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Fall 2014

  • Dear Reader – Tishrei 5775

    Dear Reader – Tishrei 5775

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    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…

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  • Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5775

    Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5775

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    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

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  • Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5775

    Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5775

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    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?

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  • Healthy Spirit: Water

    Healthy Spirit: Water

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

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

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  • Beginning Anew

    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?

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  • Tishrei Recipe: Shivas HaMinim Salad

    Tishrei Recipe: Shivas HaMinim Salad

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Shivas HaMinim Salad

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  • Keeping Kosher in Venice

    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.

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  • Preparing for Shmitta

    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.

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  • From the Desk of Rabbi Don Yoel Levy – Tishrei 5775

    From the Desk of Rabbi Don Yoel Levy – Tishrei 5775

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Last year I traveled to Ukraine and Russia to visit ~ certified facilities and meet with local rabbonim who have their own hechsherim in the area. I was scheduled to fly on Aeroflot to Moscow at 2:20 PM and arrive at 8:30 the next morning.

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  • Why Was the Plan Changed

    Why Was the Plan Changed

    When OK rabbis travel around the world, they might find themselves coming back with more than kosher reports and new information – sometimes, they also have amazing stories of hashgocha protis to recount.

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  • Meet Our Staff: Rabbi Ouriel Serfaty

    Meet Our Staff: Rabbi Ouriel Serfaty

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Interview with
    Rabbi Ouriel Serfaty

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  • Chassidic Insights: Shmitta

    Chassidic Insights: Shmitta

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    A Timely Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe ztz”l

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  • Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5775

    Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5775

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    Why don’t we make a brocha on teshuva like we do on other mitzvos?

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Fall 2014

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Dear Reader – Tishrei 5775

Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5775

Consumer Questions – Tishrei 5775

Healthy Spirit: Water

Beginning Anew

Tishrei Recipe: Shivas HaMinim Salad

Keeping Kosher in Venice

Preparing for Shmitta

From the Desk of Rabbi Don Yoel Levy – Tishrei 5775

Why Was the Plan Changed

Meet Our Staff: Rabbi Ouriel Serfaty

Chassidic Insights: Shmitta

Soul Nutrition – Tishrei 5775

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