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Kashrus Awareness Project


Tales Of A Traveling Mashgiach
Do you know what goes on behind the scenes for mashgichim that need to travel to every corner of the earth to ensure your products are...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Aug 24, 202510 min read


Private Labels
Kashrus Fables A behind the scenes look into the massive industry of private labels and how it affects the kosher consumer. Also,...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Aug 10, 202513 min read


The Mashgiach Who Didn't Miss A Beat
Being a good mashgiach, sometimes involves a bit more than just knowing Yoreh Deah. This week when many minds are on the churban already,...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jul 20, 20256 min read


Quail Tales & Egg Fails
After last week's introduction to the mesorah of birds, let's dive right in to some practical halachik applications. R' Chaim Loike -...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jul 6, 20259 min read


Live Birds, Ancient Traditions
Let's take a trip back in time exploring the mesorah of birds. R' Chaim Loike - Rabbinic Coordinator at OU Kosher, made it his life's...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 202512 min read


Hechsher In A Haystack?
Not Anymore! Introducing a revolutionary new app! A game changer for the industry of kashrus. Have you ever seen an unfamiliar kashrus...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 8, 20257 min read


Be Like Leibel
Look At the Leibel Can you rely on a kosher symbol you see online? Sometimes you buy something online, but the product has a different...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
May 17, 20254 min read


Shell-Shocked By Egg-flation
Is It Fowl Play? Have you been noticing more blood spots lately? Let’s get the real scoop what’s going on lately with the eggs together...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
May 3, 20258 min read


Shelf Awareness
Post-Pesach Shopping Secrets Where can I buy chometz? Where is it problematic? Rabbi Yakov Teichman - Rabbinic Coordinator at the OK,...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 18, 202514 min read


Don't Toss That Sauce
Just Yet... Many people won't sell chometz gamur. Does that mean i need to throw out a closed bottle of ketchup? Rabbi Yakov Teichman -...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Apr 6, 20255 min read


Wok Smarter, Not Harder
Labeled In China Part 2 of our travels to China with Rabbi Binyamin Berkowitz - Kashrus Administrator at the KOF-K, focuses on the...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Mar 23, 20257 min read


Made In China
Soy Many Questions Today we travel to China with Rabbi Binyamin Berkowitz - Kashrus Administrator at the KOF-K. Come along as we explore...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Mar 9, 20259 min read


Don’t Cry Over Cholov Stam Milk
R’ Moshe Feinstein’s teshuva on Cholov Stam in America is by far one of the more famous of his. Yet, Rabbi Sholem Fishbane - Kashrus...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Feb 23, 20256 min read


Kosher Can, Treife Plan?
What can be wrong with canned corn? All the ingredients are kosher. Let's listen to Rabbi Mordechai Stareshefsky a Rabbinic Coordinator...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Feb 9, 20255 min read


Shellac On Snacks
What Are The Facts? That shiny coating that can be found on anything from jellybeans to fruit to hard-wood flooring. What is it made of?...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jan 26, 20258 min read


Meat The Future
Lab-Grown vs. Nature Today's topic is very futuristic. Cultured meat, clean meat, lab-grown meat... Let's get a behind-the-scenes peek...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jan 9, 202510 min read


Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Ensuring a kosher kitchen. Let’s listen to Rav Shmuel Fuerst - Dayan of Agudas Yisroel of Illinois on the topic of keeping a kosher...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Dec 26, 20245 min read


The Kashrus Control Room
Industrial Kashrus Systems Everyone loves to know what goes on behind the scenes. Today we take a tour of a typical factory with Rabbi...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Dec 12, 202415 min read


A Rabbi, A Priest, And A Monk
Walk into a bar. The bartender asks, "What can I get you?" The rabbi replies, "Something kosher that wasn’t blessed by either of them!"...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Nov 28, 20249 min read


Making Waves In The Office
What is the best setup for an office kitchen where all the employees don't keep kosher? How many microwaves do you need? These questions...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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