Bitul Beshishim: Cancelling a Non-Kosher Food

Quiz

1 - If non-kosher food gets cooked with kosher food, can it ever be permitted?

• Never.
• Only if it happened accidentally, and you have the correct proportions.
• Yes, if you have a large enough quantity of kosher food to annul it.

2 - What do “60” times kosher do the non-kosher?

• Makes it kosher.
• Nothing.
• Makes it non-discernible (can’t taste the non-kosher) and it becomes annulled in the majority of kosher.

3 - Does this apply to all non-kosher foods?

• Yes.
• It’s a general rule, but there are some exceptions.
• Sometimes it is permitted with a simple majority, sometimes 60 isn’t sufficient.