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Items that come in glass or metal utensils such as pickle jars, wine bottles etc. do not need Tevilah unless something is put back into them. For example, if one wanted to pour wine back into the bottle, he would have to be Tovel it first. A simple solution is to make a condition that from now on, any time you buy something from the store that has a glass or metal jar, you are only purchasing the content inside the jar and not the jar itself. This way you do not own it and may reuse it without any worries of having to Tovel it.