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category:  Jewish Law

what is in a name

Hi, my name is Isabel. Lately iv’e been thinking about my name and how it is not a jewish name. Although I am fine with my name and feel comfortable with it, I’m not sure how important it is for me to have a jewish name. I spoke to different rabbis on this situation, two of them said i should strongly consider changing it, they never really got into detail about the consequences. I felt like they didnt want to tell me. Another rabbi said I shouldn’t be quick to change my name because I can change my mazal. I’m not sure how I should look at the situation. Is it a sin that I do not have a jewish name? What are the consequences?

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.