Kashrus Halacha

Can Foie Gras be certified as kosher?  Four issues to consider:  Species Tzaar Baalei Chaim Nekuvas Haveshet Kashering See the video at http://kshr.us/FoieGras https://youtu.be/hzzi6yrIFgA April 9 http://kshr.us/FoieGras

Medicine Soft matzah Bake your own matzah CBD / marijuana Antacids Kashering with a steamer Toothpaste, mouthwash, & lipstick

Liver Kashering [7 steps] How long to broil Three days Equipment Raw livers [kovush] Raw livers [retail sale] Watch the video of this shiur at http://kshr.us/Liver

If a chicken has a broken bone or looks like there is blood in it, does that mean it is not kosher? נצרר הדם Redlegs Drumsticks with red/bloody spot on them צומת הגידין Tendon juncture Broken chicken wing, drumstick, or femur בוקא דאטמא דשף מדוכתיה - Femur came out of socket See the video at http://kshr.us/PackagedChicken

Salting Wet salt Melichah methods (all sides with dry salt, covered for 60 minutes without reabsorption) Meat placement Liver Internal organs in chicken Meat for people on a low sodium diet (broil, chalitah, salt alternates, work in rules for melichah) See the video at http://kshr.us/Salting

72-Hour Time Limit Time limit for melichah Rejected exceptions (frozen, covered) Extending the 72-hours Barley missed the 72-hour deadline Soaking meat to extend days for nikkur Liver after 3 days Watch the video at http://kshr.us/72Hour

Why is hadachah rishonah performed?  How is it done? Three opinions Three practical differences between the opinions Is it okay to use boning hooks on the salting table? Is it okay to puncture the liner of the hadachah tank with a knife or fork? See the video of this shiur at http://kshr.us/Hooks

Hot water or steam before melichah General halachos Steam vacuuming Use at a shechitah Other examples See the video at https://kshr.us/HotWater

Water Temperatures Five steps of melichah Water for bedikas chutz Water for hadachah rishonah See the video at https://kshr.us/WaterTemp

Chutei Dam The prohibition against eating blood Blood vessels which must be removed during nikkur 2 veins and 2 membranes Other veins Blood found after melichah  Nikkur Cham What is the new practice known as nikkur cham? What issues does it raise? Are veins and blood left behind? See the video at https://kshr.us/NikkurCham

What nikkur is required for skirt steaks?  How do the practices differ between the United States and Eretz Yisroel Outside skirt (tarpash/diaphragm) Hanging tender Inside skirt (refallah) Plate meat (shfundrah/pastrami) Video available at https://kshr.us/SkirtSteak See our website at www.kashrushalacha.com

Ribs: Differences between Eretz Yisroel and United States Chutei D'kafli (חוטי דכפלי) Intercostal nerves on 11th, 12th, 13th ribs Rib eye Nodah B'yehudah / Chasam Sofer Fat around rib eye, teraifah finger, along bone, 12th vertebrae Video of this shiur available at https://kshr.us/Ribs

Chailev Four forbidden fats Derashos Chutim Kerumim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chailev Video includes demonstrations of three parts by Rabbi Amitai Ben Dovid

Introduction to Nikkur Four reasons to perform nikkur Nikkur achorayim (hindquarters) Contemporary nikkur (10 parts) 5739 incident Bonus content - Rav Belsky shows the gid hanasheh Video available at https://kshr.us/NikkurIntro

Unusual Teraifos Lungs Digestive Tract Meningeal Worm Polish Chicken  Video available at http://kshr.us/UnusualTeraifos

Poultry Teraifos Checking for teraifos in chicken Damaged flesh Meckel's Diverticulum Checking chicken for tzomas hagidin Video available at https://kshr.us/PoultryTeraifah

Glatt and Beis Yosef Source Five methods of checking Primary standards Glatt Beis Yosef/Chalak Sephardim Non-glatt meat Video available at https://kshr.us/Glatt

Checking the lungs Overview Accessing the diaphragm Bedikas pnim Bedikas chutz Lamb and veal Video available at https://kshr.us/CheckLung

Sirchos of the lungs - Structure of the lungs - Terminology - Sirchos - Why we check the lungs - Other teraifos Video available at https://kshr.us/Sirchah

Cutting and Shooting after shechitah - Cutting the neck - Captive bolt to the head - Cutting the spinal cord Video available at https://kshr.us/CutAfter

Post-Shechitah Checks Kisui Hadam - Basics - Bracha - Zebu Video Available at https://kshr.us/KisuiHadam

Shechitah Pen - History - Shackle and Hoist - Upright ASPCA Pen - Rotating Weinberg Casting Pen Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPen

Preparations for Shechitah - Bracha - Five halachos of shechitah - Foreign matter on the neck (shearing wool, cleaning the neck) - Finger on the blade (drasah, chaladah) Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPrep

Cleaning chalif between shechitos - Checking the chalif - Chalif previously used for teraifah - Sterilization of the chalif Video available at https://kshr.us/CleanChalif

Quality Chalafim - Chad v’chalak - Chalafim melutashim - Modern chalafim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chalif