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Rabbi Yosef Grossman - Editor, Daf Ha-Kashrus
Director of OU Kashruth Education

Adar I 5765 / February 2005

Vol. 13 / No. 5

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• • Ingredient Profiles: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
  By Rabbi Gavriel Price
  Ingredients Approval Registry
  • Torah Thoughts on the Tsunami
  By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
  RC, Editor - The Daf HaKashrus
  

Shevat 5765 / January 2005

Vol. 13 / No. 4

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• • Setting the Record Straight on Kosher Slaughter
  By Rabbi Menachem Genack
  Rabbinic Administrator, Kosher Division, Orthodox Union
  • New York State Kosher Law
  By Baruch Cywiak
  OU Trademark Compliance
  • Security and Sealing Devices
  By Rabbi Howard Katzenstein
  Director – Business Management
  • Publications
  The OU Guide to Preparing Fruits & Vegetables
  Kosher Food Production.
  

Kislev/Tevet 5765 / December 2004

Vol. 13 / No. 3

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• • Transferring Mesorah of Birds
  OU Document B-65 - Part II
  A Teshuva By Rav Herschel Schachter, Shlita
  • Halachic Highlights: The Kosher Status of Specific Questionable Birds
  • A New OU Kashruth Video Release
  The Mesorah of Kosher Birds and Animals
  

Cheshvan 5765 / November 2004

Vol. 13 / No. 2

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• • Transferring Mesorah of Birds
  Document B-65 - Part I
  Compiled By Rabbi Dovid Cohen
  

Tishrei 5765 / October 2004

Vol. 13 / No. 1

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• • Ingredient Profiles: Peanut Butter Stabilizers
  By Rabbi Gavriel Price
  Ingredients Approval Registry
  • ASKOU 7 in Action!
  

Av-Elul 5764 / August-September 2004

Vol 12 / No. 10

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• • Ingredient Profiles: Glycerin
  By Rabbi Gavriel Price
  Ingredients Approval Registry
  • OU Kashruth through the Eyes of an Ask OU Intern
  By Rabbi Avi Neuhaus
  • OU Pas Yisroel Products
  • Photos of NYC Tap Water Crustaceans
  

Sivan-Tammuz 5764 / June-July 2004

Vol 12 / No. 9

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• • On Seeing Red
  • Nothing to Sneeze At: Orthodox Union Certifies Triaminic Pediatric Cold/Cough/Allergy Liquid Medications as Kosher
  Stephen Steiner
  Director of Public Relations
  

Iyar 5764 / May 2004

Vol 12 / No. 8

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• • Consumers’ FAQS On Kosher Fish Part II
  Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
  Rabbinic Coordinator - Fish Industry
  • From the Heart
  In memory of the passing of Rabbi Aharon Steinberg Z’l
  By Rabbi Yitzchok Gallor
  RFR-WA
  

Nisan 5764 / April 2004

Vol 12 / No. 7

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• • Consumers’ FAQS On Kosher Fish Part I
  Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
  Rabbinic Coordinator - Fish Industry
  • ASK OU NEWS
  

Adar 5764 / March 2004

Vol. 12 / No. 6

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• • Eggs From White Leghorn Chickens Are Kosher
  By: Rabbi Elimelech Lebowitz
  RC-Egg industry
  • So Where Are All Those Astiras?
  A Mashgiach’s Inspiration
  By Rabbi Yaakov Luban
  Executive Rabbinic Coordinator
  • Ask OU Seminars
  

Shevat 5764 / February 2004

Vol. 12 / No. 5

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• • OUP: What’s New for ‘04?
  By Rabbi Shmuel Singer
  • OU in the News: Mad Cow Disease
  • A Collection of Thoughts on the Passing of a Gentle and Humble Giant -
  Rabbi Zyshe Heschel Z’l.
  By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
  

Tevet 5764 / January 2004

Vol. 12 / No. 4

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• • Color Additives and Kashrus
  By Rabbi Gavriel Price
  Ingredients Approval Registry
  • Valuable Lessons
  By Rabbi Norman Schloss
  RFR - AL,GA,MS,TN