Checking infested beans
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Question
Shalom Rav,
I bought a kilo of chickpeas, soaked them for 24 hours and checked them according to the guidelines. I found about 10 kernels with holes, and in almost all of them there was an insect. Afterwards I went over all the chickpeas again and checked that there were no kernels with holes.
Is this inspection sufficient, and is there no need to split all the kernels in two (or to throw everything out)? Seemingly the presumption of infestation applies only to kernels with holes, and I also opened more kernels without holes and they were clean, and I did not find an insect in a kernel that had no hole – so it would appear that there is no presumption regarding kernels without holes.
And even if we say that it is possible that the insects entered the kernels in another way and not through the holes – can one nevertheless use these chickpeas, for example by grinding them, or must everything be thrown out?
I bought a kilo of chickpeas, soaked them for 24 hours and checked them according to the guidelines. I found about 10 kernels with holes, and in almost all of them there was an insect. Afterwards I went over all the chickpeas again and checked that there were no kernels with holes.
Is this inspection sufficient, and is there no need to split all the kernels in two (or to throw everything out)? Seemingly the presumption of infestation applies only to kernels with holes, and I also opened more kernels without holes and they were clean, and I did not find an insect in a kernel that had no hole – so it would appear that there is no presumption regarding kernels without holes.
And even if we say that it is possible that the insects entered the kernels in another way and not through the holes – can one nevertheless use these chickpeas, for example by grinding them, or must everything be thrown out?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
Since these beans have been established as infested, each bean must be split and checked.
It is also permitted to grind all those that appear uninfested, without any further checking.
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