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I have been a thief all of my life. I was raised with a value for thievery as a measure of prowess and achievement. The more creative the theft, the more admirable. Being naturally astute I honed my talents to a science. I can look at virtually any system and find ways to evade paying for something. Needless to say, deception and trickery was pervasive in every aspect of my life. In my business dealings, “salesmanship” was the word I would use to explain away the lies and manipulation. I don’t remember what it feels like to tell the truth.

I am now an adult and moving towards being shomer shabbos. I fundamentally believe that everything comes from G-d. That mere possession of something does not mean a thing! I have resolved never to take anything that does not belong to me, nor to deceive anyone in even the slightest way, no matter the personal consequence.

Rabbi,

1. How do I atone for a life of thievery and deception? There’s no conceivable way for me to calculate how much I stole in my life, let alone from whom, and no hope of paying most of these people back. I don’t have the money.

2. How do I pay Ma’asser from money that is part legitimate and part illicit?

In the halachos of kashrus we find that the mixing of milk and meat can either by done by the milk and meat mixing.
Or by their taste mixing The taste of food can transfer either when the food is at the heat of 45 Celsius (while some are machmir at 40 Celsius) or if the food is sharp and cut with a knife. if the food is not sharp or hot the taste which is in the food will not transfer over via the vessels which are being used unless the vessel being used is unclean as the hen there is actual food left there which is giving over the taste.
Therefore, theoretically speaking if you wash down the mixer after usage you can surely use it for dairy and thereafter for pareve with no concern at all.
For this reason there is no problem to use the same machine for both dairy and pareve yet if the machine is not totally clean you should wipe it down the machine after using for dairy before you use it for pareve if you want the pareve to certainly remain pareve.

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