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Q. Do Graham Cracker Crusts need to be Pas Yisrael (for those who keep it)?

A. For the reader, here’s a little background. In addition to the mainstream Kosher symbols like OU, OK, Star-K, Chaf-K and so on, there are additional standards and stringencies (all with solid basis in Jewish Law) that some communities keep. … Read the rest

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Q. I thought you can’t eat chicken and eggs?

A. OK, I see where you get that from. The verse says “Don’t cook a kid in its mothers milk.” So you infer from that sentiment that a chicken and egg would be the same. But classic Rabbinic interpretation in … Read the rest

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Q. Which type of fruit do you have to wait until the tree’s third year?

 A. Only true tree fruit. Tomatoes, pineapples and bananas may be technically considered fruits, but they don’t really grow on woody trees and therefore this Halacha does not apply to them. But blueberries are considered a fruit, because they grow … Read the rest

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Q. Why do some people only eat certain types of Kosher Meat – special Shechitas?

A. “Shechita” literally translates as Kosher/ritual slaughter, but can also cover the entire Kosher meat/poultry preparation process. I can think of 3 reasons for preference or insistence on specific Shechitas (you may see “Chassidishe Shechita” or “Lubavitcher Shechita”  or “Shechitas … Read the rest

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Q. Why do we check for bloodspots in raw eggs but not in hard-boiled eggs?

 A. You’re right. While most observant Jews check raw eggs, they don’t check hard-boiled. (Some do check the inside of the whites, but it’s rare). Here’s the reason: Halachicly we’re allowed to assume the statistical fact that the majority of … Read the rest

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Q. I cooked pasta in a clean meat (Kosher) pot. Can I add cheese to that pasta once it’s on a plate? 

 A. No, you can’t add cheese directly to the pasta, because it absorbed some “indirect-flavor” from being cooked in a meat pot, even though it was a clean pot with no meat in it at the time when you cooked … Read the rest

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Q. Do Carrots have to be “Bishul Yisrael”? The fact they’re edible raw is that an exemption?

A. Yes it is an exemption from the Bishul Yisrael law (which says that a Jew observant of the Kosher Law must participate to some degree in the cooking preparation). As long as all ingredients and equipment is certainly Kosher, … Read the rest

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Q. Is double-wrapping in a non-Kosher microwave Kosher for Passover?

A. If it is entirely & properly sealed, yes. It’s best that the microwave interior be visually clean as well. Providing, of course, that the product itself is Kosher for Passover. Holiday-wise electronic microwaves would only be OK on the … Read the rest

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Q. Why is there ice in this milk?

A. That’s because our milk comes frozen, or we freeze it when we get it, because we don’t get it often enough, and we didn’t thaw this bottle long enough.

Why does our milk come frozen? That’s because we keep … Read the rest

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Q. Is Bone China Kosher?

A. Strangely enough, it is. Although it may contain some bone-ash used to brighten or strengthen the china, the process itself removes any non-Kosher elements. This is only in regard to newly purchased china. Koshering china previously used with non-kosher … Read the rest

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