I hope the ideas contained below, will provide you with some topics for discussion, at your Shabbos table.

As this week`s Sedrah contains the basic laws of Kashrus, here are some discussion points about Kashrus.

Question; What is the worst thing you can do, with milky cutlery which by mistake was used for meaty food, or vice-versa?
Answer; Wash it clean with hot water, that could make it definitely treif. You should wash it clean with cold water and then ask a Shaaloh.

Question; In which situation does it help to stick cutlery repeatedly into the ground?
Answer; Only if a meaty knife was used to cut a hard milky food, or vice-versa, and it was all cold.

Question; Fish are Kosher if they have fins and scales. What is the Din if one only finds scales on a fish?
Answer; It is Kosher because you can assume it has scales as well.

Question; What is the Din if one only finds fins on a fish?
Answer; You cannot assume anything and it is not Kosher.

Question; The Torah only lists birds which are not kosher. Because we do not not know the correct translation of some of the names, we have to assume any type of bird is not Kosher, unless we have a tradition that it is kosher, Which birds do we know for sure nowadays, are Kosher?
Answer; Hens, geese, turkeys, and some kinds of ducks and pigeons .

Question; What is the minimum number of eggs you should boil together in a pot?
Answer; Three, so that if one of them is found to have a bloodspot, everything else is still Kosher.

Question; May one trade in non-Kosher food?
Answer; Not deliberately, but if by chance, non-Kosher food came into your possession you may sell it.

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QUESTION ON THE REST OF THE PARSHAH;

We are told that on the day the Mishkon was put up, two of the sons of Aharon died suddenly. Moshe Rabeinu made a mistake about the Din of the other sons, eating one of the offerings which had been brought. When Aharon pointed out the mistake, Moshe Rabeinu immediately admitted that he had made a mistake.
Moshe Rabeinu is praised for his honesty. But how did he come to make a mistake in the first place, except for a few specific cases where a reason is given, Moshe Rabeinu, always knew the correct answer?

ANSWER;

One opinion in the Midrash is, he became angry that they had decided the question without consulting him first. We are taught that anybody who becomes angry, loses his wisdom and his prophecy as long as he is angry.

SOURCES; Ohr Hachaim