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Kashrus Awareness Project


Halls of Torah and Tefillah... and Kashrus
“The kiddush will be held in Rabbi Cohen’s shul, so I’m sure everything is fine.” Although Rabbi Cohen is the Mara d’Asra, there is a...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
12 minutes ago9 min read


Keeping Camp Kitchens Kosher - Preparing a Plan
Over 1,000 meals are served daily in the average Jewish summer camp. For two months, breakfast, lunch and supper are cooked, baked and...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
19 minutes ago12 min read


Educating Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs - Keeping the Kitchens Kosher
Keeping the Kitchens Kosher “It was learned in the Beis Medrash of Rabi Yishmael: Sin obstructs the heart of man, as it is written, ‘V’lo...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
28 minutes ago10 min read


Chametz After Pesach: What,When, and Why
The Torah not only prohibits consuming and deriving benefit from chametzduring Pesach, it also prohibits its ownership. Once Pesach ends...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20235 min read


Where & When Can I Shop After Pesach?
Buying Chametz from a Jewish Store Owner after Pesach One of the strict laws of Pesach is the halacha of chametz she’avar alav HaPesach....
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20238 min read


Guide to Buying Chometz After Pesach
Navigating the complexities of Chometz Shavar alav HaPesach https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/seasonal/351/guide-to-purchasing-cho...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 14, 20236 min read


What’s the Big Deal About Slurpees?
The OK often receives questions from consumers about the kosher status of Slurpees. For example, “During the summer (and even the winter)...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20223 min read


OK Response on Smoothies
Dear Kosher Spirit, When making a smoothie in a blender, what level of checking is required on the fruit and vegetables that ordinarily...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20221 min read


A Breakthrough for Summer-break
The AKO Camp Kashrus Initiative AKO introduces a free of charge camp Initiative under which kashrus experts from the most respected...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20222 min read


How to enjoy kosher Summer Slurpees
The Slurpees have taken over! Enough Slurpee drinks are sold in the United States each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools, and...
Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
Jun 21, 20226 min read


Smoothies: A Kosher Primer
There are few things as synonymous with summer as a fresh, cold fruit smoothie, a classic hot weather staple for many. During the summer...
Rabbi Sholom Tendler
Jun 21, 20227 min read


Slurpee Confidential
Editor’s Note: The STAR-K Slurpee List is a compilation of flavors certified by an array of reliable kashrus certification agencies....
Rabbi Baruch Beyer
Jun 20, 20227 min read


Echoes of Achdusin Iselin, NJ
Kashrus News Running a kashrus organization can be a challenging job. Establishing standards and procedures and ensuring compliance is a...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Udder Disaster
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website Approximately 25 years ago, a serious revelation was brought to the fore that affected the...
Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20223 min read


הנה לא ינום ולא ישן , שומר חלב ישראל
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website The chaliva mashgiach neither slumbers nor sleeps. There is so much more that must meet the...
Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20225 min read


2 Words on Shtei Halechem
Milchigs on Shavuos As we celebrate the greatest gift in history, receiving the holy Torah at Har Sinai, our yom tov tables are graced...
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Buttering up the Challah
Basar B’cholov As cookbooks proliferate, the options for Shavuos dairy recipes grow. Many are eager to fulfill the age-old minhag with...
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Know Your A-B-C-DE’s
Are You Well ‘Equipped’? Join an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Chief Operating Officer...
Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger
Jun 2, 20224 min read


From the Editors Table
Let's Talk Kashrus Speaks: According to pashut p’shat, this is our directive to increase the level of enjoyment and simchas Yom Tov...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Chametz After Pesach: What,When, and Why
Can we assume that any chametz on a store’s shelves is from after Pesach?
Rabbi Gavriel Price
Apr 10, 20225 min read
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