Torah Tidbits in the PALM of your hand - Technology serving Torah

Torah Tidbits in the Palm of your hand • Technology serving Torah
We've had requests to broaden the Palm column to include information about Internet sites and computer programs of Jewish and general interest. Let's give it a try.

Let's be loyal (an very helpful at the same time) by introducing the OU's website. Very simple to remember address: www.ou.org (and with many web browsers you only need to type ou.org to get the site). The OU's site has many, many features of interest, including Torah Tidbits, which happens to be on the home page this week (it isn't always on the home page), and the first item, no less.

But at the bottom of the OU's home page is a "button" for the OU's Guide to Kosher for Passover Foods. Click on it and you will have access to the guide, which has two distinct sections: one for products that are Kosher for Pesach without need for the P as in OU-P, and a larger section for products that are Kosher for Pesach only if so designated, i.e. OU-P.

As announced last week, the Kashrut Guide is also available in Palm format. It was prepared by Howie Hirsch of Penticon Technologies Ltd. and can be found at

www.penticon.com/moadon/ou-p.zip

When you go to that site, a zip file will download onto your computer. After extracting or unzipping the file, you can install the two .prc files in your Palm in the usual manner. The files were prepared specifically to be read with Tealdoc, but other readers might work too.

Back to the OU site's home page. There is so much material on so many topics, that things can get confusing. There is a small selection of main menu items, a long list on the left of other items on which to click, and a pull down menu towards the bottom of the page with many more items to check out. In addition, there is a search program for the site which is accessible from the menu across the top of the page.

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