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Can kashrus be judged by ingredients lists?
Basically, it depends on the product. Meat has to be slaughtered and prepared by observant Jews. Grape juice or wine can only be touched by observant Jews before pasteurization. Certain cooked foods ...
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Bishul akum on a dish whose ingredients are all eaten raw
Indeed when the majority of ingredients in a dish can be eaten raw, the food is exempt from bishul akum
OU Kosher gives the details here
Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 113:2) says that if a non-Jew cooked a ...
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What is the source and context of the requirement for “smooth” lungs free of adhesions for meat to be “glatt” kosher?
Halacha prescribes one cannot eat the meat of a tereifa (based on the Torah verse in Shemot 22:30), an animal who will die in the next 12 months. There is a dispute however as to what this means when ...
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Soda from non-kosher restaurant
The main problem of eating/drinking kosher food in non-kosher food is marit ayin, the appearance of doing something wrong, which would either reflect badly on the person or suggest to others the ...
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Can kashrus be judged by ingredients lists?
The simple answer giving by kashrut organizations is no. Many industrially-manufactured products go through complex production processes, at times unexpected. For instance R Elefant, the COO of OU ...
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