Immersion of a Coffee Machine Made by Non-Jews
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Question
What should be done regarding the obligation of immersing utensils with a coffee machine, which cannot be immersed because water will enter the holes and cracks and ruin it?
Answer
Create a defect in it that requires a craftsman's work to fix, and then let a Jew repair it.
In conjunction with the fact that it is used only when it is connected to the ground, it is possible to be lenient and consider the utensil as made by a Jew.
Source
Chochmat Adam, Sha'ar Issur Ve-Heter, Klal 73, letter 13: "The large pots in which beer is cooked, it seems to me, require immersion. And even though they are fixed and connected to the ground, they are still considered utensils. And it seems to me that they have no solution other than to immerse them or make a large hole in them so that they cease to be considered utensils. Then let a Jewish craftsman repair them, as mentioned above in Siman 4. And many have questioned this permission of making a hole in the utensil, since it does not change its name, and there are those who ruled that an electrical utensil does not require immersion, since it is always connected to the ground during use, but we do not hold this, as written by Chochmat Adam. However, with the combination of the two opinions, that it is connected to the ground and that it is perforated by a Jew, it is possible to be lenient."