Sources and Reasons:
The Beit Yosef (Yoreh De’ah, siman 64), citing Sefer HaAgudah, discusses fat [be-tzirah] attached to the rumen, which was customarily prohibited in many places. The Jews of the Rhineland, however, customarily permitted it. Their utensils are not prohibited to others, since they follow a leniency based on the ruling of a sage. This is likewise ruled as halachah by the Rema (ibid., סעיף 9). See also the Shach (ibid.), who writes that the utensils may be permitted even where there is not sixty times the prohibited substance.
See Shut Zera Emet, vol. 3 (Orach Chaim, siman 48), regarding cooking in a pot in which kitniyot had been cooked, according to the Ashkenazic custom of stringency. He concludes that it is permitted based on the above-mentioned Rema. Maran likewise rules in Shut Yechaveh Da’at, vol. 5 (siman 32), and in Chazon Ovadia—Pesach (p. 86).
The same applies here, and is no less compelling: since there are those who permit non-chalak meat, even though this is not Maran’s view, hag’alah is not required. This is especially so regarding ordinary utensils that are not ben yomo. This is also the practice in many halls that are not “mehadrin,” where mehadrin hashgachot are sometimes brought in, as well as in hotels that occasionally host groups seeking “mehadrin” standards: they do not perform hag’alah on the utensils. See further Or LeTzion—Shevi’it (p. 21). I have now seen that Or LeTzion, vol. 5 (chapter 7, אות 5), likewise rules in this case that one who is stringent regarding chalak may eat from non-chalak utensils and need not perform hag’alah on them.
This response was translated automatically from Hebrew and has not yet been reviewed by a person. Therefore, it may contain inaccuracies and should not be considered a definitive reference.
