Sunday, 5 Shevat 5772 January 29, 2012 I do not recall a Chief Rabbinate alert causing a storm on the magnitude as the one mentioning Haagen Dazs® ice cream, but there is always a first. Chief Rabbinate of Israel Kashrus Enforcement Division alert 007 (13 Teves 5772 – January 8, 2012) mentions the ice cream read more
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 read more
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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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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 read more
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.
17 Tammuz 5771 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Six baseball caps were brought for inspection to the Monsey Shatnez Laboratory for inspection. The six included a Chicago Bears cap made in the Dominican Republic, of 100% wool. To read the entire article, please click on the following hyperlink 11-july-ca-baseball-caps_docx To contact Rabbi Eliyahu Neiman directly, read more
