Questions tagged [food]
Questions with this tag relate to laws of food or anything pertaining to food.
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Should one sit for brachot on food and Asher Yatzar?
Should brachot before and after food be said sitting, or does it not mattter?
Second, when saying Asher Yatzar, should one sit or stand?
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Are all French baguettes intrinsically kosher?
According to French law, all baguettes must be made of only wheat flour, water, salt and yeast (source).
So, do Jews who keep kosher (and eat pas palter) in France eat baguettes from plain ...
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Should one recite a bracha for non-kosher meals? [duplicate]
If a Jew who doesn’t keep kosher eats a meal (like non-kosher beef), is it permissible, forbidden or necessary to say some sort of brachot before and after eating?
My initial guess would be no since ...
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Yaakov Avinu didn't die and connection to not eating?
In Taanis 5b there is a story with two amoraim
רב נחמן ור' יצחק הוו יתבי בסעודתא א"ל רב נחמן לר' יצחק לימא מר מילתא א"ל הכי א"ר יוחנן אין מסיחין בסעודה שמא יקדים קנה לושט ויבא לידי ...
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Usage of Parev Vs Parve
I see some kosher items that on the kosher label it is written Parve where as others Parev. In Hebrew, we say Parve. What is the source for Parev? Why are there 2 slightly different words for ...
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Why specifically a date on Yom Kippur?
Often times a kezayis or beitza is the amount of food necessary to transgress a food related prohibition. Why is a date specifically the quantity one must eat to be liable on Yom Kippur?
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Amen in Boneh Yerushalayim
In Birkat HaMazon, the one who is saying Birkat HaMazon answers amen to his own bracha during the third bracha, Boneh Yerushalayim, as required by the text.
Why is it that here we say amen to our ...
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Does melatonin need to be kosher?
I'm not certain if it's medication or not. I'm speaking of plain, non-flavored powder capsules.
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Does anyone know of the following quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz?
I am looking for the source on the quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz: "“If a person would know what happens to the food from the moment they put it into their mouth to the moment it leaves their body,...
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Diets promoted by different Rabbis throughout history
I was curious if there was any information about the sages or other known historical Rabbis who promoted diets for physical/spiritual health.
Obviously, Kosher is Kosher but did anyone ever suggest ...
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What bracha does one make on injera?
Injera is a fermented flatbread usually made out teff, a grass. It takes the place of bread at a meal and has the shape of bread (תוריתא דנהמא). Would one still make ha'adama on it?
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Could a recipe achieve the force of halachah?
A binding custom may have the force of halachah, eg wearing a kippah in the everyday. Apart from festival dishes, though (where I can see a certain customary force to, say, cheesecake at Shavuot, and ...
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Why is gefiltefish eaten at passover?
This is something I've been wondering for a while, so hopefully I can get a good answer.
Why do we eat gefiltefish during passover, and where did this tradition come from? Is there a story, similar ...
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Are American Paskesz Products Yoshon?
Are American Paskesz grain products, such as Mini Trios Bites, yoshon year round? Is there a way to determine from, e.g., a package code if/when they are yoshon? (Paskesz cookies under Rav Westheim ...
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Do olives affect Torah study?
I am puzzled by this line in the Gemara, based on a baraita:
Olive oil [restores forgotten Torah study]... Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Just as eating an olive causes one to forget seventy years’ worth of ...
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Wearing a candy-bracelet tied using red string outside an Eruv on Shabbos
What are the Halachic ramifications of wearing a Western Wall red string (which people consider clothing) which has candies tied to it (like a candy-bracelet) on Shabbos outside an Eruv? Is it ...
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Medicine Under the Bed
Although the Shulchan Aruch YD (116:5) writes
ולא יתן תבשיל ולא משקים תחת המטה מפני שרוח רעה שורה עליהם - don't put cooked food or drinks under the bed due to ruach ra'ah
does that issue ...
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Grocery Store Kosher Section
I work for a 4 store chain of employee owned grocery stores in Northern California that feature small, shelf stable, kosher foods sections. In reviewing these sets in our stores I feel like they could ...
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Is there a list of kosher duck species?
A while ago, I asked a mashgiach what type of duck is typically sold in the U.S. kosher market? He said mallards.
My area has many mallards in nearby ponds. But, I also see teals and wood ducks as ...
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Minhag of eating jelly doughnuts on chanukah
Many yiden have the custom to eat potato latkes or jelly doughnuts on chanukah.
Who started this custom??
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Using a new untoveled sandwchich maker with baking paper [duplicate]
If I bought a new sandwich maker and want to use it without toveling it, can I just put the food in baking paper so that it doesn't touch the metal?
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Minimum food on the Sabbath
What is the minimum food a person needs to eat on the Sabbath?
(I have an interest in water fasting, which means not consuming anything but water for days or weeks. The power of the fast depends on ...
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Eating outside at a restaurant
The Gemara in Kidushin 40b writes that if one eats in the marketplace (public) is considered like a dog, and his testimony is not accepted. The Rambam in Hilchos Edus 11:5 codified this as halacha.
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What is the extent of the prohibition for Jews to cook meat and milk together?
If it is so wrong to cook meat and milk together, then what about cooking meat with milk-based products like yoghurt, cream, cheese, butter, etc?
I am not familiar with Judaism.
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implicit intent of blessing for unintended items
What are the main positions and/or halachic consensus regarding the applicability of the appropriate bracha rishona (other than "hamotzi") originally made on a food item / drink without conscious ...
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Why are certain melachot permitted on Shabbat for food purposes and others not?
I'm relaying this question from my son...
Tearing is a melacha. But, as far as I understand, one may tear open a food bag (like a bag of chips) on Shabbat. Yet, one may not cut between the letters ...
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Who is the underlined square k certification
I recently noticed that some Ronzoni pasta does not have the OU as in the past. Instead it has the underlined square k. Does anyone know which certifying agency this is?
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When is something that is consumed no longer impacted by the laws of kashrus?
Things which are not food or food which becomes unfit for a dog to eat are not subject to the laws of kashrus but what determines when something fits under those categories? For example many ...
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What counts as an “Eiver min Hachai” to be forbidden?
The texts (Mas. Chullin, Mishna Ohalot etc) discuss an eiver min hachai and eiver is translated as "limb" but I am looking for some parameters for what counts as a limb.
The example of EM"haCh that I ...
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Why is meat eating sanctioned by G-d if it's potentially bad for us? [duplicate]
In parsha Noach, G-d ALLOWS man to eat meat but there is no literal commandment to do so. Later, when the Mishkan and then ultimately the Beis Hamikdash are built, there are commandments for the ...
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May one use a measuring device on Yom Tov?
I think I have heard that one should not measure or weigh things on Shabbat.
However, I wonder if this rule applies to Yom Tov related food needs, e.g., can one stick a food thermometer into meat to ...
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B'racha on oat milk
Oat milk is a popular dairy-free, vegan-friendly milk substitute. It's made by soaking and blending steel-cut or rolled oats with water and then straining them through cheesecloth to separate the milk ...
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If you're not overweight, can you still use a food scale and an app to count calories during Chol Ha'moed?
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During Chol Ha'moed, more food than usual is available. The relevant science suggests that, when there's a lot of food variety available in our homes, we're more likely to overeat. Still, ...
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Does one need to see the area they ate if the after-blessing is said in a dark room?
If one is bentching in a dark room, do they still need to "see" the area that they ate (assuming that if the lights were turned on, the area is visible)?
For example, if on Friday night the lights go ...
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Noy sukkah in a pasul sukkah
The decorations of a sukkah are muktzeh and can't be moved on Yom Tov and this seems to include food items on which no other stipulation was made (which I get from Mas. Sukkah, 10a-b and here).
But ...
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Why use bee honey on Rosh Hashana?
The honey in "land of milk and honey" is date honey (I believe), and yet most people use bee honey on Rosh Hashana. Does it matter what kind of honey you use at all?
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Does adding a different liquid to a pre-existing drink require a new Shehakol?
Suppose one makes a "shehakol" on the water, and doesn't have in mind any other drinks.
When there's a third of the glass left, the person refills the glass with seltzer/soda (the glass is now 1/3 ...
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Why are Tzaddikim protected from improper foods?
Tosfos on Chullin 5b explains that Tzaddikim get a special protection from eating improper foods:
צדיקים עצמן לא כ"ש - תימה דהא אשכחן יהודה בן טבאי שהרג עד זומם בפ"ק דמכות (דף ה:) ור' ישמעאל שקרא ...
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Why aren't kosher marshmallows labelled OU Fish?
Worcestershire sauce is labelled "OU Fish", presumably so that people who don't know there are anchovies in the recipe will know not to put it on meat.
Given that "OU Fish" is a thing that exists, ...
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Besamim on a Cinnamon Bun or Danish
Motzei Shabbos when making Havdala one realizes he has no cloves, cinnamon sticks or any other spice to make the Beracha (blessing on fragerences) Borei Minei Besamim. Can the person take a cinnamon ...
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Would buying kosher meat serve as identifying one as being a “religious jew”? [closed]
Suppose if one is shopping at a grocery store and is checking out with food including kosher meat. If that person isn't wearing any other Jewish signs (e.g tzitzis, kippah, etc.), is that enough to "...
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Minimum amount of food to eat after bracha before speaking
My understanding is that after making a bracha, one should eat the food without a "hefsek" (interruption). Is there a minimum amount of food that one is required to eat after the bracha and before ...
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Blessing for indistinguishably unrecognizable corn
Halachic authorities rule that very similar products, such as different brands of Corn Flakes, have different blessings. See, e.g., Rabbi Dovid Haber, writing for the Star-K, and citing Rav Moshe ...
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Gifting a kosher product one wouldn't eat or drink
Can a Jew give his Jewish friend a product which is kosher m'ikar hadin if the person giving it would not eat or drink it himself?
The product could be e.g., kosher meat which is not glatt, scotch ...
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Can you eat food that has been bought on Shabbos by guest?
If you live in a house with people who do not keep Shabbos and you all have dinner, and a guest or someone else living in that house brings kosher food for dinner bought on Shabbos, can a Jew eat that ...
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Eating frozen dinner warmed by non-Jew on Shabbos
Cruise offers kosher airline meal type meals for daily lunch and dinner. Is it halachically permissible to eat if warmed up by non-Jew on Shabbos (presumably with microwave)?
I assume that warming ...
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When does the 18 minute limit for dough to become chametz end?
I know that the 18 minute thing is up for debate (time for 1 mil, whether continually working dough can indefinitely extend it, temperature dependence etc.), but at what part of the process can a ...
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Can being fastidious and delicate (איסטניס) get lenience in cleaning for Pesach?
The agricultural and technological revolutions changed a lot in our perception of food and we all became more fastidious and delicate (is it good for איסטניס?) - we even have expiration dates on ...
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Is one supposed to eat the zero'ah (shank bone) from the Seder plate?
I'd appreciate some clarity on this issue as I have heard and seen conflicting answers on this - in viewing various questions on this site as well as instructions in a haggadah. Here's some of what I ...
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Why is karpas usually parsley?
Apparently, a variety of vegetables my be used for karpas. So, when and why has it become common to use parsley?
