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There are two explanations provided for the eight day delay in getting new ritually pure oil.
One opinion is that the oil was produced in a region that was a four day journey from Jerusalem. This is the explanation of the Ran on Shabbos 21b. The Meiri identifies the oil producing region as Tekoa.
The other opinion is that the delay was because they were ...
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The Mazal Sha'ah on the Rambam infers that the shi'ur l'chayyev for anointing with t'rumah oil is a k'zayis, based on R' Yehudah's opinion in the gemara (K'risus 6b) who holds that a person is liable for a k'zayis of prohibited anointing with the shemen hamishchah (Commentary to Mishneh Torah, Hil. T'rumos 10:2). (One should note that it is still Biblically ...
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http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-kosher-cons-handbk.htm (footnote 10):
One must also wait six hours if he ate french fries that were fried in oil previously used to fry chicken. Therefore, if one eats
french fries (or other deep fried items) prepared in a fleishig
restaurant, he should assume that he is fleishig unless the
certifying agency of ...
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Mishna Berura 298:5 and Beer Hataiv 298:2 mention in the name of the Sefer HaKavonos and the Magen Avraham in the name of the Kavanos HaArizal that it is preferable to use a beeswax candle for Havdala.
As you can see in the Halacha the candle is supposed to be an Avuka - which is more than one wick. This also makes it more practical to use a candle over ...
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Rambam, Hil. Avodas Yom Hakippurim 1:3 (from Yoma 12a-b):
זה שנכנס תחתיו אינו צריך חינוך אלא עבודתו מחנכתו
"The one who replaces him doesn't need any inauguration; his performing the avodah [of Yom Kippur, which is reserved for the kohen gadol] inaugurates him."
So he doesn't need anointing at that time (and not after Yom Kippur either, because as ...
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See this interesting article by Rabbi Yirmeyahu Kaganoff about the production of olive oil. He discusses the issues of fraud in the market and notes that different kashrut organizations have different views on the matter. He quotes the OU as not requiring certification on extra virgin olive oil only (virgin olive oil still needs). He also quotes the Eida ...
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Star-K’s article explains its statement that
oil refineries still require kosher certification.
London Beth Din lists several unsupervised approved olive oils.
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Since there are a variety of opinions out there, I thought it would be worth including the metaphoric law of the land: the Italy Kosher Union. On their Kosher Food list, they write the following:
Extra virgin olive oil is generally allowed without control
and
In general, all extra-virgin olive oil are permitted.
Other oils like soybeans, ...
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Olive oil fraud is rampant. Just because something claims to be virgin olive oil, that doesn't mean that it is. Therefore, all other possible issues aside, I would not automatically assume that it is kosher. [A quick test to help determine if you have genuine olive oil is that olive oil should harden in the fridge. If it doesn't, you know that it's not ...
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