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List of Eateries Under Badatz R’ Rubin

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Tuesday, 19 Tishrei 5770
4th day Chol Hamoed Sukkot
October 7, 2009

rav-rubin-symbolIt appears from the emails I am receiving that a previous posting listing the establishments under the supervision of Badatz R’ Rubin was not found by many readers, perhaps due to its inclusion in another posting.

As such, I am reposting the English list, and providing a link to the original Hebrew document, which was posted earlier. (more…)

Aldo Ice Cream Update – Beit Yosef Hechsher at Jaffa Street Branch

Monday, October 5th, 2009

17 Tishrei 5770
October 5, 2009

aldo-sign

Store sign over side service window

Kudos to Badatz Beit Yosef. The certifying agency came through on Chol Hamoed, and there is a now a valid mehadrin certificate at the 40 Jaffa Street Jerusalem branch. The certificate is for this branch only and one cannot derive that the other branches are mehadrin as well if they lack a mehadrin certification.  (more…)

Aldo Ice Cream Alert

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
16 Tishrei 5770
October 4, 2009

Aldo Ice Cream Alert (Downtown Jerusalem)

Aldo - Max Brenner sign over store entrance

Aldo - Max Brenner sign over store entrance

The Aldo Ice Cream, located at 40 Jaffa Street at the corner of Chavatzelet Street, is displaying kosher certification certificates from Badatz Beit Yosef Mehadrin for many items; ice cream, yogurt, French crepes and Belgian waffles. (more…)

Another Burgers Bar Joins the Mehadrin Club

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
12 Tishrei 5770

bbar-add-with-r-rubins-hechsherBaruch Hashem, the demanding kosher consumer is beginning to have an impact, which is evident on the Jerusalem kashrus scene. A second branch of Burgers Bar has decided to join the legitimate mehadrin circle, the restaurant in Jerusalem’s Old City, which on Monday underwent the major kashering and changeover, now under the supervision of Badatz mehadrin, Rabbi Rubin.  (more…)

Teller Breads, Eida Certificate + More

Friday, September 25th, 2009

1. Teller Bakery - Jerusalem 
2. Post Note on Morano Nuts & Seeds (Machane Yehuda – Jerusalem) 
3. Eida Chareidit Going Laminated 
4. Badatz R’ Rubin – Supervision List 
5. G‘mar Chatima Tova!
 

Friday, September 25, 2009
7 Tishrei 5770

teller-shuk-sign1. Teller Bakery - Jerusalem
I continue to receive a growing number of requests from readers regarding Teller Bakery on Agrippas Street, in Jerusalem, near Machane Yehuda, AKA “The Shuk”. 

The bakery and its satellite sales store in the shuk are under the Jerusalem Rabbinate Mehadrin. I spoke with Rabbi Chaim Gamliel, the over-see-er of the store’s mashgiach, Rabbi Yaakov Lublin, and I was informed the mashgiach “lives nearby” and therefore, his visitations are facilitated by geographical realities. (more…)

Morano Nuts & Badatz R’ Rubin

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009
6 Tishrei 5770

 

1. Morano Nuts – No Belz or Beit Yosef Hechsher on Sweets
candy-gum-dropsJKN spoke with Belz Machzikei Hadas kahrus inspector Rav Yitzchak Yosef Zigelman on Thursday morning, seeking to confirm the status of the candies sold in a branch of the Morano nut and seeds stores in Machane Yehuda, the Shuk.

Rav Zigelman is the inspector who is responsible for the area of the shuk encompassing the nut stores mentioned. Many of you area aware that in one of the branches, the one located on Agrippas Street, at the corner of Machane Yehuda Street, the store also sells a large selections of the candies and sweets mentioned in another recent JKN report (http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2009/09/candies-by-the-kilogram-%e2%80%93-not-as-mehadrin-as-they-appear/).  (more…)

BBar Geula & Moshiko Shwarma

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009
6 Tishrei 5770

1. Burgers Bar Geula – Truly Mehadrin
bbar-add-with-r-rubins-hechsherWell, we are making progress as there is one truly mehadrin Burgers Bar restaurant in Jerusalem, opened in recent weeks. It is located in Geula, 8 Yechezkel Street to be precise, under the supervision of Rabbi Rubin. The phone number is 02-650-0605. This burger chain has become extremely popular among visiting American post-high school students, despite the extremely basic level of kashrus maintained in stores. 

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Red Heifer Restaurant (Jerusalem)

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Red Heifer Restaurant
38 King George Street – Jerusalem
02-624-0504
www.redheifersteakhouse.com
OU Mehadrin -Israel

red-heifer-sign-1The Red Heifer, or Para Aduma, as it is known in Jerusalem, has been a popular place for visitors for many years. Actually, it was the first restaurant to obtain an OU hechsher in Israel. It began under the supervision of the Jerusalem Rabbinate Mehadrin, but for the past years, has been operating under the OU. (more…)

Maoz Shwarma, SushiYa, Eating Out, Yeshivot & Seminaries

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

1. Maoz Shwarma and Falafel
2.    SushiYa Sushi
3.    A Note About Eating Out
4.    Spreading the Word to the Yeshiva/Seminary Scene


maoz-outside-sign-1Maoz Shwarma and Falafel
19 King George Street opposite Mashbir Department Store
02-625-7706
Badatz Machzikei Hadas – Belz Mehadrin

Visit conducted on Thursday, (Sept. 3, 2009).
Maoz is another veteran downtown Jerusalem establishment, now run by children and grandchildren of the founders.  (more…)

Beni Dagim Fish Restaurant

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

fish Beni Dagim Fish Restaurant
1 Mesilat Yesharim Street – Jerusalem
02-652-2403
Jerusalem Rabbinate Mehadrin

For your veterans, ‘Beni Dagim’ is a Jerusalem landmark, up and running for some 40 years. I remember seeing the store in the same location on my first visit to the downtown area after arriving in Israel 25 years ago.  (more…)