Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 452

Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 452 — English translation

Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1The time for scouring vessels. Containg 7 sections: One should be cautious to scour vessels prior to the fifth hour so that one need not be particular if the vessels have been used in the past day or not (or if [he is scouring with] at least 60 times the volume of the vessel of water or not (Tur) and similarly if one is scouring vessels which have absorbed a small amount of food together with vessels that have absorbed a large amount of food, and similarly if the vessels were left in the vat excessively, or if the vessels were not left [in the vat] sufficiently and similarly so that he need not be concerned that the water ceased boiling. Rema: there are many who dispute this and they would say that no scouring whatsoever was effected if the water ceased boiling (and similarly is evident from the Rosh, the Smag and the T"H in siman 131 and Agur and Tur in siman 105). Based on this, there are those who are cautious, even prior to the time chametz becomes forbidden, so that the water shouldn't cease the boiling during the entire time of scouring (Own words) , and [one need not be particular] that he entered the vessel prior to the water boiling and similarly so that he doesn't have to scour the large vat before and after scouring. Rema: and if he didn't scour prior to the beginning of the time when chametz becomes forbidden, he is able to scour until Pesach itself. When there is a minute amount of chametz, scouring doesn't positively affect it because it will return and reabsorb, rather, it is permitted to incandesce a vessel during Pesach. (His own words and Teshuvat Rashba) When one is scouring after the sixth hour but prior to Pesach one must be cautious regarding all of the information described [above] whereas it is not necessary to be cautious prior to the sixth hour.
2. 2One should be cautious when scouring a meat vessel and a dairy vessel together unless one of them was not used in the past day. (And certainly regarding a forbidden food vessel and based on this, it is customary to not scour vessels which have been used in the past day.)
3. 3A number of vessels should not be placed inside of a single vessel and then scoured together (if there is contact between them)
4. 4If he scours with forceps, he should rotate the vessel lest the area clamped by the forceps not be sufficiently contacted by the boiling water.
5. 5One may not scour in the hot-springs of Tevaria, even vessels which have the status of secondary vessels, because the heat is not born out from a fire. That which is absorbed is similarly ejected and just as [the food] is absorbed through heat born out from fire, so to it is ejected through heat born out from a fire. Rema: However, if it's usage is only in the waters of Tevaria, then it may be scoured there (Beis Yosef in the name of A"CH). One may not scour with any liquids except water, however, post-facto, scouring is achieved with all liquids (Beis Yosef in the name of A"CH). If one scours many vessels in the vat to the extent that the combined discharge from the vessels has made the water saucy, one may scour no further [vessels] with this water (Ra"n on "Kol haBasar")
6. 6[Regarding] A vessels which large to the extent that it cannot fit inside of another vessel because of its size, one should make a lip of clay around the mouth of the vessel to the extent that it can be filled up well and the water will reach the lip. [The vessel] should then be filled with water and boiled, or one should take a hot stone or burning torch and place it inside when the water is boiling and the water inside will be further boiled and will ascend to the lip.
7. 7It is customary to rinse the vessel in cold water immediately after scouring it.

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