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)...
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Kashrus Awareness Project
Kashrus Awareness Staff
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
- Jun 21, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Rabbi Sholom Tendler
- Jun 21, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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Rabbi Baruch Beyer
- Jun 20, 2022
- 7 min
Slurpee Confidential
Editor’s Note: The STAR-K Slurpee List is a compilation of flavors certified by an array of reliable kashrus certification agencies....
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Udder Disaster
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website Approximately 25 years ago, a serious revelation was brought to the fore that affected the...
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Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
- Jun 2, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger
- Jun 2, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rabbi Gavriel Price
- Apr 10, 2022
- 5 min
Chametz After Pesach: What,When, and Why
Can we assume that any chametz on a store’s shelves is from after Pesach?
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Rabbi Yona Reiss
- Apr 7, 2022
- 8 min
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....
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Kashrus Awareness Staff
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Great Post-Pesach Pizza Rush
Is the Pesach Pizza worth its Weight? They took the leftover kosher l’Pesach pizza dough, which was gluten free, and no one knew the...
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Rabbi Yechiel Teichman
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Sourdough Bread
A conversation starter The Beis Yosef teaches the idea that if a maamid was already batul three times, one may go ahead and use it...
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Rabbi Mordechai Frankel
- Feb 8, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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