Legumes Soaked in Uncovered Water
Question
Is there any issue of tumah if I left legumes soaking overnight in uncovered water? And what should be done with them if that happened?
Answer
Shalom uVracha,
The concern here isn’t of tumah, but rather the prohibition of giluy, liquids that were left uncovered, due to the concern that a snake might have left venom in them.
Min Ha'din, in our times this prohibition no longer applies.
Those who still have the custom to be stringent should rinse the legumes from the water they were soaked in.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De’ah, siman 116, se’if 1.
See also Pischei Teshuvah there, quoting the Shelah and the Gra.
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