Tevila – Bottles bought with Food and Drink

Igros Moshe (YD II #40) Question:Containers and bottles such as whiskey or juice that were bought with food and drink from non-Jews do they require tevila when reused? Answer  It is reasonable in my humble opnion that they don’t need tevila when they are reused to hold other liquids after the original content has been removed. The reason is that the container is subordinate to the liquid it was sold with. It is like the hide of an animal and thus it means it was never owned by the non-Jew as a container and therefore it first became a container  after it was bought by the Jew and thus it doesn’t require tevila. In a case where  it is possible that that the factory was owned by Jews and it was purchased from a Jewish store. But it is impossible to clarify the matter then the containers should be toveled without a beracha while if they are glass which is only a rabbinic obligation they don’t need at all to be toveled if their Jewish origin can not be clarified  when it requires great effort to tovel them. However if it is possible to clarify it is required to do so even just for the beracha.