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Kosher Tidbits
The world's leading experts in Kosher — the OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinators — share their knowledge of Kashrut, Halakha and Technology.
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Fermentation: A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Th’ O.U.
Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division A hamburger on a bun, with pickles and a beer. For some, picnic fare. For the OU: red flags! Join Rabbi…
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Merging Cleanliness and G-dliness
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Paretzky Rabbinic Coordinator and Group Leader, OU Kashruth Division Factory equipment is always a hot topic around the OU Kashruth office. A kosher apparatus poses no problem,…
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Reputation Preservation: Kashrus and Maris Ayin
Rabbi David Bistricer Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division “What will the neighbors think” is often immaterial—but sometimes it’s of major importance. Join Rabbi David Bistricer, a Rabbinic Coordinator with OU…
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Reputation Preservation: Kashrus and Maris Ayin
Rabbi David Bistricer Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division “What will the neighbors think” is often immaterial—but sometimes it’s of major importance. Join Rabbi David Bistricer, a Rabbinic Coordinator with OU…
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Keeping Kosher: The Soul You Save May Be Your Own
Rabbi David Bistricer Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division No waiter ever asked a customer, "Would you like some arsenic with your roast beef, sir?" We would run, not walk, to…
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A Refreshing Approach To Dairy Products
Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Decades ago, the great sage Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zatzal, issued his permit to consume milk sold by American dairy companies. On what was…
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Rabbi Eli Gersten Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Colostrum is a special kind of milk, chock-full of protein and very beneficial for infants…but is it kosher? Join Rabbi Eli Gersten, the…
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The Vaad HaKashrus: Politicians or Professionals?
Rabbi Yaakov Luban Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth How sophisticated is the local Vaad certifying that delicious calzone and those yummy buffalo wings? Join Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator…
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The Vaad HaKashrus: How and Why?
Rabbi Yaakov Luban Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Your local kosher bakery and Chinese restaurant both need kashrus certification. How is it set up? Join Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic…
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Escape or Embrace: A Torah View of Material Pursuits
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Vice President for Communications and Marketing OU Kashruth The emaciated holy man sitting isolated on a mountain-top. The morbidly obese drunkard sprawled again on the barroom floor.…
