This website presents foods that are ok for Pesach even without certification. There is no magic trick. No rabbi blesses the foods. Many of us have this distorted notion that they must ask a Rabbi, get an approval, or otherwise cannot eat the food on Pesach. there is nothing farther from the truth. the only thing […]
Starbucks vegetarian options
Is the Starbucks impossible sandwich and feta cheese wrap kosher? Impossible sandwich Ingredients SESAME CIABATTA BUN [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SESAME SEEDS, EGGS, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL, BUTTER (MILK), SALT, PAPRIKA, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, YEAST, CULTURED WHEAT STARCH, MICROBIAL ENZYMES (AMYLASE)], FRIED EGG PATTY […]
neutring a dog
How does one go about having their dog neutered? Do you sell him to the vet, or receptionist, or what? and how is that accomplished?
Farm mikveh
Hi rav Abadi, Thanks for all you’re doing for us. The closest mikveh local to us is quite a drive. My son and daughter in law are struggling financially and their car is hanging on by a thread. So travel is a big drain on them. In adfition, the mikveh that is accessible is barely […]
Cinzano
i have read your posts on wine. Still I would like to know if I can use this products. They are sold on Amazon for 23 dlls product of Italy that’s why I have doubts you said any wine less than 50 dlls it’s ok is that wine from anywhere in the world? thanks
Rice Sushi
Hi , just saw in older posts that sushi rice in restaurants is a problem for bishul akum, the question is, since we know its made in steam (many times even electric), and its not mevushal by being “boiled” like regular rice, why can’t we rely in the psak of “meushan” (smoked)? since we know […]
Kashrut of Vitamins year round
Hello, I have several questions regarding supplemental Vitamins year round kosher status. 1) Are they considered a food item or can i swallow for example and omega 3 pill that uses oil from crustacean shellfish? 2) if non kosher ingredients are not allowed, is a statement on the packaging saying that it is made with […]
Kashering a glass stove top and and a sink made of a granite composite material
I would like to know if it is possible to kasher an electric glass smooth top stove and also a sink that is made from a granite composite material and is nonporous. Thank you
LeafSide – Whole Food Plant Based
Shalom Rabbi, Can you tell me if this product and line of products are able to be eaten without a certification? They are a Whole Food, Plant Based company and state that they use no animal ingredients or oils as it violates the WFPD diet. LeafSide – Creamy Forest Mushroom Savory-Bowl Full Ingredients: organic cashews, […]
Muscle Milk Powder
Hi – Muscle Milk protein powder does not have a hechsher but (it’s copacked liquid aka RTD version is or was OU-D). Is there anything in here that would render it unkosher? I am suspicious since one version has and the other does not, but I’m not able to find information elsewhere on some of […]
Giant Baked Beans
Hello. Is this kosher? If yes, why don’t we have to worry about bugs in the parsley?
OU dairy equipment
Many pareve products with OU certification also say DE for dairy equipment. Can these products, often sauces, be used with meat in meat pots?
Mendel
Shalom Rabbi, We bought two products recently. One is Trader Joe’s Stevia Sweetener Packets. There is no hechsher on the box. The ingredients are rice maltodextrin, organic steviol glycosides (from stevia leaf), and silicon dioxide. The other product is a can of Starbucks espresso and cream that only has a K on it. It contains […]
Are these candies kosher?
Are these candies kosher? Swedish Candy Fish – in theater box Ingredients: Sugar, invert sugar, corn syrup, modified corn% of citric acid, white mineral oil, natural and artificial flavor, red 40, carnauba wax. Juju fish – product of Mexico Ingredients: corn syrup, sugar, corn starch, modified cornstarch and less than 2% of the following: Natural […]
coffee with milk before shacharis
I usually drink black coffee, but I find coffee from the kuerig (or instant) to be unpalatable without milk and sugar free flavoring syrup. The kuerig (or instant) is much more convenient to use first thing in the morning than brewing a cup that I would have black. Can I have cream and sugar free […]
Cavendish & Harvey Candies Kosher?
Hi, Is cavendish & Harvey candies kosher? They are made in germany, and have a kosher symbol on the back that says Rabbiner Y Ehrenberg https://www.amazon.com/Pack-Cavendish-Harvey-4-Flavor-Variety/dp/B074W286W3/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=cavendish+and+harvey+fruit+hard+candy&qid=1663617995&sprefix=cavendish%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-2 Todah rabah
pareve?
I have a question about Silk brand Creamy Cashew “milk” It is labeled as OU-D. The ingredients are above. Can I use this for a parve recipe? Is it dairy, dairy equipment, or can it be used for parve? Thank you! joyce joyce@vitalsignsllc.net