By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The halacha in Yoreh Deah 117:5 says that one is not allowed to eat food that was kept under a bed overnight. Does this halacha still apply today?
The Gemara in Pesachim 112a says that a “ruach raah” (bad spirits) enters food and drink that was stored under a bed overnight. This is so even if the food is enclosed in a metal container. Due to the “ruach raah,” one may not eat it. According to this Gemara the halacha still applies today.

Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz, Senior Rabbinic Coordinator at OU Kosher, takes us on a world tour of kashrus overseas.
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The Mashgiach’s Role in Quality Control
How does a kashrus agency certify an entire event, with tens of vendors? Let’s listen in as Joe Flohr walks us through the process.

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By Rabb Berach Steinfeld
The Achronim ask a chakira regarding tzitzis. Is the “begged” of the tzitzis considered part of the mitzvah or is it considered a hechsher mitzvah, as we find that a house is just a hechsher for the mezuzah.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

Mashgiach? Check.
Fishy Business? Let’s get a look behind the scenes in the sushi industry with Rabbi Moshe Kaufman, Kashrus Administrator for KVH Kosher ~ Rabbinical Council of New England.
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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Meseches Nida 30b it says a child in not born until he swears that he will keep the Torah. He will be a Tzaddik not a Rasha. The question arises why do we make the child swear a person already swore at mattan Torah on Shavuos that he will keep the Torah and therefore the Shvua one swears before he is born is not chal as he is mushba ve’omed me’har Sinai.

With summer around the corner, Rabbi Moshe Kaufman, Kashrus Administrator for KVH Kosher ~ Rabbinical Council of New England, describes the AKO camp initiative for us, which is a free service for all camps. For free guidance for your camp reach out to camps@akokosher.org
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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Torah tells us in Vayikra 27:34 that these are the mitzvos that Moshe commanded Bnei Yisroel on Har Sinai. The Gemara in Shabbos 104a and Megillah 2b tells us that Chazal learn out from the above posuk that a Navi is not able to command any new mitzvos. All the mitzvos were given to Moshe Rabbeinu and anything thereafter is not one of the mitzvos. A Navi is unable to be mechadesh any new mitzvos.