First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by Rabbi Binyomin Taub, Rabbi Hillel Baron, Peter Olster and Rabbi Mendy Minkowitz on Monday, December 18, 2006 during the second-ever Kashering of the White House kitchen. (Click on the image to ENLARGE it.)
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Im I missing something here? Who cares?
Why was it kashered?
“Im I Missing?”
It was kashered so that a group of Yidden who attended a meeting and Menorah-lighting with the President could eat Kosher.
BEING THAT WE LIVE IN A MEDINA SHEL CHESED
WHICH PREACHES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
THEY MAKE A POINT OF INVITING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS TO SHOW RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR RELIGION
AS CHANUKA IS A TIME THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD RECOGNIZES AS A JEWISH HOLIDAY OUT OF RESPECT TO JUDIASIM
THEY INVITE A FEW RABBIS A FEW RELIGIOUS POLITICALLY CONNECTED CHEVRA ETC WHO ARE TIED IN WITH THE SITTING PARTY
WHETHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT WHO EVER HAPPENS TO BE SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT YEAR. THIS IS AN OLD TRADITION
THE DIFFRENCE IS THAT AS OF LAST YEAR THE BUSH’S WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ACCOMODATE THEIR KOSHER KEEPING GUESTS
WITH STRICTLY GLATT KOSHER FOOD ACTUALLY PREPARED AT ONE OF THE THE WHITEHOUSE KITCHENS THAT IS KASHERED JUST FOR THIS ONE PARTY
IN THE PAST THE FOOD WAS BROUGHT IN FROM OUTSIDE CAUSING SECURITY CONCERNS ETC
HOPE THIS CLEARS UP SOME OF YOUR READERS QUESTIONS
B’H, now I can dine with the President again.
Do we know what hecscher the White House is under during these events?