People arent using Kelim Mikva bec it might have Coronavirus

amother

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:00 pm

Thats what someone told me.

How would Mikvah water have Corovirus germs, and does germ last in water?

ra_mom

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:21 pm

Yup. Dd wanted to toivel a mug she received in MM and I told her we can't now because the keilim mikvah waters are not kept clean and chlorinated like other mikvahs.

singleagain

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:23 pm

Someone recently told me that if you give the item as a gift to a non jew and they then lend it to you. You don't need to tovel it

amother

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:29 pm

Wow.

Am I in danger if I toiveled something?

What do you do if you want to buy a new appliance that needs toiveling?

singleagain

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:41 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Wow.

Am I in danger if I toiveled something?

What do you do if you want to buy a new appliance that needs toiveling?

Well.. so from what I understood, you make a gift if it to a non Jew and have them take it on their hands to accept it. Then ask them to letb you borrow it

amother

Sapphire

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:44 pm

If you used a keilim mikvah, you must be extra careful to wash your hands very well, as well as any surfaces that may have gotten wet from the water. Don't touch your face. Not much different than any other exposure.

singleagain

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:49 pm

Btw. Ask your LOR. About what I said of making it a present to a non Jew. I only heard of this for the first time last week. And had to explain to the non Jew what was being asked of him

bigsis144

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 4:52 pm

Why can’t you just wash it thoroughly the way you would a fruit from the supermarket that someone may have sneezed on?

amother

Puce

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 5:07 pm

Can they add bleach (a lot of it) to the keilim Mikva? Does the water need to be muddled and gross?

FranticFrummie

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 6:23 pm

1. Ask them to put a bunch of bleach in the mikveh water.

2. AYLOR if there is a natural body of water that can be used as a halachic mikveh. In Seattle there were a couple of lakes that qualified, so that made it easier.

amother

Gold

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 11:16 pm

Just wash it, and your hands, with soap.
Coronavirus germs aren’t supergerms, they can be killed same way as any other virus.

WhatFor

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 11:20 pm

It's about exposure. Even if you wash it later, after you dunked it in the mikvah with your hands, did you touch your face before you washed the dish?

I feel like with everything going on, try to make use with the dishes you already have and save the new non toveled dishes for after everything stabilizes. I'm trying to imagine a situation where using a new dish is an emergency.

zohar

Tue, Mar 17 2020, 11:27 pm

WhatFor wrote:

I'm trying to imagine a situation where using a new dish is an emergency.

People making Pesach for the first time in a few weeks?

WhatFor

Wed, Mar 18 2020, 12:41 am

zohar wrote:

People making Pesach for the first time in a few weeks?

Oh yeah, that would be hard. Disposable aluminum pans where possible?

amother

Puce

Wed, Mar 18 2020, 1:31 am

Our keylim Mikva heavily chlorinated the water and set up a google doc. With 15 minute appointment slots.
They ask everyone to do all your unwrapping/sticker removal at home, wait in your car until your time slot, and not congregate outside.

amother

Babypink

Wed, Mar 18 2020, 1:34 am

I understood that heat as low as 130 degrees could kill this virus. I can certainly find water hot enough to wash and sanitize. Plus there's soap. I mean we wash our hands in soap and not even hot water and being told that works.