Fall 2014

Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

As we recommit ourselves to
Yiddishkeit in this New Yearand strive to do things better, we sometimes run into challenging areas. Mitzvos that seem hard to understand like kashrus and shmitta, which occurs this year, can be especially challenging…

Share Your Spirit

Dear Kosher Spirit,
I read your excellent article about tevilas keilim. I would like to get it in electronic form to email to my family. Please send me the link to the article.

Thank you.
JP

Consumer Questions

Dear Kosher Spirit,

When making a smoothie in a blender, what level of checking is required on the fruit and vegetables that ordinarily need to be checked for bugs?

Healthy Spirit

Drinking water in the morning increases the production of new blood and muscle cells.

Beginning Anew

Written by Dr. Yehudit Lando, Ph.D.

The voice of the shofar is calling and the Days of Awe are here, inspiring in each of us a Cheshbon HaNefesh – examining our deeds in the last year and thinking about making amends and beginning anew. What will we do this year that is better, to really make a new beginning?

Tishrei Recipe

Shivas HaMinim Salad

Keeping Kosher in Venice

Written by Leigh Hershkovich

Venice, Italy. A city for dreamers and foodies alike. One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, Venice attracts people by the thousands every year. The floating city draws people in for its sights, its beauty, and its food.

Preparing for Shmitta

Written by Maayan Meir

Shmitta – the Biblical commandment to leave the land fallow every seventh year – is as relevant as ever in Israel. There were times where most people perceived shmitta as a problem, something to find a way around, a mitzvah one should try and find leniencies and exemptions for, but not any longer.