KosherClasses: Parve

Dear Rabbi
I started "going kosher" about half a year before and am now about to "pimp" my kitchen from a complete dairy kitchen to a dairy-and-fleischig-kitchen.
When I was at an Orthodox Jew's home for Shabbos I saw that they only had dairy and fleischig utensiles, no parve utensiles. They said that one did not need parve utensiles. But there are also opinions that one needs all three kinds of utensiles. Now I am wondering about what I should do. What are the reasons for having or not having special parve utensiles?
Can I use a drinking glass (that was washed together with the fleischig dishes) together with a dairy meal? Or should I have separate glasses for dairy and fleischig?
Do I need a special sink for parve utensiles?
Thank you very much for answering (I hope my English is good enough that you can understand my questions).

Fini

Having parve utensils is a matter of convenience, and many do without. You may want for example, a parve knife for cutting vegetables, so that you could use those vegetables with either a meat or dairy meal. You can start your kitchen without parve and see how it works and exactly what you need.
Most people have separate glasses for meat and dairy.
A separate sink for washing parve is not needed, you could wash it in a dairy sink, and not put it down directly on the sink bottom.

Best Regards and let us know if you have further questions.

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	Re: Parve - required? by rivkad - Sunday, November 15 2009, 09:23 PM
	I understand most people have separate glasses for meat and dairy. But is it OK to use plain drinking glasses for both meals, provided they are washed thoroughly in between? Same question for glass (not Pyrex) serving bowls. Show parent \| Reply

Hello fini,
I started to transform bit by bit my kitchen into a kosher one and for me having "parve" is very helpful.
For example when I do the washing up, I am very glad that I dont have to handle fleshig and dairy just one after the other.
Otherwise I have the impression to spoil a bit.

So I wash up first dairy and then in between parve and then fleshig. For me "parve" is like a special area. So you have at least that area, on which you can be very relaxed.
To me this does sth very good. So there is always a "holy" place in between the dairy and the fleshig.
Regards,
idi

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