One Sink.
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Question
We rented a house that has only one sink. What should we be careful about?
Answer
Care should be taken to: 1. Not pour boiling water, even from a secondary vessel. 2. Not open the hot water tap into the sink, even if the sink is empty. 3. Not leave dairy and meat food residues in a vessel with water that is not changed for 24 hours.
Source
The sink may have absorbed forbidden substances, as it cannot be koshered. Care should be taken to ensure that the forbidden tastes do not transfer from the sink to the utensils.
1. As in the case of cooking, even in a secondary vessel, according to the opinion of the Taz in Siman 105, SK 4. 2. Due to nitzok, as the Rema writes in Siman 105, SG 3: "It is forbidden to pour from a vessel containing kosher fat into a burning candle containing milk or forbidden fat, but in a pressing situation, one need not worry." 3. By the law of soaking, it is considered as cooking, as written in Siman 105, SA 1.