Dear Reader
Dear Reader,
As I sit at my desk and reflect on the past year, I cannot help but
feel like it has gone by so quickly, while at the same time, it was one of
the slowest moving years of my life.
Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman
Dear Reader,
As I sit at my desk and reflect on the past year, I cannot help but
feel like it has gone by so quickly, while at the same time, it was one of
the slowest moving years of my life.
Written by Ilana Klein
Have you tried 88 Acres products? 88 Acres products are ~ certified and totally delicious. We asked the owner what sets them apart.
Read MoreWritten by Ilana Klein
Why do I occasionally see a specific product where some packages have the OK symbol and some do not?
Read MoreWritten by Ilana Klein
Many Jews have the custom to put the head of a fish on their Rosh Hashanah table. It’s a symbol to be like the head, and not the tail, to think before acting, and to be the best version of ourselves. Not only is fish a symbolic food on the table, but it can be a very healthy component of our seudos during a month of heavy eating.
Read MoreWritten by Leibel Baumgarten
One of the core missions of Chabad of RARA is to assist Jews in rural areas in keeping kosher themselves, which can be a daunting challenge.
Read MoreWritten by Rabbi Sholom Ber Hendel
In order for the gelatin to be kosher certified, it must be made from kosher animals that underwent kosher slaughter and processing, or from kosher fish.
Read MoreWritten by Rabbi Levi Schapiro
According to some Poskim, if the above requirements are met, one may place completely cooked dry foods on a hot plate on Shabbos. However, any food that is moist and will drip – even if the food is only moist inside,
but the moisture will drip to the outside when heated – may not be placed on a hot plate on Shabbos.
Written by Ilana Klein
This year add the taste of Hawaii to your harvest celebration with Hawai’i Harvest Honey’s raw artisanal honeys. All are Kosher and USDA certified organic and never heated, so the honey’s beneficial enzymes, pollens and propolis come to you exactly as the bees intended.
Read MoreWritten by Ilana Klein
Written by Ilana Klein
From this true story you learn the lesson of–and power of—never giving up. You keep trying. Our job is to go out and do, the rest is up to Hashem!
Read MoreWritten by Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz
The Gemara asks, “How do we know that wine is prohibited?” The rabbis then explain that the source for this prohibition is the posuk in Devarim 32:38 that compares wine offerings to idol sacrifices.
Read MoreWritten by Ilana Klein
“Rabbi Kesselman is a talented individual who is well versed in Halacha and its practical implications. Managing the foodservice department in Los Angeles is no easy task and Reb Sholom is magnificently upholding (and improving) the highest level of kashrus. A Talmid Chochom and a mentch, we are lucky to have a man of his stature on the OK team.” – Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, Kashrus Administrator
Read MoreWritten by Ilana Klein
Commenting on that fact, the Talmud explains that the repetition of the expression “Gd saw that it was good” refers to two types of good: Tov lashamayim and Tov labrios — good to heavens (i.e., in matters between man and Gd) and good to the creations (good in matters between man and man).
Read MoreWritten by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman
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