Kashrus Halacha

By Dovid CohenReligion & Spirituality Judaism

Kashrus Halacha episodes

August 20, 2021ChaNaN [Part 2 - Exceptions] (Bitul and Blios #5 - Shulchan Aruch YD 92:3-4)
Chatichah Na’aseis Neveilah (חנ"נ) [Part 2]
Exceptions
Heter;

Chametz;

Issur d’rabannan;

Chalav stam;

Not batel b’shishim;

Keilim;

Sofo l’hishpashet

Cold.

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33 min
August 13, 2021ChaNaN [Part 1 - Basic Halacha] (Bitul and Blios #4 - Shulchan Aruch YD 92:3-4)
Chatichah Na'aseis Neveilah (חנ"נ) [Part 1]
Basic Halacha
Basar b'chalav;

Sha'ar issurim;

Hefsed merubah (examples);

Lach and yavesh (לח ביבש, לח בלח, יבש ביבש, powdered stabilizer blend);

Safek issur (five opinions);

Steam systems;

Yedias Hata'aroves.

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36 min
August 06, 2021Evaporators (Hashgachah Practicum #2 - Equipment A)
Evaporators / Concentrators
Operations - overview, effects, condensate;

Hashgachah - flavor essence, cow water;

Kashering - considerations, options.

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52 min
July 30, 2021Zeh V'zeh Gorem [Part 2 - Emulsifiers] (Bitul and B'lios #3 - Shulchan Aruch YD 87:11)
Zeh V'zeh Gorem [Part 2]
Simultaneous or Consecutive? (sherry casks, blenders)

Emulsifiers (definition, status as ma'amid, zeh v'zeh gorem)

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34 min
July 23, 2021Zeh V'zeh Gorem [Part 1 - Flavors] (Bitul and B'lios #2 - Shulchan Aruch YD 87:11)
Zeh V'zeh Gorem - Part 1
Principle

Flavors

Different Contributions

Yesh bazeh k'dei lechamietz (יש בזה כדי לחמץ)

Pesach

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36 min
July 14, 2021Hafrashas Challah in Commercial Establishments (Kosher Classes #50)
Hafrashas Challah in Commercial Establishments
Four methods

Dough-ball method (shiyarehah nikarim, trust)

Tevel dough and matzah (proper year, lo ba'ah l'olam, other grains, mukaf, shelichus, act of hafrashah)

Q&A

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59 min
July 09, 2021Glucose (Hashgachah Practicum #1 - Ingredients A)
Glucose
Sugars (monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides)

Glucose sources (juice, lactose, starch, countries of origin)

Glucose uses (fermentations, alcohol, vinegar, ethyl compounds, sugar alcohols)

Nishtaneh
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45 min
July 02, 2021Davar Hama'amid (Bitul and B'lios #1 - Shulchan Aruch YD 87:11)
Davar Hama’amid:
General Halachos – Exceptions [1] basar b’chalav (cheese), [2] inherently forbidden (yeast), [3] zeh v’zeh gorem, [4] remains in (immobilized enzyme, glucose isomerase, catalysts), [5] meaningful effect
Examples – cottage cheese, vinegar, stabilizer, amylases
Other details – kashering afterwards, chametz after Pesach, bishul akum and kitnios, whey, three ha’amados, tevillas keilim

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39 min
May 28, 2021 Butchering Knives (Meat and Poultry #38 - Miscellaneous C)
Is it acceptable for kosher slaughterhouses to use the same knives for kosher and non-kosher, such as neveilos and teraifos?
How can that be reconciled with Shulchan Aruch YD 10:3 and 64:16?
See the video at http://kshr.us/ButcherKnives

15 min
May 21, 2021Cultured Meat (Meat and Poultry #37 - Miscellaneous B)
What does it take to create kosher artificial meat (a.k.a. cultured meat, cellular meat, clean meat)?
What are the halachic issues to consider?
Basar min hachai

Shechitah

Fleishig or pareve?

Extension or ma'amid?

Serum
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31 min