Pesah (Passover) Class in Home Preparation and Pesah Products by Rabbi Gershon Bess of Kehilas Yaakov ( Los Angeles )

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Number in Front is minutes:seconds time since beginning of class
01:33 Minimum amount to clean
03:30 Checking the house for hametz || 04:00 baracha for bedikas hametz) || 04:19 if you go away before the night of bedikas hametz || 04:50 leaving the house for pesah || 06:06 summary of when to do bedikat hametz this year
06:50 selling hametz || 08:00 selling other things other then food || 9:00 you are not selling the metal dishes themselves

11:19 three levels of kashing utensils

11:30 libun -blow torch or coals
11:52 hagalah dipping into boiling water
13:05 Rav Moshe says self cleaning oven makes libun
13:40 hagalah explained in depth || 15:34 the kashering process (applies year round) || 16:00 humera of using kosher for pesah pot to kasher pots || 16:33 4 steps in kashering by hagalah || 16:36 clean it || 18:06 difference between pesah koshering for pesah and year round || 20:25 Do not use hot for 24 hours || 21:15 actual hagalah process (drop in one at a time) || 22:05 4th step rinse in cold water
22:15 soaking process || 22:47 when to use soaking process || 23:26 koshering Tupperware that was used for cold storage
24:20 nothing is simple 
24:55 types of materials that can be kashered by hagalah (boiling)
25:40 kashering china in self cleaning oven
26:15 kashering plastics
26:45 what can you kasher || 27:55 formica and hard plastic || 28:35 what can not be kashered || 28:45 question of glass || 30:51 review of things not kasherable || 32:00 tablecloths -use soap || 32:15 food processor how to kasher -introduction || 33:48 exactly how to kasher a food processor || 35:20 shelves || 35:40 counters || 37:30 refrigerator || 37:45 sink || 38:45 ovens || 40:13 self cleaning oven || 40:28 inside of oven || 41:00 Clean it and leave it on at highest temperature for one or two hours || 42:00 grates on top of oven || 42:39 bib under the oven || 42:55 stove top || 44:10 hood over the oven (best to cover ) || 45:08 microwave || 46:52 how to kosher microwave (summary ) || 48:50 summary of how to use a kashered microwave for pesah || 49:13 water urn || 50:10 dishwasher (not possible)

51:30 seder

51:45 4 cups (how much to drink) || 52:54 wine or grape juice || 53:00 Rav Yakov Kaminisksy z'l said grape is kosher for the 4 cups. || 53:41 custom not to eat roasted meat || 54:01 make bitul hametz (important )

54:50 pesah products 

Remember this class was given in 1996 so information about specific products may have changed!!
57:04 egg matsah should not be used unless someone is not well || 57:33 each hand matsa has 4 or 5 kasisim || 58:05 frozen fruits || 58:16 frozen vegetables ( need pesah supervision ) || 58:42 list of various foods usable for pesah

01:00:25 Questions from the audience

01:01:00 Can the cleaning process before pesah be used in place of checking Hametz the night before pesah? || 01:01:57 Ashkanazim and Kitneyot dishes || 01:04:45 Garbage Cans in Los Angeles and Hametz || 01:09:20 Orange Juice without Additives || 01:12:38 Dried Fruit || 01:13:42 Baby Drops and exported products || 01:14:20 more about cleaning dishwashers || 01:18:43 kashering Tupperware || 01:22:20 Lysol and Soft and Liquid Soap is kosher for Pesah || 01:25:37 You can not rent a refrigerator. with hametz in to a non-jew and use the refrigerator. at the same time.
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