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 […]
Kosher Cheese, 1
What is the story with Kosher cheese? The answer to this question will take some time, as there are many misconceptions regarding Kosher and non-Kosher (or non-certified) cheese. In addition, the Kashrut industry controls both the supervision on production and the halakhic literature, thus creating an exorbitant pricing system in which what is considered a […]
Kosher Cheese, 2
There is [Almost] no non-Kosher cheese! So far, we have seen that already in the time of the Talmud there was lack of clarity regarding the reason of the prohibition against cheese made by non-Jews. The consensus seems to be that the prohibition had to do with some sort of non-Kosher ingredient. That ingredient, according […]
Waiting between Meat and Dairy, 3
The Chronology of a Talmud Page The subtitle before our previous discussion, of the paragraph in tractate Hullin, indicated that it belongs to the fourth century, but as some readers may have noticed, the scholars mentioned in the paragraph lived in periods ranging from the 3rd to the 5th century. This is a typical phenomenon […]
Drinking is not Kosher
Drinking on Purim Today, we are well aware of the dangers of excessive drinking, alcohol addiction, and binging. There are strict laws regarding distribution of alcohol to minors and driving under the influence of alcohol. Yet at least once a year, on Purim, observant Jews behave as if there is no tomorrow and no responsibility, […]
