Q. Hello Rav, I’m wondering how to properly wash parve utensils. We have a meat sink and a dairy sink and each has their own sponges & brushes. What is the proper way to wash a parve item? Is it good enough to check the meat (or dairy) sponge to ensure there is no meat (or dairy) on it, and then use it without very hot water to clean parve items or do I need a separate parve sponge? Thanks

A. See question above. The proper way is to keep close by a separate plastic sink container, marked or distinct by its particular color, to be used in each sink only for Pareve dish washing.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a