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Don't damage your hearing at weddings, advise band not to exceed .

Maximum Recommended Noise Dose
Exposure Levels

Noise Level (dBA)	Maximum Exposure Time per 24 Hours
85	8 hours
88	4 hours
91	2 hours
94	1 hour
97	30 minutes
100	15 minutes
103	7.5 minutes
106	3.7 minutes
109	112 seconds
112	56 seconds
115	28 seconds
118	14 seconds
121	7 seconds
124	3 seconds
127	1 second
130–140	less than 1 second
140	NO EXPOSURE

Re: Star-K Shaklee vitamins?

We  and others in the field of kashrus have not seen any improvements in the Star-K's standards that would give anyone any level of comfort re: their kashrus standards on their Shechitas and vitamins, on the contrary, they have gone further south in any reliability.

The OU, OK, KOF-K, CRC among others do not accept Star-K ingredients carte-blanche.

NEW! The International Major kosher certifiers, do not accept "anymore" ingredients  under the Star-K

 

Rabbi Yehuda Shain

1140 Forest Avenue

Lakewood, New Jersey 08701-2666

732-364-8046

www.kosherconsumer.org        kashrusy@aol.com

Bs”d

Yehuda Shain has lived with his family in Lakewood, New Jersey since the mid 70’s. He has been involved over the years in Real Estate as a licensed New Jersey Real Estate  Broker.  

 

He has been involved with many Local, National and International institutions.

Administrator of Kosher Consumers Union, Inc (a 501(c) 3 Organization    www.kosherconsumer.org

Administrator of Double U kosher

We give Hashgochas to private events, Pesach programs, Organization affairs, etc.

 

2000- Developer of the “Remote Bishul-Yisroel” machine, currently in use across the Globe.

 

1999                ISO Auditor by SGS. (ISO = The International Standards Organizations grant quality standard                        

                  certification to Companies that meet their quality standards including food manufacturing               

                  facilities. ISO certification while being a long and complicated process it is the goal of most

                        high quality manufacturers.

 

1999                 HACCP Inspector- certified by Pennsylvania State University. HAACP are the guidelines for

                         Critical Control Points (for food safety) in food manufacturing / processing facilities.

 

1998                 The Educated Kosher Consumer- by Kosher Consumers Union (a bi-weekly column).

 

1998-2000            Consultant to Bergen County, NJ Regional Medical Center (engineering dept.)

1998-2000            Consultant to Roosevelt Medical Center (engineering dept.)

 

1992-1994            Real Estate Condemnation Commissioner –New Jersey Superior Court.

 

1992-1994           American New Jersey Water Company’s “Consumer Rep”.

1990-               Certified New Jersey Tax Assessor-New Jersey Division of Taxation.

1988-               New Jersey State Dept. of Banking – Mortgage Banker.
1988-              Approved Broker for HUD and VA.

1981                BA- Talmudical Academy of New Jersey.

1981-              Graduated Gemological Institute of America.

1980-Current    International Consultant to the kosher food industry.

1980-               NJ State – Emergency Medical Technician

 

1977                           State of New Jersey “Building Inspector” R.C.S.  Provides much needed & useful knowledge

in the general field of inspections of facilities.

 

1977-'79         Manager Arlin Construction Co.
1977-              Current  Licensed Real Estate Broker New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania .

1976-1978       Beth Medrash Govoha Rabbinical College-Manager.

 

1976               Graduated Hydronics Institute-Designing heating systems. Provides much usable knowledge

                 for understanding the various types of heating equipment in food manufacturing facilities.  

Who is the real ADL? Anti-semite back stabbers- The ADL acts under the "color of law" (check the meaning)

The statement pointed out that the ADL has partnered with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which the Loomer campaign called “a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.”

“Not only has the ADL lost all moral authority to call out anti-Semitism or critics of Israel, but the ADL has made friends with some of the most virulent and dangerous anti-Semites in the world,” the statement said.

The ADL is a fake.

ADL's "Sly Fox" Says "Trump is bad for America and bad for the Jews"

Just when you think that dumb Jews go low in pandering and apologising to vicious ant-Semites, we found one that can go even lower.

 Abraham "kapo" Foxman , who tuchis lekks, enemies of the Jewish people, and who supposedly retired from the ADL and  left a self-hating Jew as his replacement as national director, wrote the nauseating column below in The Times of Israel. 

Remember: It was Jews like Foxman that headed the Judenrat that helped Nazis lead their fellow brothers and sisters into the flaming ovens of auschwitz. It was Jews like "Fake Fox" that endorsed the genocidal Stalin until his death.. 

We don't have enough anti-semites to disparage and hurt us, we need a fellow prominent Jew to stab us in the heart... Instead of thanking the best friend the Jews ever had in the White House, this "Fake Fox" blames Trump for the hate in the USA, totally ignoring the hateful rhetoric of AOC, Ilhan Omar and Tlaib.  

Read his exaggerated lies and weep:

Nothing pains me more than to speak up with anguish in the face of this presidential election. But silence is not an option. American Jewry confronts a fateful choice. Another four years of Donald Trump will be nothing less than a body blow for our country and our community.

Bdatz Yerushalem is not responsible at all for the Meah Shearim Shatnez Lab

https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/kashrus-anytime

One should not rely on the Meah 
Shearim Shatnez Lab for checking shatnez.

Why Is Agudath Israel Defending The Democrats? By Yaakov Dovid Homnick - 30 Av 5780 – August 20, 2020

Reb Avigdor Miller (Ish Emmes), said it's Ossur to vote Democrat.
They are against everything in the Torah.
They are the cursed Liberals, etc.

From Dos iz Neias

Ira Einhorn of Lakewood charged for Sexual Assault of a Minor,

Ira Neal Einhorn, 53, of Lakewood has been charged and arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated criminal sexual context and sexual assault of a child between the age of 13 and 16.   

Einhorn was remanded to the Ocean County Jail on Friday, August 28th where he remains as of this writing.  

No further details have been released by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office or Lakewood Police Department.

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It's Chodesh Elul, a time to make a "chesh'ben ha'nefesh," unfortunately this lady made that cheshben and reportedly killed herself. What happened? What did she do that was so wrong? The answer my friends is far worse than the question... 

She was groomed as a little girl by a teacher for his sexual pleasure ....

I chose this story because unfortunately in our very own communities, sexual predators lurk in our parks, shuls and moisdois ha"torah ...waiting to pounce on innocent children, destroying their lives.

Do you know how many teenagers from heimishe homes committed suicide in the last five years? Ask someone who works for Chevreh Kadisha.. .... 

How many are going off the derech because they were molested?

So what are we doing about it? The answer is ..."nothing" ....We will call out "tznees" "long shaitels" "zionists" "chillul shabbos" ...offenders ...but coddle the predators ...

Not too long ago a chashiver rebbe in Lakewood who was also a rav in a shul, called a spade a spade ,and made a statement that the "yeshivos in Lakewood are coddling sexual predators" and named a rebbe .... 

What do you think happened?  Was the perpetrator thrown out of his position? Was he shamed?

Guess what happened? The child was accused of making this up and was thrown out of the yeshiva, the Rebbe that that revealed all this was thrown out of his position, he was harassed to the point that he had to move away from Lakewood and lost his parnassa... all because he spoke "loshon hara" on the sexual predator..

The predator? Given respect and allowed to continue to destroy lives...

It's chodesh Elul, instead of removing this scum from our midst, let's instead fight about masks, let's debate whether "minyan be"tzeeber" trumps health concerns.... let's fight how many people can come to shul on Rosh Hashana... Let's fight the Mayor, the Governor about the legitimacy of the Health Regulations...

 Let's continue to make massive campaigns with two page ads in all the Jewish publications about "Not Taking in Shul" Let's shame the "talkers" ...... Let's continue to push the "Loshon Hara" agenda ... let's make sure that we teach 5 year old toddlers not to speak "Loshon Hara" so that we never find out who is taking advantage of them.... 

Product of USA?

Judge leaves USDA to decide on ‘Product of USA,’ but FTC might lend a hand on the labels By News Desk on September 2, 2020

The latest attempt to force the USDA to reinstate country of origin labeling (COOL) rules fell short. A federal judge in New Mexico granted motions on Aug. 27 by defendants Tyson Foods Inc., Cargill Meat Solutions, JBS USA, and National Beef Packing Co., to dismiss the two consolidated cases involving the long-fought COOL issue.

USDA enacted COOL rules in 2013 that required meat to be labeled with where an animal was born, raised, and slaughtered. Canada and Mexico claimed they were harmed economically by the COOL labeling scheme and challenged the USDA rule before the World Trade Organization (WTO) and won. The WTO’s ruling permitted Canada and Mexico to impose billions in punitive tariffs unless the United States repealed the COOL rule.

By late 2015, Congress folded by eliminating COOL, and the USDA watered down its labeling requirements to Canada’s and Mexico’s liking. Critics say meat sold under “Product of USA” labels routinely includes foreign product. That’s because the “Product of the USA” label can be used if the product is processed in the United States even if it is of foreign origin.

The consolidated cases that the judge tossed united cattle producers and consumers in claiming “Product of USA” labeling amounts to fraudulent and misleading practice because cattle raised in a foreign country and imported for slaughter and processing can qualify for the label, fooling consumers.

The judge, however, did not see it that way and found the governing statute for labeling leaves the matter within the USDA’s jurisdiction.  And, the judge ruled the USDA is within its authority of regulated country-of-origin labeling and it was not necessary to determine if that labeling might be misleading.

The plaintiffs are reviewing their prospects for appeal. The USDA is also planning on rulemaking that might result in a tougher standard for use of a “Product of USA” labeling standard.

Also, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is  currently accepting comments  through Sept.14 on  its proposed  “Made in USA Labeling Rule.” 

The FTC wants to strengthen  “Made in USA” labeling requirements to reserve the USA label only for products in which, among other things, all significant processing that goes into the product occurs in the United States, and all or virtually all ingredients of the product are made and sourced in the United States.

The FTC is specifically seeking public comments on whether there are any current statutes, rules, or policies that may conflict with the the commission’s proposal.

It appears to set up a conflict between the USDA and the FTC.  The FTC wants to ensure that only products actually made in the USA bear a “Made in the USA” label, while the USDA policy that says a foreign beef product that enters the USA and is subject to only minor processing, such as being taken out of a big box and packaged in smaller boxes, can bear a “Product of USA” label.

Bags of water keeps flies away- It does work

Solomon produce-Is it realy insect free?

Brocolli "insect free"?

Is It Safe to Eat Aphid Bugs in Broccoli? Read Before Feeding ...

thedocskitchen.com/don't-make-my-mistake-of...

Regarding broccoli, the FDA allows an “average of 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams.” That’s the equivalent of 204 bugs in a 12-ounce bag of broccoli. That’s crazy! Ok, the FDA says aphids and thrips are ok to ‘kick it’ in our broccoli, but what are they? The bug in my broccoli was an aphid.

Broccoli "insect free"? Yes, Go to your supermarket and purchase nice heads of fresh broccoli. Cut off & discard the florets, wash the cut up stalks lengthwise.

         You have fresh broccoli, all of the vitamins are in the stalks. (the insect protein are in the florets)

Blanched frozen Broccoli can't be checked.

Due to Covid, mashgichim can't go to check broccoli at the source, so the Hashgochas take samples of the Frozen product to check 😅 and they find nothing!Regarding broccoli, the FDA allows an “average of 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams.” That’s the equivalent of 204 bugs in a 12-ounce bag of broccoli. That’s crazy! Ok, the FDA says aphids and thrips are ok to ‘kick it’ in our broccoli, but what are they? The bug in my broccoli was an aphid.

Avi Shafran, Agudah, Ezra Friedlander, Nadler, Schumer, Hikind, Etc.

ALERT- Due to all of the returnees from all over the world, Corona may be rampant-DON'T GO TO SIMCHAS, GETHERINGS, ETC

Yoshon / Chodosh Season is here

Oats have a cut off date of July 24, 2020. At this point all oat products need to be checked before purchasing except for General Mills and Post cereals that are Yoshon through September 1. 

Wheat has a cut off of August 6, 2020 with a purchase date of August 19, 2020. After that date, products need to be checked. 

Barley has a cut off date of August 9, 2020 with a purchase date of August 20th. After that date, products need to be checked. 

The Durum wheat harvest is behind normal schedule and is proceeding very slowly. There is NO chodosh durum wheat on the market at this time and products made with Durum wheat such as Pasta, DO NOT need to be checked yet. 

Please note that the production of the guide is delayed until we have a cut off date for durum wheat. 

Final call-only available till a few more days- OLIVES

Shindler's List- Behind the scenes at 5 Town Kashrus

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SHINDLER’S LIST- AND BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 5 TOWNS -KASHRUS

There are a number towns that form the 5 Towns and Far Rockaway areas. It used to be a place where others went for the summer vacation, up un-till some 60 years ago. 

Then everything changed people either went to the Catskills or to many different vacation areas. Many Frum people moved to the Rockaways and the 5 Towns areas over the past few years. Of course, people need kosher food and people have various appetites and diets to fulfill, therefore all different types of establishments must be opened. Now the issue comes as to what standard in kashrus do we have to setup. It’s usually based on the type of clientele, modern orthodox, black hatters, etc. and everything in between. Very often, what happens is that a fellow from Monsey, Boro park, etc. opens a branch in the Rockaway 5 Towns area and he brings his current hashgocha with him. A group opened a hashgocha agency in the rockaways are geared to the black hatters as that was their market at the time.

A number of Young Israel type of Rabbis decided that we have some 25 plus synagogues in the area, so we need a kashrus Organization that caters to our type of clientele. They worked hard to bring the Rockaways vaad under their wing as well it was operating on some form of Auto-pilot. And as the Administrator of the 5 Town vaad stated numerous times “the Vaad’s kashrus standards are not what I would like it to be, as my hands are tied by the local Rabbonim”. The Rockaways vaad had officially a black hatter kashrus standard, once the 5 Town vaad merged the Rockaway vaad into their own, those standards went by the wayside. 

The question is what should be the kashrus standard in the rockaways and the 5 Towns?  There is the “list” maintained by the “K’hal Nesiv Hatorah” which was put together by the Vaad’s Administrator because “Nesiv” does not have anyone versed and experienced in foodservice kashrus. Is the “Nesiv” list sufficient for the black-hatters of the Rockaways and the 5 Towns? Others felt that the “list” does not satisfy their higher kashrus standards and started the Mehadrin of the Five Towns Hashgocha, they currently certify 3 establishments. At this time, the Mehadrin hashgocha is maintaining the same standards and the same Mashgichim as was previously when the Vaad had the Hashgochas on the 3 establishments, so there is no changes in the kashrus standards that took place at all.

What are the current kashrus standards in the 5 Towns / Rockaways? The Vaad says they are straight OU all the way. Originally the Rockaway Hashgocha standard was somewhat better, e.g. pas Yisroel, cholov Yisroel, etc. The “List” is basically the Kehilla Hashgocha standards. Mehadrin is planning to upgrade to a black-hatters standard, is the community ready for that kashrus standard? Time will tell.

Is the Vaad living up to the OU kashrus standards? Is the “list” living up to Kehilla standards? Is Kehilla standards what the black-hatters are satisfied with? There are numerous kashrus issues in the Vaad’s Hashgocha and in the establishments on the “List”. Among those kashrus concerns are; Bishul-akum, Bossur-she’nisalem, infestation, unreliable sources of meat and poultry, acceptable pre-checked fruits & vegetables, their in-house Bedikas toloyim, the Vaad does not back their mashgichim, the Vaad allows Mashgichim to get paid peanuts, and to be abused by management, etc., the methods for checking and cleaning from infestation are nice in theory only, but lacking much in fact, they sell un-broiled liver-a violation of OU policy.

We will not divulge at this time the sources of our information, for obvious reasons. The Vaad kashrus standards are lacking greatly in living up to OU kashrus standards. The “List” is lacking greatly in having a true standard for members of K’hal Nesiv Hatorah congregants. Mehadrin kashrus is lacking much in administration, etc.

The “list” is very misleading and fooling the ones that follow the list and think they have some standard of kashrus that they may feel comfortable to rely on. It may not be the fault of the Rabbi and his associate that the list is lacking much in a level of comfort to be relied upon, but it’s nonetheless still their problem. Schindler’s list was very reliable. The Vaad on the other hand (also the provider of the unreliable “list”) is defrauding the kosher consumers in the 5 Towns as to the kashrus standards the kosher consumer is getting. The Mehadrin Hashgocha should get their act together.

Now we will comment on some of the items on the “Nesiv’s” Mehudar “list”.

1-    A mashgiach that goes out for errands and to daven at specific times is a serious issue.

2-    Re: convection oven by-pass, should shut the fan but not the fire.

3-    No Admiration brand products, etc. Admiration has a new name and many of your acceptable “heimish Hashgocha make their products there, so who are you fooling?

4-    Margarine from Heimish only, the OU does a better kashering that many of the Heimish.

5-    The “list” has items listed that “only heimish brands” many of them are made in non-kosher kashering required. The OU has from facilities that are “all-kosher” no-kashering required.

6-    Re: canned Tuna fish requirements; Star-K tuna, we are in possession of Star-k Tuna cans Bishul Yisroel, mashgiach Temidi that contained “clam” and were cooked on Shabbos, and no mashgiach at all.

7-    What is fish worm issues “to be discussed”?

8-    Eggs checked for blood spots, by Shomer Shabbos or non-Jewish workers? many come from farms that have roosters.

9-    The Bodek and pardes strawberries were found numerous times to be infested.

10- Blueberries have mites and scale insects and washing does not work.

11- Meat and poultry sources; the list has “Rosenblatt under KCL”, the KCL hasn’t been on Rosenblatt since 2013 (almost 10 years). We would not have had it on the “list”, even when they did certify.

12- Some of the “list” approved sources were rejected by Hebrew National’s Hashgocha as it ‘doesn’t meet their Hebrew National’s kashrus standards”.

Do we have to say more? 

IT’S THEREFORE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO HAVE AT LEAST ANOTHER “RELIABLE” HASHGOCHA IN THE 5 TOWNS AREA, WITH FULL TRANCEPARENCY. 

Should We be working on some practical ideas on making it happen realistically?

Waiting for feedback to kashrusy@aol.com

That’s why there is so much “timtum Ha’lev” in the 5 Towns, R”L