LONG READS Issue 905 · March 30, 2022

Turning Up the Heat 

For Noam and Shmuel Sonnenberg, their work starts when the cleaning ends

Turning Up the Heat 

Happy to help another Jew have a kosher kitchen for Pesach, Noam told her a little bit about what kashering entails, and told her to make sure not to use anything hot in the kitchen for 24 hours before the koshering team came down.

At the appointed time the team arrived, ready to get to work — only to find the cleaning lady hard at work… washing the oven grates in the sink with hot water. That effectively derailed the plans, but they did squeeze her in for the next day.

“When it comes to helping others have a kosher kitchen for Pesach, you need to step up to the plate, whatever it takes.”

Why Not DIY?

While most of their clients are standard frum Jews, it’s still easy to mess up when kashering a kitchen if you don’t really know what you’re doing, Noam explains. There are a multitude of sh’eilos and complexities that can come up, not to mention the potential damage to appliances and cabinets when kashering isn’t done properly. It’s more than just foil and boiling water.

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