- Q. We have some Pesach dishes that we inherited from our parents many years ago and we're not sure if they are dairy or meat. They are Corelle. Is there any way to use them?
Also we have some Chometz glass dishes that we received recently, not for pesach, with the same dilemma.
A. Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware. It is made of Vitrelle, a tempered glass product consisting of two types of glass laminated into three layers. It was introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1970.
Corelle is best known for its three-layered glass. Nevertheless the Corelle product line includes items of other materials, such as stoneware and plastic.
Star K maintains that Corelle has the Halachic status of glass.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that one should be stringent and consider it as different pieces of glass glued together or even as clay and ceramic material.
Horav Yaakov Hirschman Shlit”a mentioned that even in the above opinion some Poskim rule that one may relay on the opinion of the Chacham Tzvi, that if the corelle dishes were not used during an extended time one may still use them after proper Kashering.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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