I have heard that one may not leave eggs overnight. What is the basis for this?
The Gemara (Nida 17a) writes that there is a sakana (danger) to eat peeled eggs, onions and garlic that were left overnight. According to many opinions, the sakana applies to both liquid and boiled eggs. The sakana only applies if the shell was completely removed, but if one piece of shell remains on the egg then there is no sakana.
To avoid this sakana, the egg may be mixed with other ingredients such as salt or oil. Igros Moshe (Y.D. III: 20) writes that industrial liquid eggs which are produced in one factory with the intent of shipping them to bakeries all of over the country, such that they cannot possibly be used the same day that they were cracked, are not subject to this sakana.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Halacha Yomis - Eggs Overnight OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This column is dedicated in memory of Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt'l, former Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant
I have heard that one may not leave eggs overnight. What is the basis for this?
The Gemara (Nida 17a) writes that there is a sakana (danger) to eat peeled eggs, onions and garlic that were left overnight. According to many opinions, the sakana applies to both liquid and boiled eggs. The sakana only applies if the shell was completely removed, but if one piece of shell remains on the egg then there is no sakana.
To avoid this sakana, the egg may be mixed with other ingredients such as salt or oil. Igros Moshe (Y.D. III: 20) writes that industrial liquid eggs which are produced in one factory with the intent of shipping them to bakeries all of over the country, such that they cannot possibly be used the same day that they were cracked, are not subject to this sakana.
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