Kashrus Halacha

By Dovid CohenReligion & Spirituality Judaism

Kashrus Halacha episodes

January 06, 2023Citrus Oils (Hashgachah Practicum #28 - Ingredients E)
Citrus Oils:
Production (peels, purification, folds, nomenclature);

Eretz Yisroel;

Additives;

Processes (rectification, LAR);

Ambiguous wording.

See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com
23 min
December 30, 2022 Salek, Safek Chisaron Chochmah (Bitul and Blios #29 - Shulchan Aruch YD 98:2-3)
Salek es mino (סלק את מינו);
Safek chisaron chochmah.

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24 min
December 23, 2022Bourbon From a Jewish Owned Company (Bitul and Blios #28 - Shulchan Aruch YD 98:2)
מין במינו - בתא שמא או בתר טעמא;
Bourbon from a Jewish owned company:
Chametz after Pesach (חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח);

Name/title or taste (בתר שמא או בתר טעמא);

Bourbon;

Distilled Alcohol (Minchas Boruch).

See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com
24 min
December 16, 2022Poultry (Hashgachah Practicum #27 - Meat C)
Poultry:
Birds vs. animals;

Teraifos (injections, damaged flesh, Meckel's Diverticulum, tzomas hagidin);

Foie Gras;

Packaged chicken shailos (blood, tzomas hagidim, broken bones).

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36 min
December 09, 2022Heat Exchangers (Hashgachah Practicum #26 - Equipment E)
Heat Exchangers:
Principle;

Types (plate, tubular, scraped surface);

Kashering;

Pasteurization (holding tubes, divert lines, mevushal);

Regeneration.

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26 min
December 02, 2022Bitul Calculation (Bitul and Blios #27 - Shulchan Aruch YD 98:1)
Bitul Calculation:
Volume vs. weight;

Specific gravity;

How much issur is there;

Estimations;

Modern pot types (stainless, aluminum, clad, disc clad, anodized aluminum);

Actual calculations (overview).

See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com
33 min
November 25, 2022Glatt and Beis Yosef (Hashgachah Practicum #25 - Meat B)
Glatt and Beis Yosef:
Introduction;

Procedure (access diaphram/tarpash, bedikas pnim, bedikas chutz);

Methods of checking (הכנסת יד הבודק, hagbah, miuch and mishmush, klipah);

Glatt;

Chalak - Beis Yosef;

Sephardim;

Dakos.

See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com
36 min
November 23, 2022Milk and Cheese (Kosher Classes #57)
Milk and Cheese:
Dairy industry overview;

Fat (cream, butter, ice cream);

Protein (acid vs. rennet, casein and cheese, whey, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream);

Sugar - Lactose (mei chalav);

Water and minor components;

Creating chalav Yisroel;

Yotzeh v'nichnas;

Video cameras;

Creating gevinas Yisroel.

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1 hr 22 min
November 18, 2022Meat Basics (Hashgachah Practicum #24 - Meat A)
Meat Basics:
Shechitah;

Teraifos;

Nikkur;

Melichah;

Simanim.

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26 min
November 11, 2022Oil (Hashgachah Practicum #23 - Ingredients D)
Oil:
Source;

Fish;

Kitnios;

Processing (deodorizing, bulk transport, conversion, tracing lines);

Lubricants;

Essential Oils;

Citrus Oil;

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32 min