Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah/138

Laws of kashering a wine vessel

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A winepress made of stone that was tarred by a non-Jew and wine was placed in it at the time of tarrying, or it was tarred by a Jew and wine was placed in it, and a non-Jew touched it while the liquid was still on it -- it requires wiping. If a non-Jew walked on the tarred surface, it is not sufficient to wipe it; rather, he must peel off the tar and then wipe it; or pour without peeling; or let it age for twelve months.

If it is made of wood, if a non-Jew tarred it and placed wine during the tarrying, even if he did not walk on it, or if he tarred it and then walked on it, or if a Jew tarred it and a non-Jew touched it while the liquid was still on it -- they all have the same law that it requires peeling and wiping or pouring without peeling. If there are flax shavings between the slats or clothing rags, it is not sufficient to wipe it; rather, it requires filling and pouring or immersion.

If it is made of clay, if a non-Jew tarred it and placed wine during the tarrying, even if he did not walk on it, or if a Jew tarred it and a non-Jew touched it while the liquid was still on it -- it is not released by peeling and wiping but by filling and pouring without peeling. If a non-Jew tarred it and walked on it, it requires peeling and filling and pouring or immersion without peeling or aging for twelve months or heating it in a furnace until the tar loosens. All this applies to the tarred surface, but if it is not tarred, there is a distinction: if the initial use was by a non-Jew, it requires wiping (and for clay, pouring if he walked on it) (Tur). If the initial use was by a Jew, it is sufficient to rinse if it is made of wood or stone, but if it is made of clay, it requires wiping.

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A winepress built of bricks or lime and gypsum (meaning a material whiter than lime) is treated like earthenware.

The winepress and its necessary utensils require immersion by pouring from a first vessel onto them, and this immersion should not be less than wiping.

A large basin that is stepped into, the funnel, measuring vessels, and the pestle, which are tools used to draw from the pit to the barrel, all have the same status as a winepress.

The beam that holds the grapes and the sheets placed on the vat (meaning a large vessel) is sufficient for rinsing.

The baskets (meaning woven baskets like a trap) that are wrapped around the vat made from palm fronds and hemp, which absorb more, need to be aged for twelve months. (And one should be stringent with reeds as with hemp and baskets) (SMA) If one wishes to purify them immediately, they can be immersed in boiling water or soaked in olive oil (according to Maimonides) or placed under a pipe from which water flows or in a spring with flowing water for twelve hours, and then they are permitted.

The wine preservation of a non-Jew, if it is made of hair, is rinsed; if it is made of wool, it requires wiping; if it is made of linen, it needs to be aged for twelve months.

Replacement utensils (meaning a type of grass used to make mats and ropes) and filters used for straining wine, if they are sewn with ropes, they are rinsed; if they are connected to each other with a hard connection, they require wiping; if they are sewn with linen, they need to be aged.

(Our tablecloths that have had wine spilled on them are sufficient for rinsing, even if boiling wine was spilled on them) (Tur and Mordechai, Chapter of the Hired Worker, and in the gloss of Ashiri).

Wherever wiping is required, the ties must be loosened, but for the preparation of filling and pouring, as well as for aging twelve months, there is no need to loosen the ties.

Wherever we said wiping is necessary, if they are wet, they should be cleaned with ash and then rinsed with water, and then cleaned with ash a second time and rinsed with water. If they are dry, they should first be rinsed with water, then with ash, then with water, then with ash, and then with water.

A winepress that a non-Jew uses, when a Jew comes to rinse it, he cleans it as usual and is not obligated to collect the seeds.