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Category Archives: Kashrut
Distorting The Jewish Dietary Laws
Moshe Zev posts to Marc B. Shapiro: I would love to see more about how kashrus has been distorted today in America. We have been taught to believe that nothing is kosher unless it has a certification. Yet it is … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged jewish dietary laws, Marc B. Shapiro, meat product, moshe, rabbi hirsch, rabbi joseph, rabbi moses, rosh yeshiva, zev
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Should You Only Trust A Vaad?
A "vaad" is a council of rabbis, like the RCC, the dominant Jewish law court in California. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Experience has shown that a rabbi who is financially corrupt can easily win back his reputation (and in some … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged american orthodoxy, elizabeth new jersey, financial corruption, Marc B. Shapiro, religious jews, vaad
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Sunday Lunch At David Mazlin’s Mashu Mashu Kosher Restaurant
Mashu Mashu is located at 12510 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607. For delivery call (818) 752-2742 I stopped by at 1:30 pm. David Mazlin was not in. He manages the restaurant (kashrut supervision by the RCC). I do not … Continue reading
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Tagged kosher certification, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, north hollywood ca, orthodox jews, vegetarian entrees
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Refusing To Eat In Other People’s Homes
Rabbi Gil Student writes: "There is a practice among some to refrain from eating at the home of others on Passover (what I believe some call "mishing"). While it is difficult to pin down a label of permissible or forbidden … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Kashrut
Tagged gil student, kashrus, kosher standards, pesach, shomer shabbos
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The Non-Jews and the Israeli Jews
A kashurt inspector I know worked at a food establishment owned by non-Jews. They were completely respectful of the laws of kashrut. He worked at a food establishment run by Orthodox Israelis who were constantly trying to do end-runs around … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Orthodoxy
Tagged food establishment, israeli jews, israelis, laws of kashrut
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