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The following are not considered kitniyot
but may require special checking: Kashering - A Summary
• Anise
• Carob 1. Metal
• Chia Seeds Silverware (only with all metal pieces and no parts glued to-
• Coriander gether), pots used on top of the stove (no baking utensils or
• Cottonseed frying pans) and other metal utensils may be kashered for
• Cumin Passover use. They must first be cleaned thoroughly (if they
• Guar Gum are silver they should be polished) and then allowed to stand
• Locust Bean Gum unused for 24 hours. They are then completely immersed in
• Safflower a large pot (made kosher for Passover) of boiling water and
• Saffron rinsed in cold water after being removed from the pot. The boil-
ing water must touch each part of the utensil, although it does
The following may be kitniyot and are therefore not used: not need to touch all parts simultaneously. Large pots may be
kashered by first cleaning them as above, allowing them to
• Amaranth stand for 24 hours and then filling them with water to the very
• Peanuts top, allowing the water to boil. A heated stone or some other
noncombustible material is then placed inside the pot so that
the boiling water overflows the top lip of the pot.
GENERAL FOOD GUIDELINES
China, pottery, earthenware, utensils that have different parts
General food guidelines such as which products require spe-
cial Pesach supervision as well as a listing of products that glued together and items that cannot be thoroughly cleaned
(such as a sieve) cannot be kashered for Passover use.
can be used without special supervision are available in the
Kosher for Passover publications that are produced by the 2. Glassware
various kashrut agencies. The publication of the Orthodox Glasses which have been used primarily for cold liquids during
Union is available in limited quantities in the synagogue of- the year may be “kashered” for Passover by immersing them in
fice. These publications can also be accessed online at the cold water for a period of 72 hours. The water must be changed
websites of the different agencies as well as downloaded as every 24 hours, and with the exception of the time when the wa-
an app for your phones. ter is being changed, the glasses must be continually submerged.
Glasses, pyrex, corningware, and the like which are used with heat
OU: www.oukosher.org must be treated as china and cannot be kashered for Passover.
CRC: www.crcweb.org
KOF-K: https://www.kashrut.com 3. Oven
STAR-K: https://www.star-k.org A self-cleaning oven is kashered for Passover use by simply
running it through the self-clean cycle. Special care must be
taken to ensure that the area around the inside seal of the
Since benefiting from chometz is prohibited over Pesach, door is thoroughly cleaned
one may not feed animals food containing chometz. Although
there is no kosher for Pesach supervised animal food, several A conventional oven, either gas or electric, may be kashered by
kashrut agencies include a list of animal foods that do not con- cleaning it twice with a caustic oven cleaner and then, after
tain chometz. In general, grain free animal food may be used waiting for 24 hours, turning it to its highest temperature for
even though it contains kitniyot (as most do) since there is no one hour. The broiler pan and tray may not be kashered in this
prohibition of benefiting from kitniyot. While on the subject manner. They should be removed from the oven and not used.
of animal food it is important to remember that throughout
the year animal food should not contain a mixture of meat and Oven Racks - assuming that food is not cooked directly on the
milk, since we are forbidden to benefit from such a mixture all oven racks, they may be kashered by first cleaning them, al-
year-long. This can be easily determined by reading the list of lowing them to stand unused for 24 hours, and then placing
ingredients on the bag. them in the oven while the oven is being kashered. If food is
cooked directly on the racks, a new set of racks should
Dishes and utensils used for chometz year-round should be be used for Pesach. Occasional spillovers on the racks do not
packed away in preparation for Pesach. Certain dishes and qualify as food being cooked directly on them.
utensils normally used may also be used for Pesach once they
are properly kashered and any chometz they have absorbed A microwave oven may be kashered by cleaning it, and after
has been removed. The following section provides a brief sum- not using it for 24 hours, placing a styrofoam cup of water
mary of the laws involved in kashering utensils and appliances in the oven and boiling it until the oven fills with steam. If a
for use on Pesach. Please contact any of our rabbis if you have glass tray is used in the oven, it should be replaced for Pesach.
additional questions. Microwave-Convection ovens are kashered in the same way as
a regular oven.

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