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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20235 min read
Chametz After Pesach: What,When, and Why
The Torah not only prohibits consuming and deriving benefit from chametzduring Pesach, it also prohibits its ownership. Once Pesach ends...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20238 min read
Where & When Can I Shop After Pesach?
Buying Chametz from a Jewish Store Owner after Pesach One of the strict laws of Pesach is the halacha of chametz she’avar alav HaPesach....
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20236 min read
Guide to Buying Chometz After Pesach
Navigating the complexities of Chometz Shavar alav HaPesach https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/351/guide-to-purchasing-cho...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20223 min read
What’s the Big Deal About Slurpees?
The OK often receives questions from consumers about the kosher status of Slurpees. For example, “During the summer (and even the winter)...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20221 min read
OK Response on Smoothies
Dear Kosher Spirit, When making a smoothie in a blender, what level of checking is required on the fruit and vegetables that ordinarily...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20222 min read
A Breakthrough for Summer-break
The AKO Camp Kashrus Initiative AKO introduces a free of charge camp Initiative under which kashrus experts from the most respected...
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Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
Jun 21, 20226 min read
How to enjoy kosher Summer Slurpees
The Slurpees have taken over! Enough Slurpee drinks are sold in the United States each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools, and...
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Rabbi Sholom Tendler
Jun 21, 20227 min read
Smoothies: A Kosher Primer
There are few things as synonymous with summer as a fresh, cold fruit smoothie, a classic hot weather staple for many. During the summer...
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Rabbi Baruch Beyer
Jun 20, 20227 min read
Slurpee Confidential
Editor’s Note: The STAR-K Slurpee List is a compilation of flavors certified by an array of reliable kashrus certification agencies....
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Echoes of Achdusin Iselin, NJ
Kashrus News Running a kashrus organization can be a challenging job. Establishing standards and procedures and ensuring compliance is a...
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Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20223 min read
Udder Disaster
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website Approximately 25 years ago, a serious revelation was brought to the fore that affected the...
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Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20225 min read
הנה לא ינום ולא ישן , שומר חלב ישראל
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website The chaliva mashgiach neither slumbers nor sleeps. There is so much more that must meet the...
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Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read
2 Words on Shtei Halechem
Milchigs on Shavuos As we celebrate the greatest gift in history, receiving the holy Torah at Har Sinai, our yom tov tables are graced...
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Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read
Buttering up the Challah
Basar B’cholov As cookbooks proliferate, the options for Shavuos dairy recipes grow. Many are eager to fulfill the age-old minhag with...
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Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger
Jun 2, 20224 min read
Know Your A-B-C-DE’s
Are You Well ‘Equipped’? Join an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Chief Operating Officer...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20222 min read
From the Editors Table
Let's Talk Kashrus Speaks: According to pashut p’shat, this is our directive to increase the level of enjoyment and simchas Yom Tov...
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Rabbi Gavriel Price
Apr 10, 20225 min read
Chametz After Pesach: What,When, and Why
Can we assume that any chametz on a store’s shelves is from after Pesach?
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Rabbi Yona Reiss
Apr 7, 20228 min read
Where & When Can I Shop After Pesach?
Buying Chametz from a Jewish Store Owner after Pesach One of the strict laws of Pesach is the halacha of chametz she’avar alav HaPesach....
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 6, 20222 min read
The Great Post-Pesach Pizza Rush
Is the Pesach Pizza worth its Weight? They took the leftover kosher l’Pesach pizza dough, which was gluten free, and no one knew the...
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Rabbi Yechiel Teichman
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Sourdough Bread
A conversation starter The Beis Yosef teaches the idea that if a maamid was already batul three times, one may go ahead and use it...
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