WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Heavenly Hamantashen
Heavenly Hamantashen: The Forbidden Formula
Back in the day, Hamantashen were much simpler. There were a few basic fillings, such as raspberry jam and poppy seed....
Borrer and Tzoveah
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 318:1 discusses if a person cooks on Shabbos or does any other melachah intentionally, it is forbidden to the person who did...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Liquid Logistics
Liquid Logistics: In It For The Long Haul
Most commercial products nowadays have some sort of liquid in their ingredient panel. The complexities of transporting liquids...
Lights On or Off?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The laws of Shabbos are reviewed in Parshas Vayakhel; especially the laws of making a fire. An interesting question arises regarding the following scenario. Reuven sees...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Hydroponic Quest
Hydroponic Quest: To Eradicate The Pests
Hydroponics. Aeroponics. Vertical farming. These are just a few of the terms of recent innovations in the world of...
Breaking Tablets
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 34:1 Hashem tells Moshe to cut out two new tablets similar to the first ones and, “I will write on these tablets “asher shibarta”...
Purim Cuttin?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Megillah 6b says that it is forbidden to eulogize and fast on the fourteenth and fifteenth of the first Adar.
The Rosh in Megillah in Perek 1, siman 7 says...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Ki Eshmerah Shabbos
Technology has come a long way since the refrigerator has been invented. Together with the advancements in technology come many complications in Halacha. Whether...
Flying High
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
HaGaon Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l (Halichos Shlomo, ch. 23) considers flying on an airplane a sakana (dangerous situation), and therefore one...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus – There’s An App For That
Some topics need to be revisited as technology evolves. Food delivery service apps such as door-dash and Uber-eats definitely fall in that category. So...
Mitzva to Lend
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 22:24 the posuk discusses the concept of lending money. The Mechilta writes that whenever the Torah uses the word “im”...
Kashering Done Safely
By Rabbi Yosef Wikler, Editor, KASHRUS Magazine
Many and complex are the ways of kashering, but the common denominator is heat, intense heat. However, intense...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Vinegar Vignettes
Purity In A Sour World
The key ingredient in all vinegars is wine. The key ingredient in most wines are grapes. For this reason many...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Yoshon Bytes
Yoshon Bytes: A Guide To Chodosh In The Digital Age
For those who are makpid on eating only yoshon, it always involved a paperback booklet...
Mechiyas Amalek
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shemos 17:16, the Torah says there should be a war of Hashem against Amalek from generation to generation. There are two places in the Torah that the war against Amalek is...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Mouthwatering Mazza
Most kashrus agencies rely on the psak of the Rem”a for ashkenazim, because that is the base of their clientele. Let’s listen in to...
Picnic Pesach, Shehecheyanu on Shechita
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 12:46 the Torah tells us that the Pesach should be eaten in one house. Regarding Pesach we can kler...
Understanding Appreciation
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
After Moshe ran from Mitzrayim he arrives in Midyan at the well. He meets the daughters of Yisro. After the daughters...
Tchum of a Bris
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Since we are hopefully going to make a bris for our grandson, I figured we will try to write about Bris.
In Vayikra...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread: Croutons, Bagel & Pita Chips
In this final segment of our Brachos series Rabbi Dovid Heber - Kashrus Administrator at Star-K breaks down the...