Pots of unleavened bread on Passover
Hello Rabbi Michi,
Can I eat food cooked in pots that have not been contaminated with leaven after 24 hours of not cooking in them? I’m asking because I will probably spend Passover with my family and they will be cooking in regular pots.
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In principle, after 24 hours, it is accepted that the flavor absorbed into the pot has been spoiled. Therefore, if a forbidden food (or meat or dairy) was cooked in it, the food is permitted to be eaten retrospectively. Initially, the Sages forbade cooking lest it be cooked before 24 hours had passed. But if the food was cooked by mistake, it is not forbidden (they did not rule on that). This is true of all prohibitions. And regarding leaven on Passover, the Sephardim practice the same as any other prohibition, but the Ashkenazim are stricter, so that even any leaven is forbidden, even if its taste is tainted (see Tamazight 61). I think there is reason to believe that this leaven is forbidden from the main point of the law (although from the rabbis, after all, the law on leaven is entirely from the rabbis) and not from the decree mentioned above. Your question dealt with the case where others cooked, and in my opinion it is intentional on your part and it is forbidden to eat since you know that this is what they are doing and they did it for you as well. I think the family needs to understand and take into account that you are keeping kosher on Passover and find an appropriate arrangement. Happy Holidays, Miki
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