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• The Mysterious Wait
An Analysis of Various Minhagim Concerning Waiting Between Meat and Dairy
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
• RFR Reporting
By Rabbi Avrohom gordimer
• AKO Conference at OU Headquarters
• Kashrus Alert…
• Mazel Tov…
• Condolences…
Cheshvan 5772/November 2011
Vol. 20, No. 1
Download• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Chazara On Shabbos
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Holy Fries
By Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Daf Notes…
• Rutgers Offers Unique New Course on the Role of Kosher Food in the Global Food Industry
• Kashrus Alert…
• Kashrus Advisory…
• Mazel Tov…
• Condolences…
• Second OU Harry H. Beren Advanced Kashrut Seminar for Women Explores the Intricacies of Kosher Law
• OU Pas Yisroel Products (As of Elul 5771)
Compiled by Rabbi Eli Eleff
• Other Ask OU Programs
• Boachem L’shalom
• Tzeischem L’shalom…
Av 5771 - Tishrei 5772/ Aug - Oct 2011
Vol. 19, No. 10
Download• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Medicine Guidelines
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• It’s Not Just Milk At The Milk Street Café - New Kosher Restaurant Opens on Wall St.
with Meat, Dairy, and Pareve Menus
• ASK OU - VISIT OU Program Welcomes a Variety of Schools
• Updated Aged Cheese list
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
• OU: Pedialyte Has “D” Certification, but it’s Parve
By Hamodia Staff
• Kashrus Alert…
• Kashrus Advisory…
• Tzeischem L’shalom…
• Mazel Tov…
• Condolences…
Tamuz 5771/ July 2011
Vol. 19, No. 9
Download• Beware of The Perfect Schedule ‘A’ – It May Be Imperfect!
By Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein
• Worms in Sardines
• ASK OU Kosher Comes to Town - A Night to Remember in Elizabeth
• OU Kosher Visits Paris Consistoire
Translated from the original in the French Press
• Second “Advanced Kashrut Seminar for Women” - Coming August 29-September 2 at OU Headquarters
• New OU Kosher Program Presents Yoreh Deah
Mini-Shiurim with Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Kashrus Alert…
• Mazel Tov…
• Tzeischem L’shalom…
• U’boachem L’shalom…
Sivan 5771/ June 2011
Vol. 19, No. 8
Download• Pesach Status of Enriched White Rice
By Rabbi Gavriel Price
• ASK OU Promotes Kashrus Awareness and Achdus - Four Communities Visited in a Span of Twelve Days
• Publications - OU Kosher Publishes Manual on Fish Industry
• Kuntros On Anisakis…
• Mazel Tov…
• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Kashering With Sha’ar Mashkim
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Kashrus Alert…
• Condolences…
Iyar 5771/ May 2011
Vol. 19, No. 7
Download• Selected Glossary of Ingredients for Pesach
By Rabbi Gavriel Price
• Mirrer Rosh Hayeshiva Harav Noson Tzvi Finkel Addresses OU Kashrus Staff
• Starch Derivatives Used In Food Ingredients
By Rabbi Gavriel Price
• Chametz: Heteira Bola or Issura Bola
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• The Question of Quinoa
By Rabbi Avi Juravel
• Sephardic Jewish Community - Congregation Shaare Zion, Brooklyn, NY
• AJ Madison Visits OU
• Kashrus Alert…
• Please Note…
• Kashrus Advisory..
• Mazel Tov…
• Condolences…
Nissan 5771/ April 2011
Vol. 19, No. 6
Download• Birchos Hamashgiach (Part 1) - From a lecture presented at ASK OU 10
By Rabbi Lenny Steinberg
• ASK OU in Boro Park reveals deep kashrus interest and achdus
• OUP What’s New for 2011
By Rabbi Shmuel Singer
• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Jams
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Sardine Issues
• Kashrus Alert…
• Condolences…
• Reserve The Dates…
• Mazel Tov…
Adar I & 11 5771/ February-March 2011
Vol. 19, No. 5
Download• Safety Concepts For Mashgichim
By Rabbi Aron Mendelson
• Let’s All Daven to Hashem. Really.
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Grape Juice Concentrate
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Update To The OUD Cholov Yisroel List - Originally published In Daf Hakashrus Vol. 19, No. 3
• Update On Chalav Stam
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
• Condolences…
• Kiryas Joel Delegation Visits OU Kashrus
• Kashrus Alert…
• Mazel Tov…
Shevat 5771/ January 2011
Vol. 19, No. 4
Download• OU Cholov Yisroel Listing as of Kislev 5771
• Job Opportunity
Tevet 5771/ December 2010 - Supplement
Vol. 19, No. 3 - Supplement
Download• OU Kosher Consumer Hotline FAQ’s
By Rabbi Dovid Polsky
• Fundamental Guidelines For Commercial Vegetable Inspection -
A Presentation to the 2010 ASK OU Internship Program
By Rabbi Yosef Eisen
• New Product - Old World Kosher Sausage
• Mail
• Please Note…
• Mazel Tov…
• Condolences…
Kislev 5771/ November 2010
Vol. 19, No. 2
Download• What’s The Beracha On...Odwalla Banana Nut Bar?
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Kavush
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Mail
• Kashrus Alert
• Condolences
Cheshvan 5771/ October 2010
Vol. 19, No. 1
Download• Juice Authentication
By Rabbi Gavriel Price
• Lo Basi Ella L’orer - Bitul Issur Lichatchila
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Pas Yisroel Products (As of Elul 5770)
By Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff
• What’s The Beracha On… General Mills OU Cereals?
• Mazel Tov…
• Kashruth Alert
• Mail
• Tzaischem L’shalom
• Uboachem L’shalom
Tishrei 5771/September 2010
Vol. 18, No. 10a
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