CHIBUT HAKEVER - דעת - לימודי יהדות באור החסידות

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CHIBUT HAKEVER

Hello! I recently heard a little about “chibut hakever” and I have some questions:

Are there really sins that can ONLY be fixed through this, even if teshuvah was done in a person’s lifetime? What are those sins that require this? I also heard that it is for feeling pleasure from things in this world (even from non-sins)- although I admit I may have misunderstood… if this is true, it is “pleasure” like looking at a beautiful sunrise or looking at a cute baby, or more material things like a having a soft blanket, or a heated home in winter, or mementos from childhood?

Is there a way to avoid this? Can a person minimize it for others who have already deceased, or is it only up to each soul for itself?

Thank you for clarifying!

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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ראה יורה דעה סי’ צ”ד ס”ו סי’ צ”ו סי’ א’ וס”ה וראה סי’ צ”א ס”ב.