The 2024 Approved Passover Food List
Here is this year’s Approved Kosher for Passover Food List. We are grateful to kashrut.org for their continuous efforts in creating and maintaining this list.
The 2023 Approved Pesach Food List
Here is this year’s Approved Kosher for Passover Food List. We are grateful to kashrut.org for their continuous efforts in creating and maintaining this list.
Eating Outside Part 5
Bishul Akum – Myth and Reality For the definition of Bishul Akum (food cooked by a non-Jew), as understood and as supervised by the Kashrut organizations, here is a segment from the discussion on the Star-K website: Occasionally, there may be circumstances where both ingredients and equipment are 100% kosher and through a violation of […]
Eating Outside Part 4
Wine: Wine is clearly labeled, and usually served in the original bottle. In case it is not kosher, the guest should find a polite way to explain to the host why he is refraining from drinking it. The same follows if the wine is served in decanters and there is no way to know what […]
Eating Outside Part 2
In the previous post we have discussed the question of eating at a friend’s house when that friend does not keep kosher. We have mentioned two factors one must consider: 1) do I want to eat there? 2) can I trust the good intentions of the host? Both questions are subjective, and there is a […]
Eating Outside Part 1
Question: I’m invited to a home which is generally non-kosher, but the host promised me that everything will be kosher. What should I do? Answer: There is no simple answer to this question because there are many variants, both technical and emotional. Technically, we have to determine what are the potential problems at a non-kosher […]
Waiting between Meat and Dairy, 4
Maimonides – 12th Century The next reference to the issue of eating dairy after meat was made centuries later, by Maimonides.[1] He rules like Mar Ukva, that meat and dairy cannot be eaten during the same meal, and adds a time barrier of six hours. He explains that six hours are needed to get rid […]
Kashrut FAQ, 1
1. Can I wash meat and dairy dishes at the same time in one dishwasher? 2. Non-dairy creamers are usually marked OU Dairy. Which one do I trust? Is it true that Kashrut requirements are more rigorous and that’s why it is marked dairy? 3. Can I rely on the list of ingredients to determine […]
Waiting between Meat and Dairy, 2
Midrash Halakha In the Halakhic Midrash on Exodus[1] we find eight different opinions regarding the triple repetition of the prohibition, and the one mentioned above is listed as the seventh of the eight. (the text of the Midrash can be found in the footnotes. I have numbered the different opinions.) This 8-way dispute clearly shows […]
Waiting between Meat and Dairy, 1
Kashrut, Explained! Part I: Meat and dairy This article, on the origins and practices of the separation of meat and dairy, could have started with ranting. There are so many insane things happening in the kashrut industry, in private homes, and in educational institutions, that I should be complaining here that no one studies Halakha […]
