Thursday, February 19, 2009 This article was printed for Yeshiva World News – www.theyeshivaworld.com, translated from the weekly Mishpacha Magazine in Israel. Rabbonim in Eretz Yisrael: Palm Oil Problem Doesn’t Exist Here While we haven’t yet begun cleaning our homes for Pesach, the kashrus industry is quite busy, making preparations and checking factories as companies read more
February 17, 2009 23 Tevet 5769 Erroneous LABELING ON TOMATO PRODUCTS Pri Nir Company – Lower Galil – tomato products with a regular hechsher from shmitah year were erroneously labeled as mehadrin with a Rabbinate supervision in addition to Badatz Agudat Yisrael. It has been decided that all tomato products from the factory from here read more
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 23 Tevet 5769 Hi folks, Baruch Hashem, the feedback that I continue to receive signals the owner of Mitz Pri in Geula has received the message, that [former] patrons demand a legitimate kosher hechsher if he expects them to return. To my dismay, a number of readers shared their experiences with read more
Mitz Pri – Fruit Juice Geula, Jerusalem Thursday, February 12, 2009 Hi folks, I happened to get to the Geula area of Yerushalayim today, not having planned the trip. I made the time to enter the popular Mitz Pri (Fruit Juice) Store located on HaYeshiva Street, opposite Salon Geula Electronics and next to the supermarket read more
February 11, 2009 The Chief Rabbinate’s Kashrut Division conducted inspections in the Chadera area, listing a number of the businesses that were inspected. 1. Armon David Hall (75 Weizman St. – Chadera) 2. Pecan Forest Hall (8 Tzahal St. – Chadera) During the inspection, meat suspected as non-kosher (traif) was found. Making things worse, the read more
A Look at the Kosher Scene Ramat Eshkol Shopping Center – Jerusalem 16 Shvat 5769 February 10, 2009 When I first began sipping coffee in the Ramat Eshkol Shopping Center on Jerusalem’s Paran Street about 25 years ago, it was not the bastion of mehadrin shopping that it has evolved into today. At the time, read more
Shuk Machane Yehuda Report Started on: 10 Shvat 5769 February 4, 2009 Completed on motzei Shabbos: Eve of 14 Shvat February 7, 2009 This report will attempt to present a picture to you; one that I hope will clearly demonstrate the need to read teudot kashrut before buying, even in a store that is familiar. read more
Mitz Pri – Fruit Juice Geula, Jerusalem Thursday, February 12, 2009 Hi folks, I happened to get to the Geula area of Yerushalayim today, not having planned the trip. I made the time to enter the popular Mitz Pri (Fruit Juice) Store located on HaYeshiva Street, opposite Salon Geula Electronics and next to the supermarket read more
