs. The prohibition is similar to the rule against slaughtering cattle and their young on the same day and the requirement that newborn cattle remain with their mothers at least one week before they are sacrificed, to prevent acts of insensitivity against animals.
(1) The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them: (2) Speak to the Israelite people thus: These are the creatures that you may eat from among all the land animals: (3) any animal that has true hoofs, with clefts through the hoofs, and that chews the cud—such you may eat. (4) The following, however, of those that either chew the cud or have true hoofs, you shall not eat: the camel—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is unclean for you; (5) the daman—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is unclean for you; (6) the hare—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is unclean for you; (7) and the swine—although it has true hoofs, with the hoofs cleft through, it does not chew the cud: it is unclean for you. (8) You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
Discussion Question 1
Y. L. Gordon wrote, "Be a Jew in your tent and a man in the street." If you observed kashrut and found yourself in a social situation in which non-kosher food was served, how would you react?
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Discussion Question 2
What are ways that some people make their religious ethnic, or cultural identity known? How do you let others know that you are Jewish?
(questions adapted from Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values, and Activities)
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(10) But anything in the seas or in the streams that has no fins and scales, among all the swarming things of the water and among all the other living creatures that are in the water—they are an abomination for you (11) and an abomination for you they shall remain: you shall not eat of their flesh and you shall abominate their carcasses.
(לו) יש מי שכתב בשם חכמי הטבע דהמסתכל בזכוכית המגדלת שקורין ספאקטיוו"א יראה בחומץ מלא תולעים והנה בחומץ אין חשש כמו שנתבאר דהתולעים המתהוים בתלוש התירה התורה אמנם שמעתי שבכל מיני מים וביחוד במי גשמים מלא ברואים דקים שאין העין יכולה לראותם ובילדותי שמעתי מפי אחד שהיה במרחקים וראה דרך זכוכית המגדלת עד מאד כרבבות פעמים במים כל המיני ברואים ולפ"ז איך אנו שותים מים שהרי אלו הברואים נתהוו במקודם אמנם האמת הוא דלא אסרה תורה במה שאין העין שולטת בו דלא ניתנה תורה למלאכים דאל"כ הרי כמה מהחוקרים כתבו שגם כל האויר הוא מלא ברואים דקים מן הדקים וכשהאדם פותח פיו בולע כמה מהם אלא ודאי דהבל יפצה פיהם ואף אם כן הוא כיון שאין העין שולט בהם לאו כלום הוא אמנם כמה שהעין יכול לראות אפילו נגד השמש ואפילו דק מן הדק הוה שרץ גמור:
"I have heard that every drop of water, and particularly of rainwater, is full of miniscule creatures that the eye cannot see. In my youth, I heard from a person who had been in distant places and saw in water, by means of a lens of exceedingly great magnification, [i.e., that magnifies] tens of thousands of times, many species of creatures. In light of this, how man we drink water...? Indeed, the truth is that the Torah did not forbid that which the eye cannot perceive, for the Torah was not given to angels. For, if not so, many scientists have written that the entire atmosphere is also full of extremely miniscule creatures and that when a person opens his mouth he swallows a number of them.... Even is this is so, since the eye cannot perceive them, it is of no significance. However, that which the eye can see, even [if only] against the sun and even if it is the tiniest of the tiny, is a veritable insect."
Translation from "Insect Infestation and Our Food, the Halakhot of Bugs," CJLS YD 84, by Rabbi Paul Plotkin, June 13, 218
Excerpt From "Insect Infestation and Our Food, the Halakhot of Bugs," CJLS YD 84, by Rabbi Paul Plotkin, June 13, 218
Organic products and or farmer's market or direct from the farm foods have a greater risk for bugs, but come with the benefit of reduced carbon footprint, and... no or lesser amounts of pesticides or storage issues. It is permissible to use them but the buyer should be aware that greater caution including more rigorous washing, and closer inspection is needed.
Some may prefer to begin with a soaking in a container even before the inspection of the vegetable to allow for dirt and bugs to float to the top if they are present. If in the visual inspection there is any dirt or something that cannot be identified, the produce should be placed in a sink or a basin with water and agitated to see what comes to the surface. If it is dirt or a bug, the water should be drained and the process repeated. If necessary it should be repeated a third time. If after three times bugs are still found the produce should be discarded.
Discussion Question 3
How does this story reflect the Jewish experience regarding kashrut (struggling with food desires)?
(question adapted from Teaching Mitzvot)
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