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marbehshalom,
Yes, there are full beryas.
I personally was shown the filtration process of Tropicana orange juice performed by an expert. There are definitely beryas in every cup. There are also a lot of fragments. Pretty disgusting. The beryas are not so small and are clearly nireh l’anayim. They are just covered with juice. When filtered, and carefully washed off, you can see the scale-bugs, if you know what a scale-bug looks like.
Reb Chaim Kanievsky shlita was told incorrect information. The article says what he was told, which is not accurate. He actually writes himself in his sefer on chumash that the Chazon Ish filtered all citrus juice because of these scale-bugs.
In more recent developments, mites are also being found in the juice. I just spoke to two experts on Erev Yom Tov who confirmed there are enough mites to be considered a miut hamotzuy.
Most of the articles released to the public which permit the juice are full of mis-information. The attitude of the kashrus organizations has been “it’s kosher. We just need to figure out why!” It’s a very sad situation.
I think most hechsherim still use “DE”. Chof-K uses it on many Popsicle brand deserts. cRc Chicago uses it, and so should OU. It would be a lot less confusing.
popa_bar_abba, you are correct. A while back I almost purchased some ice-cream cones labeled OU Pareve. B”H, I have a strange habit to read the ingredients before I purchase a product I never had before. I noticed whey listed in the ingredients. I contacted OU. They made me purchase the product, read them the label and send them pictures of it. They confirmed that the product was indeed dairy. It took them WEEKS to release a bulletin about the mislabeled product!
I personally feel that this is the OU’s worst policy- not to use DE. Their reasoning is that when using Dairy equipment, it can sometimes be difficult to verify that there is no real milchik residue left in the machine which might not be batul. That is what OU told me.
But this creates a tremendous michshol. Look at all these people who think Oreos is really DE. As mentioned above, this is not true about all the Oreo varieties. And what happens if Oreos changes their formula and puts actual dairy into the cookies? How will anybody know about the change?
I know so many people who eat real dairy products after fleishigs because they think OU-D is really D.E.. A regular average person is not familiar with different ingredients, and does not know what is real milk and what is not.
Why can’t the OU act like every other hashgocho and label D.E. as D.E.!?!
They hire Rabeim for the learning, as apposed to counselors like some other camps. But most of them are not professional experienced Rabeim, like you might have in a New York area learning camp. They are more like “learning on the job” Rabbeim.
Night Seder is not too serious. The morning learning is O.K.. Those who want to learn can, in most shiurim. I do not think they learn as many hours as some learning camps. And the learning is not as intense or serious as it used to be.
The Mesivta program there is better. It is run by real Mechanchim and B’nei Torah. Most years, they get a good group of Bochurim, but not always.
Camp Kol Torah usually gets a lot of Lakewood boys. They are pretty Yeshivish, and the Head Staff are true B’nai Torah and professional Mechanchim.
They promote themselves as a learning camp. A lot of emphasis is placed on the leaning there. However, in practice, it is not the same as it used to be.
I just saw this post and noticed people referenced to a website kosherliquorlist.
I checked out that site and noticed that they list Jameson Irish whiskey as “Kosher for Mehadrin – not aged in sherry cask”
This is not true. The Jameson website clearly says “Balance the sweet, nutty flavour from Sherry casks with the toasted wood and vanilla notes from Bourbon casks.”
This site is either outdated, or simply not reliable. For reliable information, go to the cRc Chicago’s website. They are on the cutting edge, constantly updating their list.
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There is an internal reservoir which holds hot water at all times so you can get a cup of coffee quickly.
That’s why when you first plug in or turn on the machine, it takes four minutes until it is ready to brew. But after that, it takes only seconds for the cup to begin brewing.
It helps to understand the machine before presenting the shailoh.
Even if it would need tevila, how would you toivel it?
The water from the mikveh cannot fill the inside reservoir of the machine. It could only fill when plugged in and the water is electronically pumped inside.
Are the Rabbonim told this fact when asked the shailah? Or do you have to plug in the machine and turn it on while it is immersed in the mikvah water?
You people have no idea what you are talking about!!
First of all, it can be dangerous to dilute medicine. Speak to your doctor before you do that!!
For an updated medicine list, see here: http://www.crcweb.org/OTCMedicineReport.pdf
For more detailed information, see here, starting page 2: http://www.crcweb.org/Sappirim/Sappirim%2016%20(Dec%202008).pdf
You can also look here for further information: http://www.star-k.com/kashrus/kk-medi-guide.htm
As stated on the cRc list, there is a pharmacy Lakewood which makes a kosher liquid ibuprofen. There is also a pharmacy in Toronto which makes their own version.
There is no kosher ibuprofen, ADWE only makes acetaminophen (Tylenol). I wish they would make ibuprofen!
Don’t post when you do not know what you are talking about. You can be machshil people with real issurim!!
You people have no idea what you are talking about!!
First of all, it can be dangerous to dilute medicine. Speak to your doctor before you do that!!
For an updated medicine list, see here: http://www.crcweb.org/OTCMedicineReport.pdf
For more detailed information, see here, starting page 2: http://www.crcweb.org/Sappirim/Sappirim%2016%20(Dec%202008).pdf
You can also look here for further information: http://www.star-k.com/kashrus/kk-medi-guide.htm
As stated on the cRc list, there is a pharmacy Lakewood which makes a kosher liquid ibuprofen. There is also a pharmacy in Toronto which makes their own version.
There is no kosher ibuprofen, ADWE only makes acetaminophen (Tylenol). I wish they would make ibuprofen!
Don’t post when you do not know what you are talking about. You can be machshil people with real issurim!!
apushatayid,
Well, perhaps the poskim DO make that comparison.
The chibuk venishuk thing is by a sister, with whom technically the regular issur should not apply. There is no hirhur issue with a sister. And still, the poskim say that any affectionate touch falls into that prohibition.
But by a niece, where there is hihur, she is like any strange girl. Halacha does not differentiate between her and any other girl.
This is serious stuff. Speak to a reliable Rov. Don’t pasken from a coffee room!
cherrybim: You say you “know of quite a few frum men who are affectionate with their neices.” Well maybe they are married to them. You are allowed to marry your niece, you know!!
Halacha does not differentiate between a niece and any other girl.
The quoted M.B. is in hilchos krias shema. There is a famous machlokes between the M.B. and the Chazon Ish at what each a girl is considered “ervah”. The M.B. held at three years old, while the Chazon Ish extended the age to about 6 or 7. He is a bit vague on the exact age. It’s whenever she starts looking too “girlish”.
The poskim say that this machlokes applies to hilchos krias shema and to hilchos negiah as well.
This is not a well known halacha and many are nichshol in it. I heard this from a huge posek, who told me that this is halacha, not chumra.
Also, there is a halacha that says it is disgusting and ASSUR to hug and kiss your sister. The Shulchan Aruch says the word Assur. It is not, however, the same issur as a niece or another girl.
The poskim say that any affectionate touching falls into that issur. An affectionate pat on the back from a brother to a sister also falls into that category.
This is also halacha, not chumra.
If you question this halacha, you might want to call a reliable Rov. These are very serious issurim and should not be paskened from a blog!
I think you are all missing the point.
Each parent has their roll in their home and in their raising of their children. There is not enough space here to go into all the details, but…
For whatever reason, the father’s/husband’s place is at the head of the table. The mother plays a different roll at the seuda, sitting with her children etc., for whatever reason. This is in no way, ch”v, showing that a mother’s/wife’s roll is any less important than the roll of the man. It is just a different roll, albeit at least as important.
When a husband “honors” his wife to sit in his seat, he is sending a message that sitting in that seat is more honorable, chashuv, and important than sitting where his wife usually sits. This sends a message to the children that husband/ father is king. Mommy/wife is slave. This is not a good message!
Children must realize that even though their father and mother have different rolls in their homes, they are both equally important. Maybe their mother does not sit at the head of the table because she is showing more of the ahava, the softer hand which the children need. The father is showing more of a fear- yirah- which the children also need. The children need the mothers softness and their father’s firmness. They are both equally important.
Don’t give over the wrong message. Don’t let children think that Mommy is not as important as Totty, and for Mommy’s b-day she gets to be as important as Totty for a day.
This is not a good message! Not a good idea!! Both parents are important for what they do!!
There are those (Shevet Hakahasi) who feel that even though music is permitted according to the letter of the law, one should be stringent and not listen to music immediately after the fast. They feel that we should refrain from this type of simcha,as it is not in the spirit of the evening following the mourning of our Holy Bais Hamikdosh.