Kashrus Explained: Recent Episodes

Rabbi Eli Markowitz

Short, practical and clear shiurim on the laws of Kashrus. From farm to plate. How to keep a kosher home. What's behind that kosher symbol or Hebrew jargon.

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Is there Tevel on Challas Chutz Laretz

What if your host forgot to take challah

How important is it for hechsheirim to verify the Hafrashas Challah on Non-observant Jewish owned bakeries

The need to kasher if a company failed to do proper Hafrashas Challah

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Leniency of Chutz Laretz

The dough ball Hafrashas Challah system

Please don't ask your Rav this shaila

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Why do we double wrap the challah dough

Overview of ovens in Halacha

Pizza in a fleishig oven

Burning challah correctly

What if the dough exploded and is now touching the oven wall or oven rack?

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Sending someone else to ask the Bais Din for Hataras Nedarim on the Challah

Doing Hataras Nedarim over zoom

What type of Bais Din is necessary?

Some Halachos to keep in mind on erev Rosh Hashanah

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The typical Psak Halacha when the dough gets mixed back in

A quick glance at the Halachos of Hataras Nedarim

One or two berachos

Saying aneinu and then breaking the fast

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The classic shaila when the Hafrashas Challah gets mixed back into the dough.

The opinion of the Shulchan Aruch

The advice of the Noda Byihuda 

The chacham tzvi fascinating chiddush from a sugya in Yoma (#DafYomi)

The Psak of the Rema

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Giving challah to a Kohen today, Yichus questions, egg matzah production, tossing in the garbage instead of burning it, saving all the challah balls for chometz burning, (challah #3)

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Why do we burn the challah?

Why don't we follow the shulchan aruch and do two Hafrashas?

Why do we give a Kzayis if it's not mentioned anywhere?

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What's so complicated about separating a piece of dough?
The unique mitzvah
What's the amount of the separation?

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Poor storage
Yoshon production
Deep fryers
Chodosh equipment

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The Chodosh Guide
Yoshon.com
USDA
The common applications of the 5 grains

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Brisk Chicago
Chabad 
Chassidim
All or nothing?

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Famous opinion of Taz
Rules of Psak
Can we compare the rules of Chodosh to the requirements of the Karbon Omer

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The goal of this podcast Introduction to Halachos of Chodosh