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Kashrus Explained

by 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.This podcast is powered for free by Torahcasts. Start your own forever free Torah podcast today at https://torahcasts.com/sign-up/ and share your Torah with the world.

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Episodes

  1. Bracha on oat challah (challah#17)

  2. Oat challah (Challah #16)

  3. Multi grain bread (challah#15)

  4. The whole wheat wheat shaila (challah #13)

  5. The amount of flour needed for Hafrashas Challah with a beracha (Challah #12)

  6. The minimum amount of flour that requires Hafrashas Challah (Challah #11)

  7. The unique status of Challah outside Eretz Yisroel (challah #10)

    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

  8. Eat and then ask Questions (Challah #9)

    Leniency of Chutz Laretz The dough ball Hafrashas Challah system Please don't ask your Rav this shaila

  9. The dough exploded!!! (Challah #8)

    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?

  10. Hataras Nedarim over zoom (Hafrashas Challah #7)

    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

  11. Hataras Nedarim (Challah #6)

    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

  12. Whoops where's my challah!?!? (Challah #5)

    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

  13. Women and Hafrashas Challah (challah #4)

  14. Giving challah to a Kohen today, Yichus questions, egg matzah production, tossing in the garbage instead of burning it (challah #3)

    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)

  15. Why we do what we do (Challah #2)

    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?

  16. Intro to Hilchos Hafrashas challah (Challah #1)

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

  17. Concluding ideas and Qs for further analysis (Chodosh #7)

    Poor storage Yoshon production Deep fryers Chodosh equipment

  18. Navigating the Yoshon scene (Chodosh #6)

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

  19. Should you only eat "Yoshon"? (Chodosh #5)

    Brisk Chicago Chabad Chassidim All or nothing?

  20. The Bal Shem Tov, Bach, and Rema (Chodosh #4)

  21. Chodosh only assur mdrabbonon outside of Eretz Yisroel (Chodosh #3)

  22. The heter of the Taz, and the Karbon Omer(Chodosh #2)

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

  23. The prohibition of eating Chodosh (Chodosh #1)

  24. Introduction to a new series: Kashrus Explained

    The goal of this podcast Introduction to Halachos of Chodosh

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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.This podcast is powered for free by Torahcasts. Start your own forever free Torah podcast today at https://torahcasts.com/sign-up/ and share your Torah with the world.

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Rabbi Eli Markowitz

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