Mikveh

I believe the mikvehs are closing. Many people asked if they can use their bathtub instead. this is problematic. A bathtub needs to fit an average person’s entire body under water at the same time. If someone has a real oversized bath or jacuzzi, that might work....

Chinese Restaurants

Eating at a non-kosher Chinese restaurant can be difficult. Culturally they’re often not as forthcoming on clarifying what is or is not vegetarian. Often they’re mom and pop operations and possibly there’s a trust issue. but let’s say you get past all that and you go...

Eating Soups in non-kosher restaurants

It is easy to confirm that the soup is vegetarian. If it contains cheese, you need to specify that the cheese is one of the approved type cheese on the second sheet of the year-round kosher list and that the Renet is not from animals. In any restaurant, supermarket,...

Gelatin

Everyone asks about gelatin, how can you say that products are kosher if they contain gelatin?! The answer is that although today’s kashrut industry policies consider gelatin a problem since its usually made from meat, in truth and from Halacha it’s not a problem....