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1) A tea pot or tea kettle boiling on a stove top or an electric hot water urn which is plugged in and boiling, that had a significant amount (i.e. more than simply a few drops which become Batel immediately) of meat gravy spill on top of it or slide under it, requires Koshering to once again be Parve.
It is important to note, that once it requires Koshering, the water from that kettle or urn may not be used even at a meat meal and should be Koshered immediately lest one forget and come to use the water at a dairy meal. (See Darchei Teshuva Yoreh Deah Siman 97:3 and Kaf HaChaim Siman 95:4. If this happens on Shabbos there may be room for leniency based on the Bach Siman 97:1, but a Rav must be consulted before relying on this leniency)
However, if the gravy spilled directly into the fire only, it gets burned up, and no Koshering is necessary.
2) When cleaning a Parve kettle or urn, care should be taken not to wash it in a sink that has in meat or dairy food particles, especially when hot water is used and/or the food particles are greasy.
Parve cleaning sponges etc. should also be used, and the towel used to dry it should also be Parve, to ensure that the urn remains Parve and thus its water can continue to be used at all meals.
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QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER:
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Todaywebsite.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
What do contemporary poskim pasken about wearing a watch on shabbos in an area not enclosed by an eiruv? Unlike gloves, there is no issue that one may remove their watch to show it to someone.
Answer:
A wrist watch made of gold, which would be considered a piece of Jewelry, and would still be worn even if the time mechanism stopped working, may be worn on Shabbos even out of the Eiruv.
A regular wrist watch, which if it stopped working would be removed, according to most poskim should best not be worn outside of an eiruv.
Rav Moshe feinstein Zatzal in Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 1 Siman 111 writes that M'Ikar Hadin it is permitted, but Bnei Torah and G-d fearing Jews should best not go out of an Eiruv while wearing a wrist watch, and he writes "This is how I tell all my disciples to act"
If someone does in fact wear a watch out of the eiruv, there is no need to tell him not to, as there are Poskim on whom to rely that it is permitted.
The above is only in regard to men,as women are permitted to wear watches out of the eiruv always.
(See Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchaso Perek 18:27 and footnotes 108-111 for more source information.)
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות - one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in Olam Haba - the world to come. (:מגילה כ"ח )
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