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Fall 2017

  • Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5778

    Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5778

    Written by Estee Butman

    Mitzvas Tefillin at Our Daily Bread with an employee, Oliver. First time since his bar mitzvah! A beautiful note of thanks from our Mivtza Matzah Campaign!   Dear Kosher Spirit, Please let me know how I can receive the ‘Vegetable …

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  • Dear Reader – Tishrei 5778

    Dear Reader – Tishrei 5778

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    Dear Reader, As Rosh Hashanah rapidly approaches and we start a new year, I struggle to keep track of all that has transpired in the past year. It was a year full of reevaluations, updates, and improvements to our workflow …

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  • Beets

    Beets

    Written by Estee Butman

    According to some customs, beets are one of the many simanim for Rosh Hashanah. The Hebrew word for beet is selek סלק, which resembles the Hebrew word sileik (remove), so the beet represents the prayer that our sins and adversaries …

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  • Wyldewood Cellars

    Wyldewood Cellars

    Written by Estee Butman

    Wyldewood Cellars – A Unique Enterprise Elderberries have been a companion to man since the stone age and grow wild in the temperature zones around the world. They are a dark purple berry with many naturally occurring nutritional substances: Anthocyanins, Quercertin, …

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  • Your Kosher Kitchen

    Your Kosher Kitchen

    Written by Rabbi Levi Schapiro

    Your Kosher Kitchen – All About Ovens 1. 2. I cooked meat and pareve at the same time in the oven. Can I eat the pareve item with milk? If both are completely covered, yes. If the meat was double …

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  • Keeping Kosher in the IDF

    Keeping Kosher in the IDF

    Written by Estee Butman

    “An army marches on its stomach.” This saying, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, is as true today as it was over 200 years ago. In the Israel Defense Forces, food is a top priority. The meals for the soldiers are designed …

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  • Butternut Squash, Apple & Ginger Soup

    Butternut Squash, Apple & Ginger Soup

    Written by Devorah Backman

    Subscribe to Joy of Kosher Magazine 1 diced onion 1 chopped butternut squash 4 chopped apples 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon coriander ½ inch fresh ginger 4 cups stock or water Directions Heat a …

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  • Kosher Colorings

    Kosher Colorings

    Written by Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz

    On Yom Kippur the Kohen Gadol would hang a red piece of wool in the Bais Hamikdash. Once the wool turned white they knew our sins were forgiven… Human beings have been tinkering with food for thousands of years. Salt, …

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  • Kosher GPS

    Kosher GPS

    Written by Estee Butman

    Smartphone App Takes Guesswork Out of Kosher Travel Kosher GPS, compatible with Android and iOS devices, provides location based info on kosher restaurants, local minyanim and mikvaos across the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. The app is updated daily and …

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  • What Are Probiotics

    What Are Probiotics

    Written by Rabbi Sholom Ber Hendel

    Probiotics are live micro-organisms (bacteria) that provide many health benefits, especially for the digestive system. Probiotics are found in yogurts and other fermented products and are sold in liquid, powder, capsule, or tablet form. How are probiotics made? The micro-organism …

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  • The Investigator

    The Investigator

    Written by Estee Butman

    Coming Soon! Excerpt from Dovid Zaklikowski’s new book. According to folklore, the original formula for Dr. Pepper was cut in half and held in the vaults of two banks in Dallas, Texas. During his 1976 visit to the Dallas syrup plant, however, …

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  • Interview with Rabbi Shlomo Klein

    Interview with Rabbi Shlomo Klein

    Written by Estee Butman

    KS: Where did you grow up? Where did you go to yeshiva? RSK: I was born and raised in Boro Park, Brooklyn. I learned in the Skverer Cheder, Yeshiva Shaarei Yosher, and then continued learning in the Gateshead Yeshiva. When …

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  • The Shape of the Shofar

    The Shape of the Shofar

    Written by Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky

    The shofar is narrow on one end and broad on the other. The broad end is where the horn was attached to the animal’s head, and the narrow end is the tip of the horn. There are two rules in the Shulchan Aruch regarding …

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  • The Most Opportune Time for Teshuvah

    The Most Opportune Time for Teshuvah

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    The Gemara, in tractates Brochos and Eruvin, relates that Rabbi Yochonon says that it is better for a person to walk after (behind) a lion then after a woman… Reb Levik Schneerson, the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, once gave …

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Fall 2017

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Share Your Spirit – Tishrei 5778

Dear Reader – Tishrei 5778

Beets

Wyldewood Cellars

Your Kosher Kitchen

Keeping Kosher in the IDF

Butternut Squash, Apple & Ginger Soup

Kosher Colorings

Kosher GPS

What Are Probiotics

The Investigator

Interview with Rabbi Shlomo Klein

The Shape of the Shofar

The Most Opportune Time for Teshuvah

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