eino ben yomo

Meaning

• utensil not used hot with the relevant food during the preceding day
• utensil whose absorbed taste is considered stale or impaired

Alternate spellings

aino ben yomo, not ben yomo

Usage and context

An important status in laws of absorbed taste and kashering; it does not by itself mean that a utensil may always be used without kashering.

Example in Yeshivish

The equipment was eino ben yomo before the kosher production.

Plain-English example

The equipment had not been used hot with the problematic food within the relevant preceding period.