Today is April 20, 2025 / /
Today is April 20, 2025 / /
On Monday, April 14th, the Operation Passover hot line opens. Calls will be answered by rabbis who can give you accurate information for Passover. If no one answers, leave a message and we will call you back. 1 888 MATZAH 1 (use the 9 for the Z)
AOL did a feature on totally weird cereals. Here are some of the nominees: Moonstones Ralston marketed this cereal with the story that it was mined from the lunar surface by a regiment of magical beings called Moonbeams. Their commandant, Major Moon, led the work camp while obsessing over the moral decay their shiftless neighbors, Continue Reading »
We were reading the Star-K’s 2008 PASSOVER DIRECTORY, and in an otherwise fairly good explanation of kitniyot, came upon the following sentence: “Nevertheless, most reputable Kashrus agencies in the United States and Israel do not permit the use of shemen kitniyos (oil made from kitniyot)in their products.(page 41).” Last year, an OU Rabbinic Field Rep, Continue Reading »
This story comes from the Monday, March 31 edition of Kosher Today. Our comments will appear at the end. Certified Kosher Tomatoes Now Available from Santa Sweets Plant City, Florida… by Eda Kram… To meet the growing demand among Jewish consumers and others looking for food they can trust, Santa Sweets announced that its Roma, Continue Reading »
The family of brews from St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. already includes Porter, Marzen, Pale Ale, Wheat, Honey Lager and Amber Bock — on top of the basic Michelob rolled out in 1896 and Michelob Light, which followed in 1978. Now, Anheuser-Busch appears poised to stock its Michelob cabinet even tighter. It has received label application Continue Reading »
SOME SPECIAL NOTES CONCERNING A PASSOVER THAT BEGINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. There are all manner of rules that come into play this year (and, by the way, again in 2005!) when Passover begins on a Saturday night. Here are things you need to know: The search for Chametz (Bedikat Chametz) is done on Thursday night Continue Reading »
GENERAL TSO IS KNOWN FOR WAR, NOT CHICKEN General Tso’s chicken is a dish that is all but unknown in China. If you go to General Tso’s hometown in Hunan Province, almost nobody, even those hundreds of his family members still there, know of the dish. So who was General Tso and why are we Continue Reading »
The tone of the editorial is hard to guess. It seems to us that there is no recognition in the article that the old Kashruth law of NYS was blatantly unconstitutional. It was in defiance of a number of specific Constitutional issues. That the law lasted as long as it did was rather amazing. We Continue Reading »
This editorial appeared in the Monday, March 17 edition of Kosher Today. We print it here without commentary. Our comments will, please God, appear tomorrow. My Sixth Sense Sowing More Confusion for Kosher Consumers It was hard to believe that the Commack, Long Island butchers that had caused the demise of the 108-year old kosher Continue Reading »
This story comes from this week”s Kosher Today: Supermarket Chain Faces Boycott by the Orthodox Tel Aviv… The Alon Group’s (owners of the supermarket Blue Square) strategy of marketing segmentation seems to be on the brink of failure. Despite the chain’s development of a special brand for the Orthodox market, the community is threatening a Continue Reading »
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