Kashrus Halacha

Salek es mino (סלק את מינו);    Safek chisaron chochmah. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

מין במינו - בתא שמא או בתר טעמא;   Bourbon from a Jewish owned company:   Chametz after Pesach (חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח);    Name/title or taste (בתר שמא או בתר טעמא);    Bourbon;    Distilled Alcohol (Minchas Boruch).    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Poultry:    Birds vs. animals;    Teraifos (injections, damaged flesh, Meckel's Diverticulum, tzomas hagidin);   Foie Gras;    Packaged chicken shailos (blood, tzomas hagidim, broken bones).    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Heat Exchangers:    Principle;    Types (plate, tubular, scraped surface);   Kashering;   Pasteurization (holding tubes, divert lines, mevushal);   Regeneration. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Bitul Calculation:    Volume vs. weight;    Specific gravity;    How much issur is there;    Estimations;   Modern pot types (stainless, aluminum, clad, disc clad, anodized aluminum); Actual calculations (overview). See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com  

Glatt and Beis Yosef:    Introduction;    Procedure (access diaphram/tarpash, bedikas pnim, bedikas chutz);    Methods of checking (הכנסת יד הבודק, hagbah, miuch and mishmush, klipah);    Glatt;    Chalak - Beis Yosef;    Sephardim;    Dakos. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Milk and Cheese:   Dairy industry overview;    Fat (cream, butter, ice cream);    Protein (acid vs. rennet, casein and cheese, whey, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream);    Sugar - Lactose (mei chalav);    Water and minor components;    Creating chalav Yisroel;   Yotzeh v'nichnas;    Video cameras;    Creating gevinas...

Meat Basics:    Shechitah;    Teraifos;    Nikkur;    Melichah;   Simanim.   See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Oil:   Source;    Fish;   Kitnios;   Processing (deodorizing, bulk transport, conversion, tracing lines);   Lubricants;   Essential Oils;   Citrus Oil;   See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Tasting Safek Issur:    Tasting Issur;    Tasting safek issur;    Boiler Condensate;    Mouthwash;    Toothpaste;   e-Cigarette Juice.    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Tasting;   Te'imas Kefeilah (טעימת קפילא);    Te'imas Yisroel (טעימת ישראל);    Pesach Production;    What is "tasting";   Other (fast day, 6 hours);   See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Sukkah Building:    Location;    Walls;    S'chach.    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Dairy Bread:    Basic halacha;    Kashering;    Bitul;    Which foods;    K'ein turah;    Timing. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Yoshon:    Basics;    Five grains;    Equipment;    Guide to Chodosh;    80/20 rule. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Mechalyah Leh Lishvach [Part 2]:    Mechalyah for foods;     Knife of unknown status (safek, factory, food service);    Wine and whisky;   Common examples of knife halachos. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Mechalyah Leh Lishvach [Part 1]:   How it operates;   Halacha;   Beis Meir;    Vinegar. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

End of Shemittah:    Shemittas kesafim;   Pruzbul;   Arba minim (aravah, hadassim, esrog, lulav);  Post-shemittah;   See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Medicine:    Tablets Liquids Chewables Gelcaps Vitamins See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Duchkah D'sakinah [Part 2]:    Fish in a non-kosher fish store;    Cut fruit and vegetables;    Grinding and chewing;    Plate underneath;    Scraping;    Knife sharpening;    Multiple steps;    Six hours.    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Duchkah D'sakinah [Part 1] :    Levels of absorption;    Hadachah, gerairah, shifshuf, klipah;    Knives nowadays;    Cleaning methods.    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Hafrashas Challah:    Belilah Raccah;   Shiur challah;   Commercial hafrashas challah methods;   Dough balls;   Tevel (year, time-related, remote hafrashah, act of hafrashah);   Sell to non-Jew. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Microwave and Dishwasher Kashering:    Cracks and crevices;    Microwave oven;    Home dishwasher (how it works, kashering);    Double drawer dishwasher;    Commercial dishwasher (box, conveyor). See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Coffee on the road:   Starbucks;    Rest stops;    Convenience stores;    Hotel room;    Office. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Chalav Yisroel Creation     Hashgachah;   Yotzeh v'nichnas;     Checking the container;    DA cows;   Kashering;    Preventing kovush. See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushalacha.com

Chalav Yisroel & Gevinas Yisroel:   Changes in chalav stam;   DA Cows (displaced abomasum);    Chalav stam infant formula;    Mashgiach temidis for chalav Yisroel;    Jewish ownership of rennet for gevinas Yisroel;    Chalav stam kosher hard cheese;    Butter from chalav stam;    See seforim by Rabbi Cohen at www.kashrushala...