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Kosher Spirit

  • Home  >  Kosher Spirit  >  Spring 2009

Spring 2009

  • Dear Reader

    Dear Reader

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

    The Pesach Haggadah is perhaps the sefer with the most printed versions of the same text. Thousands of versions of the Haggadah, each featuring different commentaries, have been printed over the years, making Haggados a feature in the collections of many seforim enthusiasts.

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  • Share your Spirit

    Share your Spirit

    Readers share their thoughts about the last issue…

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  • Consumer Questions for the <i class='icon-OK'>OK</i>

    Consumer Questions for the OK

    Dear OK, Does coffee need a
    “Kosher L’Pesach” hechsher?

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  • Putting the Joy Back into the Pesach Seder

    Putting the Joy Back into the Pesach Seder

    Written by Bassie Kohen

    “We quickly realized that Bonei Olam is no ordinary organization and that Rabbi Bochner and his team of volunteers are no ordinary human beings.”

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  • Pesach Hotels

    Pesach Hotels

    Written by Rabbi Yitzchak Gornish

    An outside cleaning service is brought in to clean to the mashgiach’s satisfaction. This alone can take several days and can be quite overwhelming, even for experienced mashgichim.

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  • Reflections

    Reflections

    Written by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy OB"M

    My father was always extremely careful to have as much transparency as possible and to have one uniform policy for all.

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  • Know Thy Beans

    Know Thy Beans

    Written by Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech

    The criteria for determining what is – and what is not – kitniyos is less clear than the actual custom.

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  • Pesach Recipe

    Pesach Recipe

    Gefile Fish serving for 5-6

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  • Lettuce: Washing Instructions

    Lettuce: Washing Instructions

    Separate leaves from the head, opening all folds and creases.

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  • Interview with Rabbi Hershel Krinsky

    Interview with Rabbi Hershel Krinsky

    KS: Where did you grow up? Where did you go to yeshiva?
    RHK: I grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts and learned in Crown Heights at Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch at 770 Eastern Parkway.

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  • Fun Page

    Fun Page

    What in the World?!? Can you figure out what these zoomed-in images represent?

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  • Moshiachs Seudah

    Moshiachs Seudah

    Written by Dina Fraenkel

    The last day of Pesach, called Acharon Shel Pesach, is connected to the coming of Moshiach and is marked by a special meal featuring matzah and four cups of wine.

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  • soul Nutrition

    soul Nutrition

    The famous scholar, Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchok (Rashi) was a wine maker in Troyes (in the Champagne valley).

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Dear Reader

Share your Spirit

Consumer Questions for the OK

Putting the Joy Back into the Pesach Seder

Pesach Hotels

Reflections

Know Thy Beans

Pesach Recipe

Lettuce: Washing Instructions

Interview with Rabbi Hershel Krinsky

Fun Page

Moshiachs Seudah

soul Nutrition

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