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- Jun 29
- 2 min
Checking Knives and the Kashrut of Meat
Question: I have read in the Rambam's Mishneh Torah regarding the slaughter of animals that the Shochet must inspect the knife before and...
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- Jun 12
- 2 min
Kashrut and the Halachic Paradigm
Question: I understand that all meat slaughtered by a Shochet who is Jewish and observes the Shabbath and Mitzvoth are kosher regardless...
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- Mar 3
- 1 min
What counts as Bishul Yisrael?
Question: What standard of bishul yisroel does the Rav hold by? Answer: I hold by the standard usually associated with the Ashk'nazi...
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- Dec 29, 2021
- 4 min
Peanut Oil and Quinoa During Pesah
Question: I know the Rav's position regarding kitniyot, but I am still adhering to the custom. Perhaps I’ll work up the courage, but...
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- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
Romaine Lettuce is No Joke
Question: You wrote in a previous post: “Maror comes from the word "mar" meaning bitter. As everyone knows "bitter" is distinct from...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Heter Mechira During Shemittah
Question: During the Shemittah year should I buy Arab produce or rely on heter mechira? Answer: Neither - Otzar Beth Din is the correct...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Purchasing Arab Produce
Question: What sin am i committing by choosing to purchase Arab produce during the Shemittah year? Answer: Lo Tichanem. By purchasing...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Dairy Pot Lid Falls into Chicken Dish
Question: My friend has a dairy pot which, at the time of this incident, had not been used for dairy in several days. Its lid is glass...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Medication Containing Ingredients from Non-Kosher Fish
Question: May I ingest a health pill/capsule which contains an ingredient(s) (e.g.oil) from a non-kosher fish? Answer: Yes, one may take...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Candy with Halav Akum
Question: Can I eat chocolate bars which contain "halav akum"? Answer: The correct term is "halev goyim" or "halev nokhrim". 'Akum is...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Poultry and Dairy
Question: Why can we not eat chicken with milk products? Of course in the Tanakh we are instructed not to "boil the kid in its mother...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Is Gelatin Kosher?
Question: I remember a tshuva by Rav Abadi saying that gelatin in all its forms is completely kosher and parve, and that this is true for...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Kashering Meat
Questions: 1. Do you rely on regular Glatt Kosher meat (Beit Yosef, etc.) that is rinsed and salted, or do you consider it not enough...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Milk and Meat?
What are the rules regarding eating milk and meat? Hulin 104b Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
Vitamins & Medications During the Year and During Pesah
Question: 1. I would like to know if vitamins that don't have a hekhsher are kosher? 2. Also on one post you said “All forms of gelatin...
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- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
Baking Bread in "Fleischig" Oven
Question: We have a single oven in our home, which we cook basari in. The oven is clean - there are no "meat splatters" all over the...
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