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Fall 2010

  • Dear Reader – Tishrei 5771

    Dear Reader – Tishrei 5771

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    “Absolute justice” is something that belongs only to Hashem, because only Hashem knows and appreciates one’s true intentions. When we look back at this passing year and see the gross abuse of power in the “name of justice”, one starts to appreciate emes – absolute justice.

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  • Special Needs Group Tour

    Special Needs Group Tour

    The OK Kosher Certification and Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group treated a group of young adults with special needs to an exciting tour of the largest Snapple production facility.

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  • Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5771

    Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5771

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Readers share their thoughts about the last issue…

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  • Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5771

    Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5771

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Dear OK,
    What is the correct brocha for Wasa crackers (crispbread)?

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  • Healthy Spirit: How to Keep a Cut Apple From Turning Brown

    Healthy Spirit: How to Keep a Cut Apple From Turning Brown

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    When you cut open an apple, an enzyme reacts with oxygen to turn polyphenols into melanin. Here’s how to help your apples stay bright and white.

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  • Kosher Combat

    Kosher Combat

    Written by Chanie Brod

    Deep in the woods a young man crouches, peering through the shrubbery. His fatigues are dusty and his beard is tangled. He is searching. His mission: track down berries.

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  • Challah

    Challah

    Written by Rabbi Yosef Dovid Chanowitz

    When Sarah was alive, a cloud hovered over her tent, a candle burned continuously from Shabbos to Shabbos, and Hashem blessed the dough she baked. These miracles correspond to the three mitzvos that are the foundation of a Jewish home.

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  • You Shall Wander In The Land

    You Shall Wander In The Land

    Written by Rabbi Tzvi Liker

    It is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This is certainly true in the world of kashrus, where the chain of command extends from the executive rabbi in the main office down to the mashgiach (kashrus supervisor) in the field.

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  • Responsibility of A Kashrus Agency

    Responsibility of A Kashrus Agency

    Written by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy OB"M

    To whom is the kashrus agency responsible? As we delve into this matter, we find that a kashrus agency actually has a very complicated balance of responsibilities. The agency is accountable to Hashem, but it also has responsibilities towards the consumer public, the certified companies, and, finally, to itself and its reputation.

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  • Meet our Staff: Rabbi Shimon Lasker

    Meet our Staff: Rabbi Shimon Lasker

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Who’s Behind the OK
    Rabbi Shimon Lasker
    Executive Rabbinic Coordinator of OK Europe

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  • <i class='icon-OK'>OK</i> on the Road

    OK on the Road

    Rabbi Yossi Goldstein inspects the bamboo schach production in Xiamen, China

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  • You be the Mashgiach

    You be the Mashgiach

    Being a good mashgiach means having a good eye for the small details.
    Did you spot all 10 differences between these two pictures?

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  • Tishrei Recipe: Tomato Basil Salmon

    Tishrei Recipe: Tomato Basil Salmon

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Wolf & Lamb Salmon

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  • Chassidic Insights: Shabbos Teshuvah

    Chassidic Insights: Shabbos Teshuvah

    Shabbos Teshuvah

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  • Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5771

    Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5771

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    The Chasam Sofer writes that he has a tradition from his Rebbes that the souls of one’s deceased parents stand and pray beside him on Rosh Hashanah.

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Fall 2010

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Dear Reader – Tishrei 5771

Special Needs Group Tour

Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5771

Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5771

Healthy Spirit: How to Keep a Cut Apple From Turning Brown

Kosher Combat

Challah

You Shall Wander In The Land

Responsibility of A Kashrus Agency

Meet our Staff: Rabbi Shimon Lasker

OK on the Road

You be the Mashgiach

Tishrei Recipe: Tomato Basil Salmon

Chassidic Insights: Shabbos Teshuvah

Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5771

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