4 questions

Asked by yosef · December 13, 2002 · Kashrut

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Dear Rabbi, Let me complement you again, on your great knowledge of halachah, particularly hilchot kashrut, and for your honesty in paskening according to what the sifre halachah say, not according to what the rabbi questioned would like the halachah to be. (I suspect being sephardic has a lot to do with it, since i often read in sephardic poskiim how can we forbid what the tallmud didnt forbid) many thanks for teaching torah. shabbat shalom my four questions. 1. are all dunkin donouts kosher? in whatever dunkin donuts store one buys them? 2. is there a cheshash of bugs in frozen vegetables, are there dead bugs, that have to be cleaned out? 3. fresh vegetables, does one just carefully wash them or is there a number of minutes one must soak them? 4. for kiddush, does it make any difference if the grape juice is fresh squeezed so to speak as opposed to reconstittuted from concentrated grape juice with water, (I am guessing from what i remember from the shulchan aruch. that it should be ok, since water to a certain extent can be added to wine, but i dont trust my memory

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Answered by Aaron Abadi

1) I can't guarantee that, but ask the girl behind the counter. They can usually show you the box of the mix that the donut is made from, and almost always it is fine. 2)& 3) There are bugs in Brocolli & Cauliflower & Spinach, both frozen & fresh which are impossible to clean at home. Lettuce and the other green leafy vegetables can usually be checked and cleaned. 4) we'll respond shortly......... AA