Questions tagged [kashrut-kosher]
Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כשרות or כַּשְׁרוּת) is the set of Jewish dietary laws.
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Finding Bodek Romaine Lettuce for Seder
I live in Riverdale, NY 10463, just north of Manhattan, south of Westchester. Where is the nearest store in New York City that sells Bodek Romaine Lettuce?
Thank you. Chag Sameach.
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What checks were done on Korbanos for internal disqualifications?
An animal that is schechted has to be checked for certain potential internal damages which would render it unfit for eating. I have been told that an animal which is "treif" for the sake of ...
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Why specify both fins and scales for kashrut [duplicate]
The Gemara (not sure where) says that all fish that have scales have fins. So why then did the Torah need to also single out having fins and didn’t just say “all fish with scales are kosher”?
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Does food become nonkosher when it is touched by someone who didn't do negal vassar?
I've heard that there is a concept of ruach ra on one's hands before doing negal vassar and that a person shouldn't touch food.
What if they did though? Can they and other people eat it?
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Kashrus of Sodium Alginate and Calcium Lactate
I would like to ask if anyone has any information on the kashrus of Sodium Alginate and Calcium Lactate.
Do these chemicals require a hechsher or certification?
Thanks in advance
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What is chiltis?
Something "sharp" for the purpose of reawakening taste in vessels which are "eino ben yomo" (ones that haven't been used for 24 hours), is a subject of dispute. According to the ...
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Source for using a single microwave for both meat and dairy with covers that have openings on the side?
I know multiple people that use a single microwave for both Milchigs and Fleishigs. They use covers like in the picture below on top of the food. The explanation I have heard is that since the issue ...
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is using services like Grub hub Kosher?
Is Doordash, UberEats, and Grubhub permitted? What happens if the food is kosher but the delivery driver is not Jewish? Perhaps he is carrying pocket ham?
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Chiddushei ha-Rim on the stork
In a d'var Torah on Parashat R'eh, Rabbi Mirvis wrote:
The Chidushei Harim … tells us that the ‘chasida’, the stork, is
indeed selfless and kind-hearted, however, only to birds of its own
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What do the Kanfei HaOkets look like?
So from what I understand in the Rambam Sefer Kedusha Hilchot MaAchalot Asurot Halacha 3 it says if you find an animal which you can't check if its kosher by checking it's mouth to see if it chews it'...
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Eating Meat that Wasn’t Killed According To Kashrut [duplicate]
Is it halachically permitted for one to eat pure meat, i.e. turkey, lamb, etc. even though it wasn’t killed in a kosher manner (Kashrut)? For example, store bought turkey breast.
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Can one oven be used for both meat and milk?
Is it kosher to use one oven for both meat and milk dishes cooked separately. For instance, can I cook a meat dish and, after it's done, put in a milk dish and cook that?
Or does the oven have to be ...
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Paying for making another's pot treif?
Is one halachically required to pay for accidentally making another person's earthenware pot (or any kli with a questionable kashering status) non-kosher if the pot owner holds that he may not kasher ...
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Is there a kashrut issue with vacuum sealers
Food does not directly touch the machine, but air (or a little liquid) from the food is drawn into the machine—-never from the machine to the food. Food is kept in a plastic bag (usually outside the ...
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Do caffeine patches need to be kosher?
The patch is being placed on the arm of a person. I don't see why they would need to be kosher but I'm just curious.
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Can women wear jeans? [duplicate]
Deuteronomy 22:5 states women can not wear male clothing and vice versa for men. Today men do not want to wear dresses, bra's, high heels or skirts. This will forever be the case but many women wear ...
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Turkey and Milk
The rabbinic decree that chicken and milk dates back to the Talmud (Talmud, Chullin 113a). However turkey was not a known bird at this time. Why does this decree extend to prohibiting turkey and milk ...
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When did Jews first start using kosher butchers? (Sifrei Devarim 71) [closed]
I am wondering when Jews began the tradition of kosher butchery as such. The Torah is not very specific about how meat is to be slaughtered even for sacrifices:
Thou shalt slaughter of thy herd and ...
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Sources for Allowing Cholov Stam
I'm aware that Rov Moshe ruled that cholov Stam is okay under pressing circumstances. Is there leniency in consuming cholov stam if one can easily afford Yisroel, but wants to save some money? Or if ...
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Is the strawberry lemonade sugar free slurpee drink kosher in Quick Check?
I want to know if the quick check slurpees are kosher since it's not seven eleven and I can only find the kashrus for seven eleven online.
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Is there a list of all laws/requirements/etc. of how to act and do things in Judaism?
Searching for "list of jewish laws" leads to the 613 Mitzvot, which are not what I am looking for. I am looking for specific behaviors (physical actions, or mental actions), which a Male ...
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What steps in the winemaking process must be performed by Jews for the wine to be kosher?
It is my understanding that Kosher Wine has to be made by Jews. Fair enough, but what steps/stages must specifically be performed by Jews?
Is the vineyard required to be owned by one of the faith? ...
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Does the Oral Torah have a law against 'common' animals?
I am a Christian who is researching how other religions influenced Christianity throughout its history. Having found that some of my fellow believers in the Hebrew Roots movement hold the belief that ...
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Cholov Yisroel formula
Where in the world can there be found producers of the cholov yisroel formula (except Materna that does not ship to north America & US where, they don't like to ship and the Kenda from england) ?
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Does Genesis 1:29 forbid ferns (fiddleheads) as food?
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־כׇּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כׇל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הָעֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ פְרִי־עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָכֶ֥ם יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לְאׇכְלָֽה׃
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Potential Basar V'Chalav issues with a hot water urn
Is a public hot water urn, used by many people for both dairy and meat products (eg. Coffee with milk, meat instant soup mix), problematic? Assuming no non-Kosher products were used, and the only ...
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Kosher dish transfer? [duplicate]
According to below, we use separate dishes for kosher to avoid transferring "taste". However if we allow butil bashishim in regards to food then how much more so should we allow the same ...
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A non observant Jew cooks on Shabbos does that treif the kitchen and utensils?
If a non-observant Jew lives in an observant home and cooks on Shabbos in the kitchen. Would that make the kitchen and utensils treif?
Or would he make the kitchen treif by warming up already cooked ...
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Famous Rabbonim Visiting Peoples Homes for Meals
Do/did famous Rabbonim visit people in their homes for a meal?
For example, did any of the Chabad Rebbes eat meals at other peoples homes. If so, how was this handled from a Kashrus perspective given ...
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Chicken considered as kosher animal? [duplicate]
Why isn't chicken considered pareve? Fowl is not an animal that gives milk to its outsprings so why is chicken in the category of kosher animal?
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When was kosher certification created? [duplicate]
When was kosher certification created? Another way of saying this question was when did the Rabbis say that it was appropriate to have a governing body (such as the OU, Star-K etc...) which oversees ...
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Kosher ice cream at an unsupervised franchise location [closed]
Are there any sources that discuss how to deal with buying kosher food served at an establishment that doesn't have a mashgiyach?
Many franchises, such as baskin robbins, 16 handles, carvel, etc. sell ...
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What is the significance of lentils in the Jewish religion?
There is off course the story of Jacob and Essau that has a serving of lentils as part of the story. What other significance does the legumes have?
As I understand it was the second most important ...
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If dairy and meat come from the same Star Trek replicator, would it be Kosher? [closed]
Apologies for my limited understanding of Judaism, but as far as I am aware, Jewish dietary laws prohibit mixtures of meat and milk. I remember a friend's housemate requiring a second sink and set of ...
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Semichas haparshios between Shemini and Tazria
I have seen a fairly well-known dvar torah numerous times that links the end of the Parshas Shemini with the beginning of Parshas Tazria - but I am trying to find the source of it.
The vort is as ...
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Does Kosher for Passover imply kosher all year round?
Many products say "Kosher for Passover and all year round". Isn't "kosher for Passover" also automatically kosher year round?
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Conflicting Kashrut indications [duplicate]
A box of Manishewitz dark-chocolate-covered matzah says in the front that OU certified it as parve, but says in the back: "May contain nuts, soy, milk". Why the disconnect? Does it mean ...
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Kosher for Pesach substitutes – aren't they too real?
I was always bothered by the fact that some Pesach food (cookies and the like) looks very real, almost like the original.
Are there any authorities who have taken this as an actual issue? Isn't it ...
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What is the specific act that cooks wheat into matzoh (and where does this leave Wondra)?
My housemates saw the hechsher on a box of matzoh, and posed a question that I think I know the answer to, but I don't know why. They asked: could Wondra flour ('precooked' flour) be kosher for ...
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What is the Kashrut status of Sefichim harvested during Shmita?
There are a good number of articles online which explain the boundaries around produce grown and harvested during the Shmita year against halachic parameters, but not what happens if one cooks with it ...
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Is fair-made lemonade kosher?
I was at a fair the other day and there was a stand selling lemonade with just pressed lemons and cane sugar water. The stand was also making deep fried dougnuts and cold brew coffee.
Does the ...
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May a Jew deliver non-Kosher food to another Jew? [duplicate]
With the increase in usage of food delivery services such as instacart or uber eats many people now have their food delivered to them. I would like to know if any contemporary authorities discuss the ...
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Cooking meat and milk but not benefitting from it
Is it forbidden to cook meat and milk if one wasn't to benefit from it? The situation is being a culinary class in a non-Jewish school - would I not be able to participate in cooking if there was meat ...
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Is a genetically modified pig organ in [duplicate]
If you are unaware, doctors recently performed a surgery in which they added a genetically modified pig kidney into a living person.
I was curious, does this violate laws on kosher? Would it be ...
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Can a volcano, geyser, or hot spring become treif?
All of these things are at a constant hot temperature.
If a pig (or substance used for idolatry, like Yayin Nesech or idolatrous water) falls (or is intentionally placed) into one, can you drink or ...
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Farming with excrement or remains of unclean animals
What if any prohibitions are there on the intentional use of excrement from unclean animals as fertilizer for crops? Must it be buried, for example?
Does the same apply to the intentional use of ...
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NYC Tapwater filter
I recently moved to NYC and am concerned about copepods etc. in the tap water. I can't install a fancy under-sink filter nor do I want to refill a Brita pitcher all the time. Are there any other ...
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Why no issur hana'a on leather from non-kosher animals?
In the second perek of Maseches Pesachim, there's a sugya dealing with a machlokes between Rabbi Abahu and Chizkiya regarding whether there is an issur hana'a in addition to issur achila regarding all ...
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Shechita only during the times of the Beis Hamikdash
Can someone point me to where in the Talmud there’s an opinion that shechita is only required during the times of the Beis Hamikdash?
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What is the kosher status of quail and pheasant and other similar birds? How do they differ from turkey?
It was mentioned somewhere that we didn't have a mesorah for turkey, but somehow it became accepted as a kosher bird within the Ashkenazi population.
I'm wondering what the status of quail and ...
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