Bugs in Lettuce, Checking, and Ne’emanut

Q: Bugs in Lettuce, Checking, and Ne’emanut — Clarifying the Halachah Question:Many times when washing lettuce and then checking, bugs are still found. If bugs are known to exist, doesn’t that remove the safek-sefeka? How can washing alone be sufficient? And does...

Natural Flavors

Eyden Zimbalist <ezimbalist@gmail.com> Mon, Jan 12, 12:19 PM (21 hours ago) to kashrut.org Hello Rav Abadi, I am interested in understanding your position regarding natural flavors and bittul in halacha. I understand that natural flavors will always be less than...

Cast Iron Pan

Hi Rabbi, I purchased a pre-seasoned cast iron pan from Lodge, which says they use vegetable oil for the seasoning. Do I need to kasher or can I use as-is?

Pet food

Sorry if this is a repeat – not sure if it went through the first time. I was wondering if I can feed my cats the following food: Steve’s real raw food frozen beef recipe. It has both meat and milk, but is raw. Ingredients: ground beef, ground beef bone,...