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Spring 2006

  • beLIeVE 
and let LIVE!

    beLIeVE and let LIVE!

    Written by Yosef Y. Jacobson

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Ten Commandments were engraved on two separate tablets. Why? Was God so short of granite that He needed to use two tablets instead of one?

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  • Facing 
 the Ox

    Facing the Ox

    Written by Sara Levy

    Every so often, a complex question of Jewish law presented itself to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), the famed Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany. The neighborhood butcher had brought before him a particularly complicated case.

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  • Japan’s 
 Kosher Culture

    Japan’s Kosher Culture

    Written by Rabbi Hertsel Simantov

    We have the privilege of living in an era where no part of the world is too far for us to reach or communicate with, in spite of geographical or cultural differences.

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  • Man of War

    Man of War

    Written by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

    Since I began writing about the Tanya-Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi’s revolutionary work on Hasidut from the late 18th century-I have been asked many times about the connection of Tanya to Kabbalah.

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  • Technological Tension

    Technological Tension

    Written by Rabbi Yitzchak Hanoka

    From dishwashers to microwaves to automatic coffee-brewers, technology has revolutionized the modern kitchen.

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  • Setting the Standard:

    Setting the Standard:

    Written by Chaim Zalman Levy

    This is the first in series of articles highlighting innovative approaches by OK Kosher to ensure the highest quality standards in Kosher Supervision.

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  • Shaping While Shipping

    Shaping While Shipping

    Written by Ruth Benjamin

    The Queen Mary cut her way through the waters of the Atlantic, hardly using her potential speed of over 28 knots.

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  • The Great Wail of China

    The Great Wail of China

    Written by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer

    Each year, many Jewish families sit at the seder table, partake of the nostalgic, symbolic foods, enjoy the cups of sweet wine, recite the historic words of the Haggadah, listen to the familiar sound and rhythm of the youngest child reciting the Mah Nishtanah (Four Questions), and relish the delicious meal.

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  • Kosher Kid

    Kosher Kid

    Written by Michael R. Medved

    A few weeks ago, my six-year-old daughter did something that greatly upset one of my professional colleagues. At the same time, it made her father enormously proud.

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  • Spirituality in Spandex

    Spirituality in Spandex

    Written by Simcha Weinstein

    We’ll never know for sure how many thirteen-year-old boys over the past 80 years have squirreled themselves away with a stash of comic books when they were supposed to be studying for their bar mitzvah.

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Spring 2006

Front Cover Of "Kosher Spirit" A Jewish, Kosher Food Topic Magazine - Spring 2006

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beLIeVE and let LIVE!

Facing the Ox

Japan’s Kosher Culture

Man of War

Technological Tension

Setting the Standard:

Shaping While Shipping

The Great Wail of China

Kosher Kid

Spirituality in Spandex

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