How to prepare glassware that may have been used for non-kosher food?
Question
Hello and blessings,
I received a set of "used" glass plates, and the person who gave them to me does not know whether non-kosher meat had been eaten from them before. Am I permitted to immerse them and use them?
I am asking according to Sephardi custom
Thank you very much
Answer
Hello,
It is sufficient to wash the plates well, immerse them (if they were ever owned by non-Jews and were not immersed), and then they may be used.
Sources: See Responsa Yabia Omer, volume 4 (Yoreh Deah, siman 5) and the book Halichot Olam, volume 1 (pages 285-287).
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
