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Winter 2014

  • Dear Reader

    Dear Reader

    If a person has only enough money to buy and kindle one candle (either a Chanukah candle or a Shabbos candle), he should forgo the Chanukah candle and use the money to purchase a Shabbos candle to light in his home.

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  • Share Your Spirit

    Share Your Spirit

    Readers share their thoughts about the last issue…

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  • Consumer Questions

    Consumer Questions

    Do cupcake liners need a kosher symbol? How about other common kitchen items, like parchment paper, foil pans, aluminum foil and plastic wrap?

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  • Healthy Spirit

    Healthy Spirit

    8 Amazing Facts About the Human Eye!

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  • Keeping Kosher in… Alaska.

    Keeping Kosher in… Alaska.

    Written by Leigh Hershkovich

    A city like Anchorage, Alaska is known more for the amount of salmon it sells than the kosher items they produce. Keeping kosher in Anchorage means learning to be creative, and being grateful for everything you get.

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  • Food Colorants

    Food Colorants

    Written by Rabbi Yitzchak Gornish

    The glittering yellow of the Chanukah flames; the deep blue of the ocean; the crisp white of the clouds – each color is innately connected to the object it represents, so much so that shades of color are often named by the object with which they are most associated…

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  • Did you Know…

    Did you Know…

    We give it our all.

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  • Hasgocha Protis

    Hasgocha Protis

    Deported for a Good Reason.
    The unusual journey to the supervision site was exhausting and time consuming, but Rabbi Eidelman did not regret it.

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  • Kosher Energy

    Kosher Energy

    Written by Maayan Meir

    Truck drivers, late night study sessions and busy people working two jobs all have something in common – they need a way to stay alert and get extra energy.

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  • Chanukah Recipe

    Chanukah Recipe

    Chanukah Greek Olive Oil Crinkle Cookies

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  • The Goods on Gelt

    The Goods on Gelt

    8 things you didn’t know about the dollar.

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  • Meet Our Staff

    Meet Our Staff

    An Interview with Rabbi Yitzchok Rosenfeld

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  • Chassidic Insights

    Chassidic Insights

    Chanukah is universally known as the Festival of Lights….

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  • Soul Nutrition

    Soul Nutrition

    8 Days of Thanksgiving! This year, the first night of Chanukah coincides with the American holiday of Thanksgiving…

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Winter 2014

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Keeping Kosher in… Alaska.

Food Colorants

Did you Know…

Hasgocha Protis

Kosher Energy

Chanukah Recipe

The Goods on Gelt

Meet Our Staff

Chassidic Insights

Soul Nutrition

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