By: Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Director of Community Kosher Monitoring the kosher program in a catering or restaurant environment is a difficult task. Caterers and restaurants use hundreds of ingredients from multiple vendors, with both, ingredients and vendors, subject to change on a moment’s notice. Deliveries of meat, poultry and fish must be verified as kosher […]
By: Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Director of Community Kosher The Land of Eretz Yisroel is imbued with special holiness. The Torah emphasizes the holiness of the land through a number of mitzvos that are exclusive to its produce. These mitzvos include Sheviis (Shemittah), Terumos, Maaseros and Bikurim[1]. Rav Avraham Danzig zt”l[2], in his introduction to Shaare […]
By: Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Director of Community Kosher Operations One might assume that naturally unadulterated produce such as fresh herbs would inherently pose no kashrus concern. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Fresh herbs are prone to insect infestation. Miniscule insects such as aphids, thrips and spider mites can be located on the surface of […]
By: Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Director of Community Kosher Walking through the kosher l’Pesach aisles of COR certified supermarkets before Pesach, with their array of available products, is a dizzying experience. Even more startling is the availability of non-chometz, non-gebrokts bagels and pizzas for Pesach… Chaim took his two sons to the pizza shop for lunch […]
Kosher means “acceptable” and the term originates from the Bible and is set out in greater detail in the Talmud and other Jewish legal works. For example, the Bible lists certain animals which are not considered kosher (i.e. pigs, rabbits, shellfish, and insects). Meat from permitted animals may only be consumed if the animal is […]
The kosher food industry has grown dramatically of late with over $200 billion of kosher certified food products being sold globally every year. One reason for this explosion in kosher food products has been the increase in both Jewish and non Jewish kosher consumers. In fact, out of the 15 million consumers in North America […]
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COR is the kosher certification trademark used by the Kashruth Council of Canada, the largest kosher certification agency in Canada. COR has been servicing the food industry for over 65 years and certifies over 70,000 products in over 1,000 facilities in North America and around the world. We provide kosher certification for businesses of all […]
The Hebrew word “kosher” literally means “acceptable.” Foods that are permitted by the Torah and prepared according to Jewish law are kosher. Below are some of the basic principles that make up the kosher dietary laws. KOSHER SPECIES 1. Animals The Torah (Leviticus 11:3) lists the characteristics of permitted animals as those with fully split […]