Pasta Imposter
Miriam strolled into the pasta aisle, wheels turning on her cart and in her head. Tonight was lasagna night, and she was ready to make a great meal. Her eyes landed on the familiar blue Ronzoni boxes.
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Kashrus and Food
Bishul Akum and Pas Akum
Food cooked or baked by a non-Jew, and wine (stam yeinam).
Don’t Make a “Pour” Decision
A kosher bottle of wine was sold with a label that stated in Hebrew “Lo Mevushal” (not cooked). However, in English, it stated “Mevushal” (cooked). How can wine be both mevushal and non-mevushal simultaneously?
Glimpse of a Gadol: Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt’l
Klal Yisrael suffered a tremendous loss last week with the passing of Moreinu Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt’l. There will be much written, be’H, about the gadol ha’dor.
Mevushal or Lo Mevushal: That Is The Question
A kosher bottle of wine is being sold with a label that states in Hebrew “Lo Mevushal.” However, in English it states “Mevushal” (see accompanying photo). How can wine be both mevushal and non-mevushal simultaneously?
Top-seeded Treat
The Kol Bo writes that there is a custom to eat zironim on Purim night. Zironim is commonly translated as legumes or seeds. The seeds are reminiscent of the food that Daniel, Chananya, Mishael, and Azariah ate when they…
The Noble Pas Price
There is a commonly accepted custom to eat only pas Yisrael during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah. Our bread, bagels, cakes, and muffins should all come from Jewish bakeries during the Ten Days of Repentance.
Gemara stories on Bishul Akum and Pas Akum
Shmuel Drinks Cooked Wine With Avleit
Avleit, a gentile scholar, is careful not to touch the bottle so that Shmuel can drink, but Shmuel tells him it makes no difference: the wine is cooked.