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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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Nanotechnology: It’s a Small (Kosher) World After All
Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division Nanotechnology is a cutting-edge field that can revolutionize every industry. By creating devices way thinner than a human hair, scientists can…
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Rabbi Eli Gersten Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth This year (5768), Erev Pesach falls on Shabbos. How do we address the unique needs of both special days? Tune in to Rabbi…
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Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth It’s even widely-known that within kosher law there is a waiting period required before eating dairy after eating meat. But whoever heard of…
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Practical Issues in Hilchos Pesach
Rav Yisroel Belsky Rav Hershel Schachter Senior Halachic Consultants, OU Kashruth In this extra-special video, the Orthodox Union’s prominent Poskim, Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah V’Da’as, and…
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Why is This Shabbos Different from All Other Shabbosos?
Rabbi Menachem Genack Rabbinic Administrator and CEO, OU Kashruth Erev Pesach is always a busy day. Imagine combining it with Shabbos! In 2005, at an OU-RCA Pesach conference, Rabbi Menachem…
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Bread-Buying and Pasta-Purchasing Post-Pesach: Problem or Permitted?
Rabbi Yaakov Luban Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Everyone knows that bread is a strict no-no during Pesach. But what about after Pesach--no problem, right? Wrong! Join Rabbi Yaakov Luban,…
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Mission Not Impossible: The Kosher Jew in a Non-Kosher Milieu
Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division There you are: stuck in a hotel where room service is only too happy to provide shrimp and cheeseburgers. There you…
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The Sabbatical Year: A Discussion for the Diaspora
Rabbi Moshe Elefant Executive Rabbinic Coordinator and COO, Kashruth Division, Orthodox Union. 5768 is a Shemittah (Sabbatical) year in the Land of Israel...could that affect Diaspora Jews? Indeed, yes! Tune…
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Bread: Staff of Life, or Stuff of Traif?
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Paretzky Rabbinic Coordinator and Group Leader, OU Kashruth Division Your local bakery can be a dangerous place - for your Jewishness. Flour and water may be kosher,…
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Making Sense of the Kosher Bakery Scent
Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kashruth Division The common wisdom is that baked goods are so simple: flour and water, and maybe yeast and salt. Listen to Rabbi Yisroel…
