Pan Handle in Immersion of Utensils
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Question
A pan with a long handle, does the handle need to be immersed in the mikvah, or is it sufficient to immerse only the part of the pan that touches the food?
Answer
The handle must also be immersed in the water, and if it was immersed without the handle, it must be immersed again with a blessing.
Source
Mishnah, Tractate Mikvaot, Chapter 10, Mishnah 5: "All handles of utensils that are long and intended to be cut are immersed up to the measurement point. Rabbi Yehuda says: until he immerses it completely." From this, it is understood that handles of utensils that are not intended to be cut must be immersed in water. This is also the ruling of the Shulchan Aruch, Siman 120, Paragraph 12.