SPONSORED BY MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN PERL Instructor’s Guide for Torah Live’s Kosher The Ultimate Diet Version 1.8 “It is rare to see talent of this order used to so high and holy a cause. Rabbi Roth’s inspirational videos are outstanding. Will unlock the doors of learning to many.” — Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks KOSHER: The Ultimate Diet Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Perl Instructor’s Guide for Torah Live’s Kosher: The Ultimate Diet version 1.8 Please send all questions and corrections to [email protected] 2 A note from the Producer.................................................................................................... 4 Thank you ........................................................................................................................... 6 Instructions.......................................................................................................................... 7 Latest Version ................................................................................................................. 7 Screen Resolution ........................................................................................................... 7 Pointer............................................................................................................................. 7 Lesson Plan .....................................................................................................................8 Navigation..................................................................................................................... 10 Settings Page................................................................................................................. 11 On-Screen Teacher Notes ............................................................................................. 12 System Requirements.................................................................................................... 13 Contact Us..................................................................................................................... 13 Speaking Notes ................................................................................................................. 14 Introduction > Reasons ................................................................................................. 14 Introduction > Sensitivity to Animals........................................................................... 28 Introduction > Daniel and the Lions............................................................................. 32 Meat and Milk............................................................................................................... 38 Vegetables and Insects > Introduction.......................................................................... 39 Vegetables and Insects > Difficulty in Detecting ......................................................... 43 Vegetables and Insects > Severity ................................................................................ 49 Vegetables and Insects > Past and Present ................................................................... 55 Vegetables and Insects > Health Authorities................................................................ 57 Vegetables and Insects > Laws..................................................................................... 58 Vegetables and Insects > Insect Free Greenhouses ...................................................... 60 Vegetables and Insects > Strawberry Video ................................................................. 65 The Kosher Symbol > Dear Torah Live Video............................................................. 66 The Kosher Symbol > What’s in the Ingredients ......................................................... 67 The Kosher Symbol > Behind the Scenes Video.......................................................... 79 The Kosher Symbol > Putting it All Together.............................................................. 80 3 A note from the Producer You hold in your hands the product of more than one person – as of course has been noted in the list of acknowledgments. But I feel it essential to single out two very special individuals who initiated the entire project: Rabbi Andrew Davis and Mrs. Hayley Simon. These two outstandingly devoted educators spearheaded the creation of this entertaining yet informative presentation, one easily absorbed by young Jewish souls. Filled with warmth and concern for their students they generously injected the production with their professional talents and resources, ultimately assuring a final product which meets the needs of the enquiring young mind. This state-of-the-art multimedia presentation on kashrut will surely be utilized by you with great pleasure as you see your students learn with ease and joy. I look forward – as I am sure you do – to the production of many more such presentations for the benefit of our youth. In introducing the laws of kashrut, the Torah states, ַדּ ְבּרוּ ֶאל ְבּנֵי יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ֵלאמ ֹר ז ֹאת ַה ַחיָּה ֲא ֶשׁר תּ ֹ ְאכלוּ ִמ ָכּל ַה ְבּ ֵה ָמה ֲא ֶשׁר ַעל ָה ֶאָרץ: ויקרא יא:ב Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: These are the life forms that you may eat from among all the animals that are upon the earth. Leviticus 11:2. :these,” Rashi writes – זאת“ Commenting on the word מלמד שהיה משה אוחז בחיה ומראה אותה לישראל, זאת תאכלו וזאת לא תאכלו Moshe held the creatures up to show Israel, saying, “This you may eat and this you may . צריך להראות לתלמידו לחוש העין:not eat.” Maharal in Gur Aryeh notes Moshe Rabbeinu – the Jewish teacher par excellence – showed his students what he was talking about to give them clarity. How fitting that Rabbi Davis chose kashrut as the first topic to enhance visually as that’s precisely where we learn from the Torah the need for teachers to use visual aids in teaching. In researching and writing the kashrut script, I was particularly inspired by the words of Dayan Dr. I. Grunfeld in his work The Jewish Dietary Laws who writes (pages 3-4): If we want to maintain the loyalty of our youth to Kashrut and to other spheres of practical religious life, we must introduce our thinking young men and women to the underlying ideas of our laws. We must show them that our religious commandments or Mitzvot are not mere “ceremonies” to be discarded at will, but divine rules of life for the people of God, eternal and inviolable; that the commandments of the Torah represent divine thoughts implanted into man through symbolic action. They are religious power-stations for the creation of holiness among the people of Israel, as is so clearly expressed in the verse of the Torah: “That ye may remember and do all My commandments and be holy unto your God” (Numbers 15:40). 4 are not enough for – מצות אנשים מלומדה – Mere habit and mechanical performance the perpetuation of the Jewish way of life. There must be conviction, based on knowledge. … With non-Jewish intellectual and cultural influences ever increasing around them, they cannot be expected to remain loyal to the Jewish way of life without a proper or adequate intellectual and scholarly foundation. Our youth, especially our intelligentsia, must know not only what they are required to observe but why. And so my dear teacher, you can rise to the challenge. With the help of this guide, you can teach your students not only the technical know-how of keeping kosher, but deliver it with such conviction and passion, such feeling and enthusiasm, that it will remain with them for the rest of their lives. And one day, when they grow up and start their own homes, they will pass on the lessons you taught. Make it real. Make it exciting. Make it stay. You – who are out in the fields – are the best guides – and can help bring about our mutual goal of educating the next generation to continue our heritage. So please don’t hesitate to e-mail me your feedback and tips for improvement. I look forward to hearing from you personally. Rabbi Dan Roth Founder, Torah Live [email protected] 5 Thank you • Mr. Benjamin Perl MBE, for creating the partnership between Yavneh College and Torah Live. Without Mr. Perl as Honorary President in general, and his extraordinary vision in particular, much of this admirable institution would not be the same, not least of all this project • Rabbi Dr. Ari Greenspan for hosting the kosher animal videos • Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky for Professor Krumblykorn voice over • Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator of the OU, for permission to use Behind the Scenes Video. www.oukosher.org • Mrs. Denah Stilerman for proofreading this instructors guide • Rabbi Yisrael Stilerman for his halachic advice and guidance • Rabbi Dovid Tugendhaft for sharing his kashrut lectures, as well as his ongoing encouragement and good advice • Rabbi Moshe Vaye for use of his insect pictures • Rabbi Jeremy Conway and Rabbi Eli Schoemann of the London Beth Din Kashrut Division for sharing their resources • Rabbi Chaim Mendelson for his pictures and good advice • Bennet Kaplan and Dan Neuman for use of their fishing rods in the kosher fish film • Sigalit Dvir of The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo for permission to film in the zoo • Meir Roth and Elchanan Finn for starring in the Dear Torah Live video • Rick Madger for help in licensing the kashrut videos • Yoav Preiss of Latteccini Restaurant, Jerusalem, www.latteccini.com , for his insights into the world of kashrut Becky Roth for her ongoing help and support ,אחרון אחרון חביב ,And • 6 Instructions Latest Version Torah Live will be updating