If so here is what you will find most valuable about our website:
We provide a definition that is systematic and usable.

The Purpose of This Website

The purpose of this website is to help you find out

• Which ingredients are acceptable.
• When you can serve and eat them
• How to avoid mistakes.
• Whom to trust.
• Where to find things.

Who We Are

My name is Menachem Rosenberg. My qualifications?

Many years professionally beginning in 1972 in food establishments
which conform to the Jewish dietary laws.
Processing, producing, catering, buying, selling, advising.
Baked goods, meat, dairy and grocery.

As an added bonus, my wife Chani, unlike me, grew up non-observant.
So what's the bonus? Since she became observant as
an adult, she knows what it takes to start from scratch.

Use the contact form at left for answers
and encouragement. We are here to help.

What We Do

We present in a clear and readable way
what you need to know to

• buy
• sell
• prepare
• serve and eat any food

all the while knowing that you are properly observing the dietary laws.
We know all the resources that you will need and how to use them.

Here is The Definition!

The definition of kosher is that food which is
permitted to the Jewish people by Biblical law.

Wait! I know what you're thinking. "Am I
supposed to read the entire Bible?"

No. We can make things a lot more manageable than that. Think
about everything you serve, from soup to main course to dessert.

1. It starts as created matter growing somewhere.
2. Someone processes it. It is now ingredients.
3. The ingredients are combined with other ingredients
4. The resulting mixture is cooked, served and eaten.

At each of those stages there are rules to follow.
Those rules call for awareness in each area -

• the farm
• the factory
• the store
• the kitchen
• the table.

It is no more difficult than following any set of procedures.
It does however, require systematic knowledge.

Believe it or not ... if you use this website as suggested,
you will have that knowledge and master the system very soon.

How To Use This Website

Look at the navigation bar to your left.

1) What is Kosher? deals with all requirements
up to the ingredient stage.
2) When May I Eat It? discusses when an ingredient
may not be permitted, the rules of combining ingredients
and the laws of cooking, baking and serving the food.

3) How Do I Handle It? helps you with the procedures
that are necessary to avoid mistakes and also
how to deal with mistakes after they happen.

4) Who Says It's Kosher? This section guides you
in choosing authorities. (Sorry, even if the label
says that it's kosher, it may not be.)

5) Where Do I Find It? is a set of resources to do
just that - find food products that you can use.

6) Why Eat Kosher? explains why our definition is the
only one that works. I hope it answers your questions.

Each major area leads to a number of subcategories.
Examine them to find the information you need
or a useful resource or possibly, both.

Work In Progress

Our site is a constant work in progress. You can get
every bit of updated information sent directly to your
computer as soon as it's added to the site! Use the
orange RSS button to your left. You won't even have to
visit; our What's New weblog will visit you!.

Even better, you can request the subject matter of most
interest to you for inclusion on the site or in our newsletter.
Look to your left again and click on Hey! It's Kosher!

The Definitely Kosher Weblog The definitely kosher weblog always includes only material that is kosher, by definition!

What is Kosher? A First Step. Want to know what is kosher? First, be aware of the species that are acceptable. After that, what is kosher depends on the way they are processed.

Kosher Rules - Divided and Conquered! Kosher rules divide into manageable groups. You know how to buy kosher. Next come the kosher rules of when we can eat the foods and what foods we can mix.

Kosher Kitchen - Design and Organize It Your kosher kitchen is much more than cooking space. Design and organize your kosher kitchen with all the regulations anticipated. It makes observing them easier.

A List of Kosher Food - Develop Your Own Adding a favorite item to your personal list of kosher food is easy. Find out who says its kosher and look over their list of kosher food. There are thousands of items!

Buy Kosher Food Using a Formula Where to buy kosher food or find kosher services is as easy as following directions. Kosher food is widely available. Buy kosher using a simple formula.

Why Eat Kosher? Why eat kosher? It's no more nutritious, better tasting or less expensive than other food. Why eat kosher? The answer is in the question - and nowhere else.

Passover Observance Passover observance in 2008 begins at sundown on April 19 but the planning that leads to Passover observance will have to begin long before then.

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