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1)The water in a thermos which is used strictly to keep boiled water hot may be used at a meat or dairy meal.
However, care should be taken not to pour the hot water directly onto a meat or dairy food item. (As we discussed previously with a hot water urn, that the steam can go back into the thermos and change its parve status)
2)
A thermos which is used to store dairy liquids such as coffee with milk
or hot chocolate is considered dairy and hot water from this thermos
may not be used at a meat meal. The same applies vice versa to a
thermos that is used for meat liquids, such as chicken soup in regard
to using water stored in it for a dairy meal.
This
applies even to a glass thermos that was thoroughly cleaned between
uses, and even to Sephardic Jews, as the narrow opening of most thermos
bottles doesn't allow for a thorough enough cleaning. (See
Rama Orach Chaim Siman 451:3 and Mishna Berura there. Regarding a
thermos on Shabbos if it is considered a Kli Rishon or a Kli Sheini,
see Chazon Ish Orach Chaim Siman 37:32 and Shu"t Igros Moshe Orach
Chaim Vol. 1 Siman 95)
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Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we
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HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes
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Does
a person who gives a class/speech and barters the payment for a stay at
a hotel, have to (according to halacha) pay taxes on the value of that
stay?
Answer:
If according to the law of the land it is required, then according to halacha it is required.
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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