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Winter 2018

  • Dear Reader – Chanukah 5778

    Dear Reader – Chanukah 5778

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    Dear Reader, Chanukah is all about the “kosher spirit” of Yiddishkeit. It is well known that the Greeks didn’t object to the Torah or the mitzvos per se; it was the “kosher spirit”, the G-dliness behind the Torah and mitzvos, …

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  • Oil

    Oil

    Written by Estee Butman

    We all know about the Chanukah miracle when a tiny jar of pure, sealed olive oil lasted for 8 days, even though it was only enough for one. While olive oil was the oil of choice in the Beis HaMikdash, …

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  • Consumer Questions – Chanukah 5778

    Consumer Questions – Chanukah 5778

    Written by Estee Butman

    I’m confused about why certain products are certified “D” or “DE” when I don’t see any dairy ingredients in the product. Why do some pareve products say, “May contain traces of milk.”?

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  • You Be The Mashgiach

    You Be The Mashgiach

    Written by Estee Butman

    Can you find the ”8“ differences in these pictures? If you found 15 perhaps YOU can be a mashgiach!

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  • Oven Question Clarification

    Oven Question Clarification

    Written by Rabbi Levi Schapiro

    I cooked a pareve cake in a fleishig oven. Can I eat it with milk?

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  • What is White Vinegar

    What is White Vinegar

    Written by Rabbi Sholom Ber Hendel

    The word vinegar is a combination of two French words, vin (wine) and aigre (sour). White vinegar, the most commonly used form, is a clear liquid with a sour taste, which is used to add taste in cooking, pickling, and salad dressings.

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  • Your Kosher Kitchen: the Dishwasher

    Your Kosher Kitchen: the Dishwasher

    Written by Rabbi Yakov Teichman

    1. I put a dairy dish in a meat dishwasher (or vice versa). Do I need to kasher my dish? If the dish/utensil is metal or wooden, one should leave it unused for 24 hours and then kasher it by …

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  • Asian Mock Crab Red Potato Latkes

    Asian Mock Crab Red Potato Latkes

    Written by Shifra Klein Joy of Kosher Magazine

    These Asian Mock Crab Red Potato Latkes double as a classic Chanukah dish and a fish course!

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  • What’s the Deal with Dairy

    What’s the Deal with Dairy

    Written by Rabbi Yoni Rappaport

    From the moment any mammal is born one of the first things to pass its lips is milk. Throughout most people’s lives their day will start with milk consumption, in one form or another.

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  • Keeping Kosher in a  Hurricane

    Keeping Kosher in a Hurricane

    Written by Duby Litvin

    An inside look into keeping kosher during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

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  • Kosherfest in Photos

    Kosherfest in Photos

    Written by Estee Butman

         

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  • Interview with Rabbi Yakov Teichman

    Interview with Rabbi Yakov Teichman

    Written by Estee Butman

    One of our new אברכים – אב בחכמה רך בשנים, Reb Yakov combines halachic knowledge, technical expertise and an amicable unassuming personality, which has contributed to his popularity amongst his peers.

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  • Why Defile the Oil

    Why Defile the Oil

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    The miracle of the one pure bottle of oil, which lasted for eight days and nights, symbolizes the Jews eternal connection to G-d, which can never be severed, no matter who or what the enemy.

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  • Fire & Light

    Fire & Light

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    The topic of Chanukah does not have its own tractate in the Talmud, rather it is included in Maseches Shabbos. Why doesn’t Chanukah have its own complete tractate?

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Winter 2018

Front Cover Of "Kosher Spirit" A Jewish, Kosher Food Topic Magazine - Winter 2018

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Dear Reader – Chanukah 5778

Oil

Consumer Questions – Chanukah 5778

You Be The Mashgiach

Oven Question Clarification

What is White Vinegar

Your Kosher Kitchen: the Dishwasher

Asian Mock Crab Red Potato Latkes

What’s the Deal with Dairy

Keeping Kosher in a Hurricane

Kosherfest in Photos

Interview with Rabbi Yakov Teichman

Why Defile the Oil

Fire & Light

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