18 Tammuz 5770 June 30, 2010 The next Machane Yehuda ‘Shuk Walking Tour’ is planned for 16 Av, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 5:30pm. As in the past, first registered are guaranteed the slot. The cost remains the same modest NIS 30. I respectfully request that you DO NOT register unless you are coming, and read more
17 Tammuz 5770 June 29, 2010 The following businesses are now under the Beit Yosef supervision. 1. Yogurtiya (dairy) – 2 HaSibin Street (Petach Tikvah) 03-919-4070 2. Rome Restaurant (dairy/fish) 27 Jabotinsky (Ashdod) 08-852-7717 3. Shulchan David Baruch Restaurant (meat) 136 Jaffa (Haifa) 04-853-2246 The Hodu La’Shem Steakhouse in Ohr Yehuda is no longer under read more
16 Tammuz June 28, 2010 DON’T FORGET to join me in Ramat Beit Shemesh on Sunday, July 4th. I will be giving lectures for men and women (AM and PM) in English accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation on how one can navigate the kosher scene in the Holy Land.
Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrut Fraud Division Kashrut Alert – 24 16 Tammuz 5770 June 28, 2010 1. Unauthorized Chicken Slaughter House WARNING, FORGERY: An inspection of Gavrieli slaughterhouse (6 Pardes Street, Azure) distributed by Adir and Baruch LTD is marked “kosher under the Azure Rabbinate” but in essence, the slaughter house DOES NOT have read more
16 Tammuz 5770 – June 28, 2010 http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/wp-content/uploads/6-28-10.pdf
16 Tammuz 5770 June 28, 2010 There is a new deli in town, near the Mamila Hotel, hence named Mamila Deli (15 Shlomtzion HaMalka Street). It has a hechsher from both the Jerusalem Rabbinate (regular) and Rabbi Ze’ev Dov Slonim (mehadrin). The store is operational for about two weeks. (I must add that Rabbi Rafi read more
16 Tammuz 5770 June 28, 2010 The High Court of Justice ruled in favor of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel against a food importer, who was seeking to override the Rabbinate’s rulings regarding food imports, insisting that any foreign hechsher is acceptable under the nation’s kosher law. In short, he wished to usurp the Chief read more
16 Tammuz 5770 June 28, 2010 UPDATE regarding Argamon Hall- Rabbi Rafi Yochai of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrut Enforcement Division informed me a short time ago that the “technical issues” have been resolved and the Argamon Hall has a regular non-mehadrin Jerusalem Rabbinate hechsher once again. Regarding the mehadrin, it is an illegal read more
16 Tammuz 5770 June 28, 2010 The Argamon simcha hall (22 Dfus Street in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem) has an outdated Jerusalem Rabbinate (regular) certificate. I checked with the Jerusalem Rabbinate yesterday, and the hall no longer has the Rabbinate supervision. It is not just a matter of it being out of date! It does however read more
11 Tammuz 5770 June 23, 2010 SHATNEZ ALERT: Mouska Lady’s Dress The decorative trim of the Mouska lady’s wool blend dress shown in the picture contains linen. 10-ladys-dress
