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 Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.
Gin is an alcoholic beverage made from a variety of grains or fruit and flavored with juniper berries and other spices. Is it kosher for Passover? That depends on how it is made. Grain-based gin is 100% not kosher for Passover, since any time grains (whea...
Vodka is an alcoholic beverage that can be distilled from a wide range of things: wheat, corn, potatoes, or even apples. Is it kosher for Passover? It depends how it is made. If it is made from grain, it is 100% not kosher for Passover, since any time gra...
Tequila is made by fermenting and distilling the blue agave plant. On Passover, we avoid chametz, which is produced any time grains (wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats) ferment (see What Is Chametz?). Since agave is not a grain, it is theoretically very p...
Rum is made from sugar cane. On Passover, we avoid chametz, which is produced any time grains (wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats) ferment (see What Is Chametz?). Since sugar cane is not a grain, it is theoretically very possible to make kosher-for-Passov...
New Haven Talmudist and author’s acuity was second to his humility, faith and dedication
Home to Yale University, New Haven, Conn., boasts many towering intellectuals and academics. And for nearly five decades, it was graced with the presence of a pre-eminent Talmudic scholar, whose mental prowess was overshadowed by his humility and whose Ta...
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