Anyway, if I can keep the masons at bay long enough to actually discuss the topic here, even NASA is looking into having the International Space
Station Kosher Certified, giving some credence to the old addage that "The World Is Not Enough"...
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NASA is planning to consult a number of Rabbis on the subject. Besides calculating the directional relationship of Jerusalem to the International
Space Station, other issues include keeping kosher food and keeping Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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American Space Agency NASA is about to begin a series of consultations with rabbis as part of preparations for the stay of Jewish astronauts in its
international space station.
NASA is seeking to consult rabbis regarding the necessary arrangements and ways to uphold Torah commandments in space. Among other things, there is a
need to determine at every stage in the space flight the position of Jerusalem in relation to the space station, so that astronauts know which was to
turn when praying.
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Even the trucks that haul your food must now be certified Kosher as well...
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The rules also apply to the equipment used to transport food ingredients.
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Hell even insecticides and Organic products are 'having' to be certified Kosher, right down to your wholesome
bio-herbicides.
And no, you don't have a choice anymore...
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Many food companies that once made both nonkosher and kosher versions of the same foods now make only kosher versions of their products. It is
more efficient to manufacture all foods under the most stringent manufacturing guidelines rather than following different production procedures for
kosher and nonkosher.
"Most companies now are totally kosher, totally following the kosher rules," said Rick Jasa....
The logos on those mainstream products might easily go unnoticed by the nonkosher consumer...
Trade magazine Kosher Today reported that about $190 billion, or 40 percent, of products sold in U.S. grocery stores in 2005 were kosher certified.
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Hmmm 40% of products for 3% of the population's religous requirements? Actually that 40% is a very conservative estimate, if you have actually looked
when you shop, you'll find 40% actually hard to believe. The ultimate insult is that we pay extra to have to have our food, indeed our entire food
industy, including Steel Mills and Simethicone makers, and every truck and glove in between, and it isn't even up to the standards of what they call
Ethnic kosher!??!
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The kosher market can be considered as two separate markets: "mainstream and kosher" and "ethnic kosher." "Mainstream and kosher products" are
those foods that are kosher-certified but have little relevance or bearing on traditional kosher food ways. These kosher-certified products are as
much at home on the shelves of consumers who have no interest in kosher foods as they are on the shelves of those consumers for whom the kosher symbol
is important. "Ethnic kosher foods," on the other hand, are products that are "kosher by design"--such items as gefilte fish, matzoh, schav and
borscht (both types of soup), and other traditional ethnic Jewish food products. "Ethnic kosher foods," like other ethnic foods, are consumed by
anyone interested in those specific flavor profiles and foods.
Big money to be made in the Kosher Certification business,
fake Kosher certificate apparently
runs you about five grand on the black market.
