Rabbi Shmuel Weiner of Ramat Eshkol’s Zichron Nosson Tzvi was hearing that frum Americans— bnei yeshivah, kollel couples, seminary girls— were flummoxed by the Israeli kashrus system. He founded ZNT Kosher to straighten out the confusion
Elchanan Kotler
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e’re standing outside Big Apple Pizza in Jerusalem’s Ramat Eshkol shopping center on this sun-drenched day, with Rabbi Shmuel Weiner and Rabbi Moshe Farkash of the ZNT Kosher Vaad Hakashrus.
The warm breeze carries the scent of spring — along with the aroma of hot pizza — and the restaurant sound system blares music from the old country.
Rabbi Farkash opens up the frozen dessert display next to the door.
“Even the ice cream in the freezer outside has to be checked,” he says, taking out a tempting prepackaged cone — chalav Yisrael, with a respectable mehadrin hechsher. He points out the other brands and flavors on offer, all of which are covered under Big Apple’s kashrus certificate, issued by his agency.
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