Uncategorised | May 12th, 2017
By Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech Reprinted with permission from Vaad Ha’ir of Montreal Volume 1, Issue 8 Adar Sheini 5760 / March 2000 © 2000 Rabbi Blech For each of the past two thousand years, the Jewish people have observed the holiday of Purim to celebrate their deliverance from the evil decree of the Persian…
Uncategorised | May 12th, 2017
by: Rabbi Zushe Blech reprinted with permission of Rabbi Blech. Originally published in the MK Vaad News & Views, April, May, 2002. There is a category of food that seems to defy classification. It is not fruit nor vegetable nor animal, yet exhibits the characteristics of them all. As every child studies the laws of…
Uncategorised | May 12th, 2017
by Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech Reprinted with permission of Rabbi Blech. Originally published in the MK Vaad News & Views, August 2000 When it comes to food, we generally consider fresh food to be best. We relish fresh fruits and vegetables to the extent that Chazal decreed a special blessing of thanksgiving (“Shehechiyanu”) when we…
