7. Question:If I mistakenly washed-up meaty cutlery together with milky cutlery, does the cutlery become forbidden and need to be kashered? Discussion: We have previously seen that if one rinses clean meaty dishes in hot water inside a clean milky pot, according to the Shulchan Aruch all utensils are permitted, whereas according to the Remo if both sets of utensils were bnei yomon, both are prohibited from the forbidden combination of bliyos. Regarding a situation where one rinses cutlery with hot water from the tap and discovered that there were both dairy and milky utensils that were rinsed together, the Remo writes (Yoreh De’ah Siman 95 Se’if 3) that if one poured hot water onto meaty and milky utensils, even if both sets of cutlery were dirty [with meat and milk residue] the utensils are permitted, because [the stream of hot water that is classified] iruy kli rishon will not cause the utensils to absorb from each other. I.e., since iruy kli rishon has a more lenient status that kli rishon, the stream of hot water used to wash the utensils will not cause meat residue to become absorbed into the dairy utensils, and vice versa. However, the Shach (s.k. 20) argues with the Remo and maintains that both sets of utensils will become forbidden in this situation, because iruy kli rishon has the status of kli rishon [regarding being able to cook and/or cause absorption of bliyos until the thickness of a kelipa of the item on which the iruy is poured]. The Pri Megodim (Sifsei Da’as s.k. 20) explains the rationale of the Shach: When both sets of utensils are clean there are two independent factors to be lenient; firstly, because not all agree that iruy kli rishon will cause a utensil to discharge and absorb bliyos, and secondly, according to the Shulchan Aruch even regarding the inside of a kli rishon the transfer of taste is classified nat bar nat d’hetero. Therefore, even though the Shach rules stringently regarding each of these two factors independently, in a situation where both leniencies are applicable there is room for leniency. Conclusion: If one rinses cutlery with hot water from the tap and discovers that both milky and meaty cutlery were rinsed together with hot water, then according to the Remo even if both sets of cutlery were dirty with meat and milk residue respectively everything is permitted, because hot water from the tap that is classified iruy kli rishon will not cause the any one of the utensils to absorb food residue from the other. The Shach disagrees and prohibits the utensils – if both sets of utensils were dirty with meat and milk residue, respectively. If both sets of utensils were clean, the Shach also rules leniently. And if one set of utensils was clean and the other dirty (e.g. the meaty cutlery were coated with food remains of meat and the milky cutlery were either clean or had only parev food remains on them) – the clean set will become forbidden according to the Shach, but the dirty set will remain permitted. |
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