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* Kaf HaChaim 451:233 notes that wooden tables which one always eats on with a tablecloth don’t need to be kashered and one should simply remove the actual chametz and wipe down the surface. Rav Mordechai Willig (“Shiur 64 – Pesachim” min 80-82) says that strictly speaking this is also true for countertops on which people don’t put chametz directly. Rav Hershel Schachter [http://www.ou.org/community_services/video/67558 (OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5769, min 11-13)] adds that one could either kasher the counters or cover them, but if one isn’t going to put any hot food on the counters on [[Pesach]] one could simply clean the counters well. | * Kaf HaChaim 451:233 notes that wooden tables which one always eats on with a tablecloth don’t need to be kashered and one should simply remove the actual chametz and wipe down the surface. Rav Mordechai Willig (“Shiur 64 – Pesachim” min 80-82) says that strictly speaking this is also true for countertops on which people don’t put chametz directly. Rav Hershel Schachter [http://www.ou.org/community_services/video/67558 (OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5769, min 11-13)] adds that one could either kasher the counters or cover them, but if one isn’t going to put any hot food on the counters on [[Pesach]] one could simply clean the counters well. | ||
* Thus, Rav Moshe Feinstein (quoted by Halachos of [[Pesach]] p. 140) maintains that one should not kasher Formica countertops, which are made out of hardened plastic, rather these should be washed and covered.</ref> | * Thus, Rav Moshe Feinstein (quoted by Halachos of [[Pesach]] p. 140) maintains that one should not kasher Formica countertops, which are made out of hardened plastic, rather these should be washed and covered.</ref> | ||
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# One should kosher one's table by pouring on it boiling water or cover it.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 451:20 writes that one should kosher one's tables since often one spills soup on it. Isn't the majority of use of a table for cold? [Note that the language of Shulchan Aruch is that it is only a minhag.] | |||
* Megilat Sefer Tarovet p. 271-2 writes that the majority use is defined by whatever the utensil is designated for and potentially it could be designated for multiple uses. Regarding tables since the spills happen because you are using the table to hold food that is also part of the use of the table. | |||
* Chut Shani Pesach p. 125-6 based on Gra answers that it is a utensil that is designated to be used for iruy. The fact that is used for cold doesn't relate to the use of spills since when it is used for cold or to hold a plate it doesn't absorb anything. Therefore, its use in terms of absorptions is only for spills and as such its majority of use requires it to have hagalah with iruy. However, he is troubled by Shulchan Aruch 451:25 who says that cups can just be cleaned since they are used for a majority of cold. He simply posits that if they were ever used for hot they couldn't be used without koshering. | |||
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==Microwaves== | ==Microwaves== | ||
