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301
Davar Hama'amid (Bitul and B'lios #1 - Shulchan Aruch YD 87:11)
Davar Hama'amid (Bitul and B'lios #1 - Shulchan Aruch YD 87:11)
Jul 2, 2021
38:15
Davar Hama’amid: General Halachos – Exceptions [1] basar b’chalav (cheese), [2] inherently forbidden (yeast), [3] zeh v’zeh gorem, [4] remains in (immobilized enzyme, glucose isomerase, catalysts), [5] meaningful effect Examples – cottage cheese, vinegar, stabilizer, amylases Other details – kashering afterwards, chametz after Pesach, bishul akum and kitnios, whey, three ha’amados, tevillas keilim See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com
302
Butchering Knives (Meat and Poultry #38 - Miscellaneous C)
Butchering Knives (Meat and Poultry #38 - Miscellaneous C)
May 28, 2021
14:20
Is it acceptable for kosher slaughterhouses to use the same knives for kosher and non-kosher, such as neveilos and teraifos? How can that be reconciled with Shulchan Aruch YD 10:3 and 64:16? See the video at http://kshr.us/ButcherKnives
303
Cultured Meat (Meat and Poultry #37 - Miscellaneous B)
Cultured Meat (Meat and Poultry #37 - Miscellaneous B)
May 21, 2021
30:16
What does it take to create kosher artificial meat (a.k.a. cultured meat, cellular meat, clean meat)? What are the halachic issues to consider? Basar min hachai Shechitah Fleishig or pareve? Extension or ma'amid? Serum See the video at http://kshr.us/CulturedMeat
304
Insect Issues (Kosher Classes #49)
Insect Issues (Kosher Classes #49)
May 20, 2021
1:02:13
Insect Issues Copepods in New York City Water (Kensico reservoir, visibility, matzui) Worms in fish Leaf miners Mechanically dried herbs Shellac Q&A Buy the book at www.kashrushalacha.com
305
Hidden Issues (Meat and Poultry #36 - Miscellaneous A)
Hidden Issues (Meat and Poultry #36 - Miscellaneous A)
May 14, 2021
19:53
Hidden issues in a kosher slaughterhouse: Dewlap tag Electric prod Electrical stimulation Rodding the weasand Watch the video at http://kshr.us/Hidden
306
American Meat Takanah (Meat and Poultry #35 - Packaging C)
American Meat Takanah (Meat and Poultry #35 - Packaging C)
May 7, 2021
13:11
American Meat Takanah of the Agudas HaRabbonim The takanah Must we follow it? Spirit of the takanah Watch the video at http://kshr.us/Takanah
307
Pesach (Meat and Poultry #34 - Packaging B)
Pesach (Meat and Poultry #34 - Packaging B)
Apr 30, 2021
12:24
Pesach issues at a kosher packing house: Netting Ink Casings Watch the video at http://kshr.us/PesachMeat
308
Shrink Tunnel (Meat and Poultry #33 - Packaging A)
Shrink Tunnel (Meat and Poultry #33 - Packaging A)
Apr 23, 2021
17:20
Does a shrink tunnel used for non-kosher meat have to be kashered before use for kosher meat in Cryovac bags? Hot tunnel Hot bath Layers Irui kli rishon, tata'ah gavar, hevel hakedairah Watch the video at http://kshr.us/ShrinkTunnel
309
Zeroah, Lechayayim, and Keivah (Meat and Poultry #32 - Specific Parts B)
Zeroah, Lechayayim, and Keivah (Meat and Poultry #32 - Specific Parts B)
Apr 16, 2021
14:34
Is one obligated to give Zeroah, Lechayim, and Keivah (זרוע לחיים וקיבה) to a Kohen in the United States? Kurkuvan - assorted halachos See the video at http://kshr.us/MatnosKehunah
310
Foie Gras (Meat and Poultry #31 - Specific Parts A)
Foie Gras (Meat and Poultry #31 - Specific Parts A)
Apr 9, 2021
18:38
Can Foie Gras be certified as kosher? Four issues to consider: Species Tzaar Baalei Chaim Nekuvas Haveshet Kashering See the video at http://kshr.us/FoieGras https://youtu.be/hzzi6yrIFgA April 9 http://kshr.us/FoieGras
311
Pesach Q&A 5781 (Pesach #40)
Pesach Q&A 5781 (Pesach #40)
Mar 16, 2021
31:58
Medicine Soft matzah Bake your own matzah CBD / marijuana Antacids Kashering with a steamer Toothpaste, mouthwash, & lipstick
312
Liver (Meat and Poultry #30 - Melichah G)
Liver (Meat and Poultry #30 - Melichah G)
Feb 5, 2021
39:07
Liver Kashering [7 steps] How long to broil Three days Equipment Raw livers [kovush] Raw livers [retail sale] Watch the video of this shiur at http://kshr.us/Liver
313
Shailos in Packaged Chicken (Meat and Poultry #29 - Melichah F)
Shailos in Packaged Chicken (Meat and Poultry #29 - Melichah F)
Jan 29, 2021
28:20
If a chicken has a broken bone or looks like there is blood in it, does that mean it is not kosher? נצרר הדם Redlegs Drumsticks with red/bloody spot on them צומת הגידין Tendon juncture Broken chicken wing, drumstick, or femur בוקא דאטמא דשף מדוכתיה - Femur came out of socket See the video at http://kshr.us/PackagedChicken
314
Salting (Meat and Poultry #28 - Melichah E)
Salting (Meat and Poultry #28 - Melichah E)
Jan 22, 2021
31:51
Salting Wet salt Melichah methods (all sides with dry salt, covered for 60 minutes without reabsorption) Meat placement Liver Internal organs in chicken Meat for people on a low sodium diet (broil, chalitah, salt alternates, work in rules for melichah) See the video at http://kshr.us/Salting
315
72-Hour Time Limit (Meat and Poultry #27 - Melichah D)
72-Hour Time Limit (Meat and Poultry #27 - Melichah D)
Jan 15, 2021
27:52
72-Hour Time Limit Time limit for melichah Rejected exceptions (frozen, covered) Extending the 72-hours Barley missed the 72-hour deadline Soaking meat to extend days for nikkur Liver after 3 days Watch the video at http://kshr.us/72Hour
316
Hooks (Meat and Poultry #26 - Melichah C)
Hooks (Meat and Poultry #26 - Melichah C)
Jan 8, 2021
29:28
Why is hadachah rishonah performed? How is it done? Three opinions Three practical differences between the opinions Is it okay to use boning hooks on the salting table? Is it okay to puncture the liner of the hadachah tank with a knife or fork? See the video of this shiur at http://kshr.us/Hooks
317
Hot Water Before Melichah (Meat and Poultry #25 - Melichah B)
Hot Water Before Melichah (Meat and Poultry #25 - Melichah B)
Jan 1, 2021
17:44
Hot water or steam before melichah General halachos Steam vacuuming Use at a shechitah Other examples See the video at https://kshr.us/HotWater
318
Water Temperatures (Meat and Poultry #24 - Melichah A)
Water Temperatures (Meat and Poultry #24 - Melichah A)
Dec 25, 2020
18:53
Water Temperatures Five steps of melichah Water for bedikas chutz Water for hadachah rishonah See the video at https://kshr.us/WaterTemp
319
Chutei Dam (Meat and Poultry #23 - Nikkur E)
Chutei Dam (Meat and Poultry #23 - Nikkur E)
Dec 18, 2020
30:40
Chutei Dam The prohibition against eating blood Blood vessels which must be removed during nikkur 2 veins and 2 membranes Other veins Blood found after melichah Nikkur Cham What is the new practice known as nikkur cham? What issues does it raise? Are veins and blood left behind? See the video at https://kshr.us/NikkurCham
320
Skirt Steaks (Meat and Poultry #22 - Nikkur D)
Skirt Steaks (Meat and Poultry #22 - Nikkur D)
Dec 11, 2020
31:34
What nikkur is required for skirt steaks? How do the practices differ between the United States and Eretz Yisroel Outside skirt (tarpash/diaphragm) Hanging tender Inside skirt (refallah) Plate meat (shfundrah/pastrami) Video available at https://kshr.us/SkirtSteak See our website at www.kashrushalacha.com
321
Ribs (Meat and Poultry #21 - Nikkur C)
Ribs (Meat and Poultry #21 - Nikkur C)
Dec 4, 2020
28:14
Ribs: Differences between Eretz Yisroel and United States Chutei D'kafli (חוטי דכפלי) Intercostal nerves on 11th, 12th, 13th ribs Rib eye Nodah B'yehudah / Chasam Sofer Fat around rib eye, teraifah finger, along bone, 12th vertebrae Video of this shiur available at https://kshr.us/Ribs
322
Chailev (Meat and Poultry #20 - Nikkur B)
Chailev (Meat and Poultry #20 - Nikkur B)
Nov 27, 2020
22:17
Chailev Four forbidden fats Derashos Chutim Kerumim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chailev Video includes demonstrations of three parts by Rabbi Amitai Ben Dovid
323
Introduction to Nikkur (Meat and Poultry #19 - Nikkur A)
Introduction to Nikkur (Meat and Poultry #19 - Nikkur A)
Nov 20, 2020
25:58
Introduction to Nikkur Four reasons to perform nikkur Nikkur achorayim (hindquarters) Contemporary nikkur (10 parts) 5739 incident Bonus content - Rav Belsky shows the gid hanasheh Video available at https://kshr.us/NikkurIntro
324
Unusual Teraifos (Meat and Poultry #18 - Teraifos E)
Unusual Teraifos (Meat and Poultry #18 - Teraifos E)
Nov 13, 2020
13:30
Unusual Teraifos Lungs Digestive Tract Meningeal Worm Polish Chicken Video available at http://kshr.us/UnusualTeraifos
325
Poultry Teraifos (Meat and Poultry #17 - Teraifos D)
Poultry Teraifos (Meat and Poultry #17 - Teraifos D)
Nov 6, 2020
26:18
Poultry Teraifos Checking for teraifos in chicken Damaged flesh Meckel's Diverticulum Checking chicken for tzomas hagidin Video available at https://kshr.us/PoultryTeraifah
326
Glatt and Beis Yosef (Meat and Poultry 16 - Teraifos C)
Glatt and Beis Yosef (Meat and Poultry 16 - Teraifos C)
Oct 30, 2020
47:07
Glatt and Beis Yosef Source Five methods of checking Primary standards Glatt Beis Yosef/Chalak Sephardim Non-glatt meat Video available at https://kshr.us/Glatt
327
Performing Bedikas Harei’ah (Meat and Poultry 15 - Teraifos B)
Performing Bedikas Harei’ah (Meat and Poultry 15 - Teraifos B)
Oct 23, 2020
32:27
Checking the lungs Overview Accessing the diaphragm Bedikas pnim Bedikas chutz Lamb and veal Video available at https://kshr.us/CheckLung
328
Sirchos of the Lungs (Meat and Poultry 14 - Teraifos A)
Sirchos of the Lungs (Meat and Poultry 14 - Teraifos A)
Oct 16, 2020
27:02
Sirchos of the lungs - Structure of the lungs - Terminology - Sirchos - Why we check the lungs - Other teraifos Video available at https://kshr.us/Sirchah
329
Kisui Hadam (Meat and Poultry 13 - Shechitah D)
Kisui Hadam (Meat and Poultry 13 - Shechitah D)
Aug 21, 2020
26:59
Post-Shechitah Checks Kisui Hadam - Basics - Bracha - Zebu Video Available at https://kshr.us/KisuiHadam
330
Cutting and Shooting After Shechitah (Meat and Poultry 12 - Shechitah C)
Cutting and Shooting After Shechitah (Meat and Poultry 12 - Shechitah C)
Aug 21, 2020
38:11
Cutting and Shooting after shechitah - Cutting the neck - Captive bolt to the head - Cutting the spinal cord Video available at https://kshr.us/CutAfter
331
Shechitah Pen (Meat and Poultry 11 - Shechitah B)
Shechitah Pen (Meat and Poultry 11 - Shechitah B)
Aug 14, 2020
26:16
Shechitah Pen - History - Shackle and Hoist - Upright ASPCA Pen - Rotating Weinberg Casting Pen Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPen
332
Preparation for Shechitah (Meat and Poultry 10 - Shechitah A)
Preparation for Shechitah (Meat and Poultry 10 - Shechitah A)
Aug 7, 2020
23:23
Preparations for Shechitah - Bracha - Five halachos of shechitah - Foreign matter on the neck (shearing wool, cleaning the neck) - Finger on the blade (drasah, chaladah) Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPrep
333
Cleaning Chalif Between Shechitos (Meat and Poultry 9 - Chalif B)
Cleaning Chalif Between Shechitos (Meat and Poultry 9 - Chalif B)
Jul 31, 2020
19:00
Cleaning chalif between shechitos - Checking the chalif - Chalif previously used for teraifah - Sterilization of the chalif Video available at https://kshr.us/CleanChalif
334
Quality Chalafim (Meat and Poultry 8 - Chalif A)
Quality Chalafim (Meat and Poultry 8 - Chalif A)
Jul 24, 2020
23:35
Quality Chalafim - Chad v’chalak - Chalafim melutashim - Modern chalafim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chalif
335
Maintaining Integrity (Meat and Poultry 7 - Shochet C)
Maintaining Integrity (Meat and Poultry 7 - Shochet C)
Jul 17, 2020
15:23
- Takanas shnei shochetim - Shechitah gelt Video available at https://kshr.us/Integrity
336
Davening (Meat and Poultry 6 - Shochet B)
Davening (Meat and Poultry 6 - Shochet B)
Jul 10, 2020
20:12
- Yiras Shomayim - Is shechitah a mitzvah - Paid to shecht - Sephardim - Break time - Did not daven Video available at https://kshr.us/Davening
337
Shochet Qualifications (Meat and Poultry 5 - Shochet A)
Shochet Qualifications (Meat and Poultry 5 - Shochet A)
Jul 3, 2020
23:36
- Jewish (Bene Israel) - Man - Knowledge - Skill - Yiras Shomayim Video available at https://kshr.us/Qualifications
338
Unusual Disqualifications (Meat and Poultry 4 - Livestock D)
Unusual Disqualifications (Meat and Poultry 4 - Livestock D)
Jun 26, 2020
25:19
Unusual Disqualifications - Bob veal - Osoh v’es b’no - Multi-legged chicken Video at https://kshr.us/Disqualifications
339
Surgical Procedures (Meat and Poultry 3 - Livestock C)
Surgical Procedures (Meat and Poultry 3 - Livestock C)
Jun 19, 2020
38:41
Surgical Procedures - Drawing blood - Capon chicken - Cannulated cow - Ruminal tympany (bloat) - Displaced abomasum Video at https://kshr.us/Surgical
340
Injections in Poultry (Meat and Poultry 2 - Livestock B)
Injections in Poultry (Meat and Poultry 2 - Livestock B)
Jun 12, 2020
35:00
Injections in Poultry: Original issue - neck, skilled operator In Ovo Inoculation - method, hitting the embryo, teraifah before birth, where the needle hits, proposal Video at https://kshr.us/Injections
341
Bison and Zebu (Meat and Poultry #1 - Livestock A)
Bison and Zebu (Meat and Poultry #1 - Livestock A)
Jun 5, 2020
19:24
When is mesorah required to determine that a breed is kosher?
342
Liquid Eggs (Eggs #10 - 86:10)
Liquid Eggs (Eggs #10 - 86:10)
May 22, 2020
24:09
Liquid Egg - Gemara - Nowadays - Liquid eggs
343
Teraifos in Eggs (Eggs #9 - 86:9)
Teraifos in Eggs (Eggs #9 - 86:9)
May 15, 2020
22:35
Teraifos in Eggs - Supermarket eggs - Experiments to resolve shailos
344
Bloodspots (Eggs #8 - 86:7-8)
Bloodspots (Eggs #8 - 86:7-8)
May 8, 2020
27:10
Bitul l’chatchilah on a davar pagum Bloodspots - How they form - Halachic status - Non-fertilized eggs - Checking eggs - Protein spots
345
Minhag to Cook Three Eggs (Eggs #7 - 86:5-6b)
Minhag to Cook Three Eggs (Eggs #7 - 86:5-6b)
May 1, 2020
24:01
Minhag to Cook Three Eggs - Reason for the minhag - Egg laid on Yom Tov - Water in the egg pot
346
B’lios blocked by shell (Eggs #6 - 86:5-6a)
B’lios blocked by shell (Eggs #6 - 86:5-6a)
Apr 24, 2020
19:47
B’lios blocked by shell
347
Kashering The Kitchen for Pesach (Pesach #39)
Kashering The Kitchen for Pesach (Pesach #39)
Apr 1, 2020
1:06:06
Kashering the Kitchen for Pesach Items which cannot be kashered (cracks, hard to clean, cheress, plastic, glass, libun) Preparing for kashering Small Utensils Pots Sink and Counter Microwave oven Oven and Stovetop Watch the video here
348
First Time Making Pesach (Pesach #38)
First Time Making Pesach (Pesach #38)
Mar 31, 2020
37:40
First time making Pesach Schedule Cleaning the house Shopping Kashering Switching over Erev Pesach Seder preparations Chametz after Pesach
349
Ova (Eggs #5 86:3-4)
Ova (Eggs #5 86:3-4)
Mar 27, 2020
34:18
Ova - Beitzas neveilah - Formation of eggs - Me’urah b’gidin - Ova in liquid eggs - Fish roe with meat
350
Peeled eggs, onions, and garlic overnight (Eggs #4 - 86-2)
Peeled eggs, onions, and garlic overnight (Eggs #4 - 86-2)
Mar 13, 2020
30:35
Peeled eggs, onions, and garlic overnight - Gemara - Nowadays - Limitations (mixtures, shell or root, raw or cooked)