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Kashering Shorts [Part 2]:

• High Altitudes;
• AccuSteam Griddle;
• Induction Cooktop;
• Kashering after kitnios;

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Sous Vide:

• How it works;
• Kashering;
• Shabbos;
• Shehiyah (raw, garuf v'katum, passably edible);
• Chazarah (flavor transfer, no barrier, cooking vs. heating).

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Pesach Update:

• Seltzer;
• Toothpaste, mouthwash, lipstick;
• Mouse traps;
• Water coolers and dispensers (Noam);
• Vinegar-based cleansers;
• Corelle.

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Pesach Shorts [Part 1]:

• Coffee decaffeination;
• 5-gallon water jugs;
• Mashgiach visiting bakery on Pesach.

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Stam Keilim For Pesach:

• Stam keilim ainum b'nei yoman;
• Shea butter;
• Factories.

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Medicine [Part 2]:

• Ingredients;
• Levels of issur;
• Bitul;
• Flavors;
• Four categories;
• Severity of illness;
• Refuah yeduah;
• Substitutes;
• Decision tree.

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Medicine [Part 1]:

• Edibility;
• Three categories;
• Ach'shvei;
• Vitamins;
• Gelcaps;
• Liquids and chewables.

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Coffee on Shabbos:

• Freshly Brewed;
• Instant Coffee (freeze dried vs spray dried);
• Butter;
• Salt;
• Additives;
• Instant coffee with fresh coffee grinds;
• Liquid coffee concentrate.

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B'lios Shorts:

• Superheated steam;
• Reaction in tote;
• Double sink;
• Double oven.

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Vinegar (Part 2):

• Charif;
• Stam yayin - bitul b'shishah, depth of absorption;
• Chametz;
• Kashering - odor, kli sheini, kovush;
• Other.

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Vinegar (Part 1):

• How vinegar is made;
• Double fermentation;
• Equipment;
• Kashrus Concerns.

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Non-Dairy Creamer:

• Sodium Caseinate;
• Bitul;
• Second chance.

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Berachos on Berries:

• Blueberries;
• Cranberries;
• Strawberries;
• Raspberries and Blackberries;
• Acai Berries;
• Currants.

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Shevisas Keilim (שביתת כלים):

• Timer;
• Starting melacha (watermill);
• Pizza oven for Motzai Shabbos;
• Fax machine;
• Time Zones;
• Vending machine.

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Tempering of Wheat - Bonus Material:

• Tofeach or Al Minas Lehatfiach?
• Leratzon;
• Safek Tumah.

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Tempering of Wheat:

• Huchshar lekabel tumah (הוכשר לקבל טומאה);
• Tempering;
• Tofeach (טופח);
• Wetness;
• Safek;
• Pesach.

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Bishul Yisroel Shorts:

• Blintzes;
• Dosa;
• Bulgur;
• French Fries;
• Convection Ovens;
• Breaded Fish;
• Choleh.

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10 Animals [Part 5]:

• Identifying Chayos;
• Domestication;
• Wild beheimos;
• Horn types;
• Halachic differences.

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10 Animals [Part 4];

• Dishon (Re'em, rhinoceros, addax, chamois);
• Kudu horn shofar;
• Se'oh (Turbala, shor habor, buffalo, Aurochs, oryx);
• Zamer (giraffe, okapi);

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10 Animals [Part 3]:

• Ayal (Red Deer) (elk, moose, reindeer/caribou);
• Tzvi (Gazelle) (deer, grand branched antlers, similarity to goat, gestational period) (antelopes, dukier, generuk, impala);
• Yachmor (Roe Deer) (dainty antlers) (axis deer, muntjac, pudu);
• Ako (Ibex) (hapax legomena, pashut, similarity to sheep, kudu, female sheep).

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10 Animals [Part 2]:

• Cow (Shor);
• Sheep (Seh Kesavim) (horns, wool) (Racka, Mouflons, Urials) ;
• Goats (Seh Izim) (shofar).

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Seals [Part 2]:

• Yotzeh v'nichnas;
• Home setting;
• Factories;
• Uber Eats;
• Equipment.

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10 Animals [Part 1];

• Introduction/Goals;
• Ambiguity;
• Species;
• Horns, Antlers, and Ossicones;

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Seals [Part 1]:

• Benefit;
• Seals/Simanim;
• One or two?
• Locks;
• Effective seals;

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Sourdough:

• Description;
• Starter purchased from bakery;
• Was there hafrashah;
• Status of starter - issah ha'asuyah lechalek (עיסה העשויה לחלק), נחתום/baker.

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Kilayim [Part 2]:

• Keeping a kilayim tree;
• Bracha on blossoming tree;
• Shehechiyanu on Rosh Hashanah;
• Microbial fermentation.

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Kilayim:

• Basics;
• Species/Minim;
• Shehechiyanu;
• Grafting vs Crossbreeding.

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Jordan:

• Ever Hayarden (עבר הירדן);
• Terumah, Ma'aser, Arlah;
• South;
• East;
• Yom Tov Sheini (Rambam and Ritva, Ever HaYarden, Eilat).

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Beheimah Shehorah Bo Chacham / בהמה שהורה בו חכם:

• Sevara vs. Mesorah;
• Bitul;
• Who;
• Applications.

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Edible Raw (Bishul Akum):

• Milk;
• Corn;
• Cranberries;
• Maple Syrup;
• Mushrooms;
• Chestnuts;
• Fish (sushi).

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Five Grains (Part 3):

• Bracha Acharonah;
• Kol Sheyesh Bo (licorice, shnitzel, fish sticks);
• Bran;
• Vital Wheat Gluten (seitan);
• Wheat Starch (Molino flour);

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Five Grains - Part 2):

• Ma'asei Kedairah;
• Bran removed;
• Stuck together (Rambam, Rabbeinu Yonah);
• Pearled barley;
• Farro;
• Granola Bars.

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Five Grains [Part 1]:

• Processing;
• Four Parts;
• Oats, barley, wheat, spelt, rye;
• Four berachos - ha'adamah, shehakol, hamotzi, mezonos;
• Wheat germ;
• Ma'asei kedairah.

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Food Service Hashgachah:

• The Va’ad – Standards, Oversight;
• Roles – Mashgiach (Ingredients, Bishul Yisroel, Vegetables, Other), Community Rabbi;
• Small Community Hashgachos – Locations, Shabbos, Partial Certification, Finances, Policies.

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Kashering Shorts:

• Corelle (absorption, tevillah);
• Milui v'irui on Shabbos;
• Chafing dish food pans;
• Countertops.

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Science and Kashrus:

• Animal fat and vegetable oil (glycerin, fatty acids);
• Vape juice, e-cigarettes, and flavors;
• Glucose;
• Medicine;
• Vacuum and pressure.

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Small Kitchen Items on Shabbos [Part 1]:

• Labriute Meals (FRH/MRE);
• Soda Stream (Sypholux);
• Metal Ice Cubes.

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Flavors

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Beracha on Changed Food - Part 2:

• Tomato paste;
• Peanut butter;
• Chocolate;
• Sugar;
• Soy;
• Orange Juice;
• Recited ha'eitz or ha'adamah.

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Grill

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Beracha on Changed Food - Part 1:

• Terimah;
• Pas Dochen;
• Corn.

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Berries

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Chocolate

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Supermarket Shopping After Pesach [Part 2]:

• Safek chametz she'avar alav haPesach;
• Mechiras chametz;
• Inventory turnover rate;
• Days on Hand;
• Groceries and spirits;
• When one may purchase chametz.

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Minhag Against Halacha:

• Maharik;
• Pri Chadash.

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Shabbos Mode

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Grains for Matzah - Part 2:

• Controversy ;
• Common practice;
• Points of contention - fully dry, mechanical drying;
• Avoidance;
• Acceptance - Me'il Tzedakah, Sh'murah from grinding;
• Minhag against halacha.

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Kashering

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Grains for Matzah [Part 1]:

• Chimutz while attached to the ground;
• Rashba;
• Wheat growth (color, moisture);
• BBCH Stages 89 and 92;
• Harvest;
• Understanding Rashba.

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Dried Fruit

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