January 28th, 2012
Eve 5 Shevat 5772
January 28, 2012
Well after a hiatus of a number of months I am back. I do not seek nor expect applause, but I decided, influenced by those around me – the very same rabbonim and others who give me the ‘push’ to keep it going that the service must continue for if not, the voice is silenced. From my perspective, while I enjoyed not doing some of what JKN entails, it has been too quiet and too many things are going unreported – hence the decision to return, albeit a bit of a different format. I have come to realize that in many cases I am the garbage can, the place rabbonim and mashgichim pour out their hearts realizing I will address it when others are afraid. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 22nd, 2011
JKN has halted postings to the website and email list indefinitely .
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September 6th, 2011
7 Elul 5771
September 6, 2011
The Matai Ephraim tells us that in the month of Elul we check our tefillin and mezuzot. Based on this many try to have their tefillin and mezuzot examined during this time.
Here are number of tips can save a lot of aggravation and frustration as well as increase the longevity of your tefillin and mezuzot.
1. Make sure the person examining your tefillin and mezuzot is certified as an examiner.
2. Make sure that the sofer who wrote the scroll is certified by a recognized rabbinical organization (one would not eat meat from a shochet who was not certified).
3. Only go to established and accredited places to have your articles examined. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 24th, 2011
Wednesday, 24 Av 5771
August 24, 2011
The Taiku restaurant on Emek Refaim Street in the capital is no longer under the hashgacha of the OU.
The former Taiku, in the same location, was a mehadrin meat restaurant with an OU mehadrin hashgacha.
This new Taiku has nothing to do with the previous owners or the OU, and the hashgacha is Jerusalem Rabbinate, regular, not mehadrin. it is dairy, not meat! Read the rest of this entry »
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August 24th, 2011
Wednesday, 24 Av 5771
August 24, 2011
Badatz Mehadrin (Rabbi Avraham Rubin) announced on August 14, 2011 that the Grill Burger restaurant at 11 Beit HaDfus Street in the Givat Shaul area of Jerusalem is no longer under its supervision.
Unfortunately, the store sign still reads “Badatz Mehadrin” so I remind you that when you enter a store, before ordering, you must check for a valid teudat kashrut. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 7th, 2011
7 Av 5771
August 7, 2011
The following businesses are now under the badatz’s hashgacha:
1) Falafel HaBayit (meat) 60 Derech Ben-Tzvi, Kiryat Chaim, Haifa – 04-840-2626
2) Chef Tzion Restaurant (meat) 3 Yochanan HaSandlar, Bnei Brak – 03-574-5111
3) Capitlona Pizza & Ice Cream (dairy) 11 Baalei Melacha, Tzim Center, Netivot – 050-422-2472
The following are no longer under the badatz’s hashgacha:
1) Al HaEsh, 9 Jabontinsky, Ramle (out of business)
2) Pizza Chetzi Meter, Kikar Neuman, Beit Shemesh (out of business)
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August 7th, 2011
7 Av 5771
August 7, 2011
The following kashrut alerts were released by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrut Enforcement Unit, bulletin number 022, dated today.
Meat Alert
Meats and poultry processed under the Ohf Ohr label are advertised as being under the hashgacha of the Ohr Yehuda Rabbinate. This is not the case. Legal action is being taken against the company located in the Old Ohr Yehuda Industrial Zone. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 19th, 2011
17 Tammuz 5771
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
These wafers, bearing an OU symbol, were found for sale in Israel. The OU confirms that the product is still unauthorized, as per the OU alert dating back to 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 18th, 2011
16 Tammuz 5771
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Red Heifer Steakhouse, (02-624-0504), located at 38 King George Street, Jerusalem, is now under the supervision of Badatz Mehadrin (Rabbi Avraham Rubin).
The restaurant is under the same ownership, just a different hechsher.
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July 18th, 2011
16 Tammuz 5771
Monday, July 18, 2011
The following are now under the badatz hashgacha:
1. Orna Pizza (dairy) 20 HaBanim Street, Tiveria (04-672-6115)
2. Doda La’Pizza (dairy) 8 Ben Hoz Blvd., Holon (03-726-6673)
3. Pizza Kimat Chinam (dairy) 48 Herzl, Bat Yam (03-648-5555)
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