The holiday of Pesach represents the birth of the Jewish nation. Most Jewish holidays include food as a component, however the special kosher for Pesach foods are at the very center of this Yom Tov celebration. This signals the fundamental place that kashrut plays in the establishment, preservation and advancement of our people.
In one of the final dialogues that Pharaoh shares with Moshe, and following seven difficult plagues, the Egyptian monarch finally accedes to the demand that he permit the children of Israel to worship its Creator in the desert. “Who from amongst you are those that you will take with you on this pilgrimage,” asks Pharaoh.
Moshe responds: “With our youth and with our elders we will go, with our sons and with our daughters, for it is a holiday of Hashem for us.” Jewish holidays are inclusive family events, nowhere more pronounced than at the Pesach Seder. For all our internal differences as a people, kosher food can be a great unifier. It can bring us together and bridge the ideological, partisan and generational divisions that sometimes separate us.
Even after one hundred years, OU Kosher remains the global leader in kosher certification. While this is clearly the case in a quantitative matrix – qualitatively OU is also at the forefront as the cutting-edge leader of the world of kashrut. With more than fifty rabbinic coordinators in our NY headquarters and many hundreds of rabbinic field representatives around the world, our vast collective experience and expertise help us to serve not just as the purveyor of kosher certified products worldwide, but also the ultimate resource to the entire world of kosher.
We thank you for the trust that you have placed in OU Kosher and look forward to continuing serving all of Klal Yisrael in providing it the highest levels of kashrus that are both reliable and reasonable
