About this episode

This episode explores the story behind the OU's declaration of quinoa as kosher for Pesach, involving caterers and notable figures in the Jewish community.

Another episode from Limmud 2025! This episode is a recording of a session presented by Asher Lovy at Limmud this past year. In this episode you'll learn the (possibly) real story of why the OU finally declared quinoa kosher for Pesach. The story starts with angry caterers desperate to provide kosher l'pesach sushi to the masses, lingers for a while on the horrific attempts by the late Torah Vodaas Rosh Yeshiva, Yisroel Belsky, to bully the victim of Yossi Kolko into dropping his case, and en...

People in this episode

Host: Asher Lovy

Topics covered

• quinoa
• kosher for Pesach
• Limmud 2025
• catering
• Yisroel Belsky
• Yossi Kolko

Keywords

• quinoa
• kosher
• Pesach
• Limmud
• Yisroel Belsky
• Yossi Kolko
• catering
• sushi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OU

Books & works: kosher l'pesach sushi

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