“…You shall not cook a kid in its mother’s milk” (Torah Reading for Shabbos Chol haMoed – Shemos 34:26) Lactose, sometimes known as “milk sugar”, is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. This essay will discuss...
Category - Kashrut
Yossi Sprung
Where Does the Glycerin Come From?
Shmini 5779 “To distinguish between the impure and the pure, and between the creature that may be eaten and the creature that may not be eaten” (Vayikra 11:47) Glycerin is a very common ingredient in the modern food and...
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
Chametz-Containing Medications
Bo 5780 For a seven-day period you shall eat Matzos, but on the previous day you shall nullify the leaven from your homes; for anyone who eats leavened food – that soul shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day...
