If a utensil which requires
tevila becomes sufficiently “broken,” and a Jew then repairs it, that utensil is considered to have been “made” by a Jew and
tevila is no longer required. Rav Belsky,
zt”l explained that in order to qualify for this
halacha, the utensil must be so “broken” that it (a) is no longer usable and (b) requires a skilled craftsperson to repair it (based on
Mishnah,
Keilim 26:1).
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