Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Halacha Yomis - Is there Bishul Akum with Microwaves? OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This column is dedicated in memory of: Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt'l Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant (1987-2016)


I have heard that scrambled eggs, omelets, and hard boiled eggs can be made in a microwave by a non-Jew as this process mitigates the bishul akum problem. Is that correct? (A subscriber’s question) Although contemporary poskim differ on this question, the OU is not matir bishul akum through microwaves. Rabbi Genack once discussed this shailah with Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, who told him that the OU should be machmir regarding cooking with microwaves.

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