Toivling an Electric Urn
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The following is taken from the Star-K (www.star-k.org):
Our experience shows that electric utensils can generally be immersed without harming them. However, for safe operation one must ensure that all the water is removed after the immersion, and the urn is completely dried out for a few days before using it.
If the electric utensil is a type that will be destroyed through tevila, for example if it incorporates a computer chip and digital display, then HaRav Moshe Heinemann shlit”a rules that it does not require tevila. The logic behind this ruling is that there is a positive commandment to tovel utensils before use. If toveling will ruin the utensil, then one is considered onus, unable to perform the mitzvah on this utensil.
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