Q&A: Kashering for Passover
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Kashering for Passover
Question
Hello Rabbi, in light of the fact that utensils do not absorb, is it possible to clean the pots thoroughly and forgo kashering them for Passover?
Answer
That depends on the different materials, and each material has to be considered on its own.
Although on Passover the custom is to be stringent and not use even glass utensils that were used for leavened food, that is a custom, and in pressing circumstances there is certainly room to be lenient.
Discussion on Answer
If stainless steel indeed does not absorb (as far as I recall, that is correct), then as stated, strictly speaking it is permitted, aside from the custom.
Hello Rabbi, I am Sephardi, and therefore the custom is that glass utensils do not need kashering at all, even for Passover.
And we are talking about a completely ordinary stainless-steel pot. Seemingly, can one rely on that from the outset?