Chiyuv to Check
Chukai Chaim | July 17, 2025
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Chiyuv to Check

Chukai Chaim | December 10, 2025

25. Since this topic involves many halachos and it is common to find bugs in several types of produce, we will go through essential halachos and precautions on the topic of the chiyuv to check and to be careful to avoid eating insects.

26. To illustrate the severity of the issur of insects: If a person eats a k’zayis of pork, he only violates one issur. But if he eats a tiny bug much smaller than a k’zayis, he violates five issurim (above, 7)! People stay very far away from eating pork; we should certainly stay away and do everything we can to avoid eating bugs.

25. Since this topic involves many halachos and it is common to find bugs in several types of produce, we will go through essential halachos and precautions on the topic of the chiyuv to check and to be careful to avoid eating insects.

26. To illustrate the severity of the issur of insects: If a person eats a k’zayis of pork, he only violates one issur. But if he eats a tiny bug much smaller than a k’zayis, he violates five issurim (above, 7)! People stay very far away from eating pork; we should certainly stay away and do everything we can to avoid eating bugs.

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