Spring 2010

Successful people know
that it’s all in the details.
Pesach is a time when we
all have different detailed minhagim
handed down from
generation to generation (depending
on where your family
originated and the leader of
your community); it seems that
we are all consumed with
seemingly small details, making
sure things are done just so.

Readers share their thoughts about the last issue…

Dear OK,
Is it permissible to use pre-cut, peeled vegetables
or fruits (that do not require Bedikas tolaim)
without a Kosher for passover hechsher on Pesach?

Pesach is a time when Jews are extraordinarily careful to
monitor the foods we consume.

Although we generally refer to the holiday as “Pesach” (Passover), this name
technically refers to the 14th day of Nissan, the day that the Korban Pesach (Paschal Sacrifice) was brought.

Brigitte Mizrahi, a French Jew who now lives in los angeles, California, founded anderson international Foods (aiF) in 1997.Ms. Mizrahi aimed to produce
high-quality kosher cheeses and package them attractively.

Maror is second only to matzah as a food that expresses the essence of yetzias
Mitzrayim.

How to create a Shabbos or Yom Tov menu that will make all your guests happy year round.

Sweet and Sour Fish

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Today, kashrus stories that
attract the reader are those describing a sensational bust—how the
writer or his agency caught a certified company violating kashrus rules.

Who’s Behind the OK
Interview with Rabbi Aharon Haskel
Head of OK Israel

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough

According to Kabbalah, tibul (dipping) is symbolic of bitul (negation of the self) and both words are made up of the same Hebrew letters.