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Spring 2020 (5780)

In this issue
Review of Wine, Whisky and Halachah
Kashrut

Review of Wine, Whisky and Halachah

With the upcoming obligation to drink the Four Cups at the Seder, the OU Kosher hotline is generally inundated with hundreds of callers asking a variety of questions about one topic in particular: wine.  

Review of Pshuto Shel Mikra
Reviews

Review of Pshuto Shel Mikra

Rav Cooperman’s objective in much of what he taught and in this sefer was to show his students and readers that with a carefully guided reading, based on understanding the methodology of how the Torah expresses itself, we can see that the final halachah squares with the “Pshuto Shel Mikra.”

Milk for Pesach
Opinion

Milk for Pesach

My father was able to get matzot and some Pesachdik ingredients for my mother to cook with, but was faced with the challenge of how to obtain fresh milk.