Q&A from the OK Consumer Hotline

At OK Kosher’s Community Outreach Division, we are always accessible and available to answer our consumers’ many kashrusrelated queries and questions.

Whether through WhatsApp at 929-99-ASK-OK, email at [email protected] or by phone at 718-756-7500, our on-call rabbis and kashrus experts are there to patiently answer and provide guidance.

Q I am very careful with the mitzvah of Chodosh/Yoshon and do not eat anything that has grain in the ingredients unless I know for sure that it is Yoshon. I am wondering whether I need to be concerned that the food might have been prepared in keilim that were previously used for Chodosh, even when the new food itself has no grain.
A You do not need to be concerned. The Mishna Berurah (489:48) writes that even those who are careful with Chodosh do not need to be concerned with keilim, unless they know for a fact that the keilim were used for Chodosh within 24 hours prior to preparing your food. Absent such clear knowledge, one need not be concerned.