Friday, July 6, 2018

kashrut kosher - Kashering with a potted plant


On Friday, my grandmother made a comment about kashering a knife by sticking it in a potted plant (with very loose soil), something which will not kasher anything. What is the origin of this bubbe-meiße (old-wives' tale)?




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