February 5, 2004

Leading Authorities To Explain Questions Of Jewish Law Regarding Wine And Grape Juice
At Ask Pre-Passover Seminar

Young Israel of Flatbush, 1012 Avenue I, at Coney Island Avenue
Sunday, March 14
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Featuring discussions led by some of the world’s most eminent authorities on the laws of keeping kosher, the Ask Program of the Kashrut (Kosher) Division of the Orthodox Union will present A Seminar on Grape Juice and Wine: A Discussion of Contemporary Halachic Issues, on Sunday, March 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at the Young Israel of Flatbush. The synagogue is located at 1012 Avenue I, at Coney Island Avenue, in Brooklyn.

The program is open to both men and women. Admission is free.

Ask is presented periodically by the Kosher Division to explore significant issues of Jewish kosher law (halacha). According to Rabbi Yosef Grossman, Director of Ask , the program is being held at a most opportune time, following Purim and in the period leading to Passover. Purim this year falls on March 7; Passover begins with the first seder on April 5.

“We have scheduled the program for a time when the kosher consumer is very much concerned with questions of kashrut regarding wine and grape juice,” Rabbi Grossman explained. “The number of wines for the Passover table continues to proliferate. At the same time, children at the seder and adults who may be unable to drink wine, perhaps because of medications they are taking, will use grape juice as an alternative. This program, therefore, will deal with the intricacies of the laws of both wine and grape juice.”

The program includes:

• Greetings by Rabbi Kenneth Auman, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Flatbush and President of the Rabbinical Council of America;
   
• Using Grape Juice for the Four Kosot (Cups) with Rabbi Menachem Genack, OU Kashrut Rabbinic Administrator;
   
• Grape Juice From Concentrate – Its Bracha (Blessing) and Use for Kiddush and the Four Kosot, with Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, OU Halachic Consultant;
   
• Is Grape Juice Considered Wine? with Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, the Menahel (Dean) of Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchanan (RIETS) of Yeshiva University;
   
• Non-Mevushal (cooked) Wine in Halacha, with Rabbi Hershel Schachter, also an OU Halachic Consultant;
   
• An Halachic Discussion of Various Grape Products, with Rabbi Dovid Cohen, OU Rabbinic Coordinator; and
   
• Practical Lessons in Kosher Wine Production, with Philip Herzog, Vice President of Royal Wine Corp., manufacturers of Kedem and Baron Herzog wines.

For further information, contact Rabbi Grossman at 212-613-8212, or grossman@ou.org.

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