Rafi Hecht's Blog

Kosher Gatorade in Canada Update – COR’s take

rhecht — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:56:52 +0000

Last week I posted an email that I had gotten, as forwarded by someone who contacted the Orthodox Union (OU), stating that practically all Gatorade flavors are kosher without a hechsher save for a couple (grape flavored and powdered). In no time at all the page posted at the top of Google for the search [...]

Ours Forever – Another Dschinghis Khan Ripoff

rhecht — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:31:58 +0000

Earlier I mentioned about MBD stealing music from Dschinghis Khan. He's not alone. Michoel Streicher is in the game too! [gplayer href="http://www.rafihecht.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Michoel-Streicher-Ours-Forever.mp3"]Michoel Streicher - Ours Forever[/gplayer] Dschinghis Khan - Moskau (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA)

Gatorade apparently kosher in Canada without hechsher – most FlavOUrs

rhecht — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:35:21 +0000

An anonymous Bachur had asked the OU (Orthodox Union) if the Gatorade in Canada is Kosher (as the OU places a Hechsher on most US-based Gatorade products), and where to find them. This was their answer: "Dear (Ploni Almoni), Thank you for checking with the OU regarding your Kashruth question. Grape flavored and powdered Gatorade can only be used when bearing an OU symbol on the label. The other flavors can be used even without an OU Kosher symbol on the label."

Internet in Landers – Gd Communicates in Landers Through the Internet

rhecht — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:49:27 +0000

As an alumnus of Touro College's Lander College for Men in Queens, I was always fascinated when people didn't initially believe me stating something peculiar about the Bais Medrash. That strange fact is, there's a (terminated) wired connection INSIDE the Aron HaKodesh (Holy Closet that stores a Sefer Torah). Hard to believe, but it's true.

14 lesser known Murphy’s laws

rhecht — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:31:43 +0000

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 3. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 4. Those who live by the sword, get shot by those who don’t. 5. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. 6. The 50-50-90 rule: [...]

Chinese Walmart

rhecht — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:53:50 +0000

Supposedly, these photos are real and haven’t been photoshopped. This reminds me of an old joke: A Chinese person and a Jew start chatting. The Chinese guy says (mind the “l” and “r” interchange), “our rerigion is the ordest, as it is over foal [four] thousand yeals ord.” The Jew replies, “our religion is even [...]

Chicken Before Egg Mystery Solved – Go Religion!

rhecht — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:52:05 +0000

The answer to the age old question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg” seems to finally be answered scientifically, according to Time.com. Apparently, research from British scientists in Sheffield and Warwick revealed that the chicken had to come first. The rationale was that one protein—ovocledidin-17 (OC-17)—is only found inside a chicken’s ovaries, [...]

Star Wars on a New York City Subway Car

rhecht — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:42:56 +0000

This is too funny! A brilliant mixture by ImprovMedia of Star Wars, a cult favorite, and the New York City Subway, one of the most famous in the world. This video has close to 25,000 views since being uploaded yesterday, and is well on its way of going viral. dtsv.dtse_post_1072_permalink = 'http://www.rafihecht.com/blog/2010/07/14/star-wars-on-a-new-york-city-subway-car.html'; dtsv.dtse_post_1072_title = 'Star Wars on a [...]

Neturei karta in Toronto July 6, 2010

rhecht — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:16:21 +0000

Neturei karta on yonge street and shepherd in front of the Madison centre. Located in Canada These people are extremists that do not represent mainstream Judaism AT ALL. As far as we know their stand is that the Messiah cannot come to redeem the world with Jews occupying the land of Israel. We were “supposed ” to [...]

The Emmanuel School Issue – Some Thoughts

rhecht — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:59:54 +0000

Misconceptions Recently there was a lot of press about a certain school in Emmanuel, and that a big issue on discrimination there was that it wasn’t allowing Sephardi girls in it’s strictly Charedi Ashkenazi grounds for ethnic reasons. The parents even took their own girls out of that school and started their own school. In an [...]