{"id":154,"date":"2007-03-10T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T03:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2007-12-09T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T20:27:48","slug":"a-final-word-on-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"A Final Word On Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnaidavid.com\/bulletin.html\">A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-k.com\/cons-appr-vegetables.htm\">that same website<\/a> and so I won&#8217;t reproduce them here.I know that it&#8217;s tempting to dismiss the bugs issue as being something that only other kinds of Orthodox Jews worry about (fill in whatever term you&#8217;d like). Which is why I reiterate that this is as bonafide a kashrut issue as any other, and that being conscientious about this area of kashrut, is just as important as being conscientious about any other.   When it comes to halachik commitment, there is only one kind of Orthodox Jew. (As will one day also be the case for embracing inter-denominatonal cooperation, and gender inclusiveness in shul and home.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodoxy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won&#039;t reproduce them here.I know that\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Ford\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won&#039;t reproduce them here.I know that\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-11T03:42:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-12-09T20:27:48+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won&#039;t reproduce them here.I know that\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#blogposting\",\"name\":\"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford\",\"headline\":\"A Final Word On Bugs\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-10T19:42:09-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-12-09T13:39:48-08:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Orthodoxy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=18#listItem\",\"name\":\"Orthodoxy\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=18#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Orthodoxy\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=18\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#listItem\",\"name\":\"A Final Word On Bugs\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A Final Word On Bugs\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=18#listItem\",\"name\":\"Orthodoxy\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154\",\"name\":\"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford\",\"description\":\"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won't reproduce them here.I know that\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=154#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-10T19:42:09-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-12-09T13:39:48-08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"alternateName\":\"No Sacred Cows\",\"description\":\"No sacred cows.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford","description":"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won't reproduce them here.I know that","canonical_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#blogposting","name":"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford","headline":"A Final Word On Bugs","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"},"datePublished":"2007-03-10T19:42:09-08:00","dateModified":"2007-12-09T13:39:48-08:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#webpage"},"articleSection":"Orthodoxy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18#listItem","name":"Orthodoxy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18#listItem","position":2,"name":"Orthodoxy","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#listItem","name":"A Final Word On Bugs"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#listItem","position":3,"name":"A Final Word On Bugs","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18#listItem","name":"Orthodoxy"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#personImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#webpage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154","name":"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford","description":"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won't reproduce them here.I know that","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2007-03-10T19:42:09-08:00","dateModified":"2007-12-09T13:39:48-08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/","name":"Luke Ford","alternateName":"No Sacred Cows","description":"No sacred cows.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.","og:type":"article","og:title":"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford","og:description":"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won't reproduce them here.I know that","og:url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154","og:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:width":800,"og:image:height":600,"article:published_time":"2007-03-11T03:42:09+00:00","article:modified_time":"2007-12-09T20:27:48+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@lukeford","twitter:title":"A Final Word On Bugs - Luke Ford","twitter:description":"A Modern Orthodox rabbi writes: Before Purim I described specific procedures for inspecting leaf vegetables and floreted vegetables. The other items that, based on their infestation levels, require inspection, are strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, and celery. The common-sense methods are described in detail on that same website and so I won't reproduce them here.I know that","twitter:creator":"@lukeford","twitter:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"154","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-05-10 18:14:01","updated":"2025-06-04 10:37:29","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18\" title=\"Orthodoxy\">Orthodoxy<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tA Final Word On Bugs\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog"},{"label":"Orthodoxy","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=18"},{"label":"A Final Word On Bugs","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}