I never relized  how important really good knives were

BTW while during a search on Google a few hours ago, I accidentally found out that there's an Israeli manufacturer of silicon pans (which is sold in stores here. We had assumed it was imported from China) and thus exempt from Tvilat Keylim since it was produced by a Jewish owned company. Silicone, or silicone coated? I would imagine that pans made of all silicone do not require tewila. You speak here of a Jewish manufacturer. What actually controls the requirement for tewila, the religion of the manufacturer, or the religion of a prior owner? If manufactured by a Jew, but then sold to a wholesale distributor or retail store owned by gentile, and then purchased by the consumer from the gentile, is tewila required because of the intervening Jewish ownership? GEG

manufactured by a Jew, but then sold to a wholesale distributor or retail store owned by gentile, and then purchased by the consumer from the gentile, is tewila required because of the intervening Jewish ownership? You mean intervening **gentile** ownership. Yes, it would need tevila. Josh - Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - GEG