Chapter 116 – Ceremonial Purification of Vessels
116.1) Purify your oven. Earthen vessels will not be pure by simply rinsing in hot water or by glowing.
116.2) Vessels of wood, metal, stone or bone can be made fit by rinsing them with hot water.
116.3) Purify vessels of all rust.
116.4) Glow utensils which are used over fire.
116.5) Purify a vessel with a patch with heat to make sure no leaven is present.
116.6) Purify mortars with burning coals.
116.7) A vessel used for brandy should be purified until all odor and taste of brandy are gone.
116.8) Purify casks by using boiling water.
116.9) Do not attempt to purify a vessel by scraping.
116.10) Vessels that cannot be thoroughly cleansed cannot be made fit for Pesach
116.11) Scour tables and places where food is kept the entire year.
116.12) Purify handles on vessels by pouring hot water over them.
116.13) Purify drinking and measuring vessels.
116.14) Purification must be accomplished with water only.
116.15) If you use tongs to hold a vessel for purifying, move your hands so the area grasped on the tongs may be purified.
116.16) Do not purify vessels in which leaven has been used the same day.
116.17) Rinse vessels with cold water after purification.
116.18) Cleansing should be done in the presence of a scholar if possible.