The 11th of Shevat , Jan. 18 in Jewish History

On the 11th of Shevat, in 1601, Hebrew books that had been confiscated by the Church authorities were burned in the City of Rome. The burning of sacred Jewish Books was an unfortunate occurrence throughout the Middle Ages; In the Year 1592, Pope Clement VIII condemned the Talmud and other Hebrew writings and called them "blasphemous" "obscene," and "abominable" and ordered all Jewish books to be seized and burned.

Centuries earlier, Pope Gregory IX persuaded French King Louis IX to burn some 10,000 copies of the Talmud in Paris. As late as 1553, Cardinal Peter Caraffa (the future Pope Paul IV) ordered copies of the Talmud burned in the Papal States and across Italy.

During the Nazi Holocaust, the also Germans confiscated many Jewish books and burned them, trying to distinguish the Jewish people (as can be seen in the photo above). Yet despite all attempts to extinguish the Jewish faith, the beams of Torah light shines brightly up until this very day.

Kosher Corner

People don't believe that some of the ordinary health food products in the health food store shelf are in fact kosher. This phenomenon, that many products carry a Kosher supervision, has greatly increased the easiness in observing a kosher diet. For example, the Kosher vitamin brand Solgar is strictly kosher and is consumed by even the ultra Orthodox religious community. A visit to a ultra orthodox Kosher Health food Store got me wondering what that Solgar vitamins is doing on the shelf. Upon a closer look on one of the Solgar vitamin bottles, I noticed that the Solgar vitamins carry a kosher supervision symbol. So we can proudly call that vitamins "Solgar Kosher Vitamins".

We will continue covering the Kosher vitamin and health food products for the upcoming months.