Index of Halachoth

Pesach

Baking Massoth

• Can one bake matzah using an electric stove?

• Does the addition of oil, honey, eggs, or salt affect the rate at which dough ferments? What is the time limit for making matzah ashira?

• For baking matza on baking stones on a grill, must one kasher the grill (and if so, how)? Would the matzah be basari/fleishig?

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Kashering for Pesach

• Does one need to kasher a hot plate or plata for Passover? How?

• Can Corelle be kashered during the year and on Passover?

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Mechirath Hamess - Selling/Giving Hamess to a Non-Jew

• Can a non-Jew use one's toaster for chametz on Passover?

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The Seder

• Apart from the korban pesach, how would a seder according to minhag eretz yisrael look like?

• At what degree of severity of an allergic reaction is one exempt from eating foods during the seder? Should one take Benadryl before the seder to eat the foods, if it allows them to?

• Can people hit each other with scallions and onions during "Dayenu"?

• Can the karpas be part of a larger dipping course?

• Closing thoughts on the Seder

• How can a type I diabetic fulfill their obligation of drinking four cups?

• How much karpas should be eaten, and should a blessing be said after it?

• How quickly must one drink the wine of the four cups?

• If one does say the blessing after karpas, what is its correct nusach?

• May one eat roasted meat on the seder?

  • Clarification: Roasted meat​

• Must the cups be filled all the way up, or just for a revi'it?

• Should a fifth cup be poured for Hallel haGadol?

• What does the Rav think of multiple people reading different parts of the haggada?

• What does the Rav think of spilling 10 drops of wine for the plagues and then washing them off?

• Which of the four cups should have blessings said before and after them?

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​What Items are Kosher for Pesach to Eat/Own

• Are baking soda, baking powder, or any types of yeast chametz? Do they need a hechsher?

• Can one eat a jam made before Passover with non-kashered stainless steel utensils on the holiday?

• Can one have protein powder with dextrose on Passover?

• Can one own vinegar, acetic acid, or ingredients containing them on Passover?

• Do single-ingredient products need a hechsher for Passover, like dried fruits, coconut oil, and kitniyot in open bins?

• Does non-kosher for Passover alcohol not from chametz need to be disposed?

• Does pure corn (or any non-chametz) alcohol have to be kosher for Passover?

• Does sunflower oil (and oils in general) need to have a hechsher for Passover?

• During Passover, can one eat non-chametz food that had been made before the holiday with utensils that hadn't been kashered yet?

• Is there any reason to be concerned about the matzah ashira one finds in shops?

• May one own stocks in companies that sell non-kosher food or chametz?

• Should we be eating imitation chametz products on Pesach? What about children?

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