Minibar Filter

28. A minibar filter is a special machine which dispenses cold and hot water. Some in Eretz Yisroel come with a mehudar Shabbos hechsher. Sometimes there is a hechsher stating it does not need tevila. Currently, models with an Eida Chareidis hechsher do not have a hechsher for tevila. Nevertheless, one may rely on the line of reasoning that since they are connected to the ground via pipes connected to the water supply system, they do not require tevila.

29. Appliances with a hechsher sold by non-Jews. Electric appliances which say on them that they do not require tevila but are sold in non-Jewish-owned American chain stores become chayav in tevila again. The American tzibur should be careful about this.