Menachem Mendel

The O-U won’t give peanut oil a hecksher for Passover anymore although at one point they did, (see here) but these advertisements from Panim el Panim tell a different story.

Posted on April 6th, 2009 under Kashrut, Passover. Comments: 1

The following video on kashrut is in Hebrew and worth a look.

Posted on January 15th, 2009 under Israel, Kashrut. Comments Off

In Haaretz there is a review of Haym Soloveitchik’s new book Ha-Yayin Bimei Ha-Beinayim, Soloveitchik’s book is a study of the subject of yayin nesekh (or “idolatrous wine,” that is, wine that has been touched by gentiles and is therefore forbidden to Jews) as it affected the day-to-day lives of medieval German Jewry. In the [...]

Posted on December 9th, 2008 under Ashkenaz, Jewish Law, Jewish-Gentile Relations, Kashrut, Middle Ages. Comments Off

The fantastic website Hebrewbooks.org has recently started a blog. They have a post linking to many responsa and sources which discuss the kashrut of turkey. I also remember seeing a book in Yiddish years back about the kashrut of Turkey. Not knowing Yiddish, I didn’t buy it nor remember its title.

Posted on November 27th, 2008 under Holidays, Internet, Kashrut, Online resources. Comments: 1

From across the pond, (hat tip) England – Kellogg’s has apologised to a Jewish man who ate a cereal bar containing pork gelatine because its wrapper incorrectly stated it was suitable for vegetarians. Oberon Gardner and his family bought the Rice Krispies Squares bars at a supermarket in Colchester, Essex. Labels on 5,000 multipacks carried [...]

Posted on October 10th, 2008 under Kashrut. Comments: 4

For one of the classic treatments of the Jewish dietary laws, see Mary Douglas’s The Abominations of Leviticus. (hat tip)

Posted on September 18th, 2008 under Bible Studies, Kashrut. Comments Off

Some may remember my post about a person complaining that there was no menorah at McDonald’s. Not surprisingly, most of the letters-to-the-editor, which can be found here, thought that it was quite a ridiculous complaint. While not McDonald’s, one thing that my wife and I found interesting in Costa Rica was that there is a [...]

Posted on January 9th, 2008 under Holidays, Kashrut. Comments Off