A Boiled Ant – Kashrut

Question

My daughter was pouring boiled water from an electric kettle into a glass cup and a dead ant came out. How do we kasher the kettle and the cup?

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Answers

  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    Because there was just one ant it was “botul b’shishim” – negated by sixty times the amount of water that was in the kettle – both the kettle and the glass are fine and they do not have to be Kashered. I appreciate that this is completely superfluous but the ant should be thrown away!

    Best wishes from the AskTheRabbi.org Team

  2. rebdaniel
    April 14, 2019 at 1:30 am

    Thank you for the swift reply.  One of our young ones, after hearing me read your reply asked, “Does the uncle have to go too?”  Hope you had a great Shabbos.  Thanks again.