Going Kosher In 30 Days

by Rabbi Zalman Goldstein

Kosher is in. And going kosher is now easier than you think!

GOING KOSHER IN 30 DAYS teaches the simply curious and those seriously considering going kosher all the whys and hows of kosher.

Over eleven million people will buy kosher food this year, and the numbers are growing. Today, more than 100,000 food products are kosher certified, with the average supermarket carrying nearly 25,000 kosher items. Learn what others have discovered. Keeping kosher is an extraordinary experience with countless physical and spiritual rewards.

Set your own pace, advancing through GOING KOSHER IN 30 DAYS one day at a time. You ll learn everything you need to know, from the early origins of kosher law, to how to bring kosher practice into your daily life. This book contains everything you need to launch your own personal path to kosher observance.

Begin GOING KOSHER IN 30 DAYS today and live kosher with greater understanding and deeper satisfaction.

Genres: Judaism, Jewish

284 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Marsha Altman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A friend of mine decided to go kosher and was given this book by a Chabad rabbi, so I decided to give it a read myself and see what it recommended. It is a very good introductory book, which explains a good deal without being totally overwhelming. It makes going kosher sound pretty easy, which is good, because if anyone had any idea of what they were getting into they would never agree to go kosher. But on the whole, it is only a BEGINNER book and does not stand on its own. This is not surprising from Chabad, but the rulings are generally the most stringent ones available to anyone living outside of an enclave in New York or Israel, with no discussion of more lenient (or even mainstream) opinions. It might make someone whose family and friends are not kosher unnecessarily difficult. Anyone considering going kosher should take the book to a rabbi they trust and who is more in line with their own halachic comfort zone.

Also, the book uses the verb "kosherize," which I've never heard before, even though it DOES introduce the word "kasher" very early on. Which is hilarious.

[Rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love that eating Kosher is an opportunity to make the mundane holy. I will be taking that into my daily life going forward. However, some of the instructions and rules seemed like splitting hairs for its own sake. It’s so worried about the rules you loose the very holiness you’re striving to reach.

For example, I don’t like the idea that I should lease my chametz to a non-Jew for Passover and then get the food back afterwards. This has nothing to do with following HaShem and living holiness. This is something I’ve always disliked, so I shouldn’t blame the book.

Something I do blame the book for is how easily the author believes it is to find kosher butchers and restaurants. Maybe if I lived in Brooklyn or Miami. There are many times in the book where the intricacies of living kosher are glossed over or implied to be easier than it is in reality.

Overall, I applaud the author’s work. It definitely helped introduce me to kosher eating. I’m already making changes in my life.

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[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay intro, but doesn't really tackle some of the sticklers that bedevil the newly kosher.