Rabbi Menachem Genack: The King of Kosher Food

Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Living Lchaim

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.

Say hello, to the largest Kosher agency in the US and here's the Rabbi running it.

Rabbi Genack has served as the CEO of the OU Kosher Certification Agency since 1980, overseeing the certifications program of over 10,000 food production facilities in 94 countries around the world. He also serves as Rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Englewood, New Jersey and gives a class for ordination students at Yeshiva University. He is also on the Board of Trustees of Touro College and NY Medical School.

He is the author of “Letters to President Clinton” in which the former president wrote the forward.

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0:00.0	When I was growing up we didn't have all these Ashkoches that we have now and so what do we have to do is sort of read the ingredient panel and that's you know
0:09.4	in sort of a- I would that would be very difficult.
0:12.6	Right, but people don't realize that there are lots of components
0:16.6	in an ingredient in a formula that might not be listed,
0:20.4	that might not be kosher in the flavors or, that's not even on the package right over a
0:25.6	million products in this world on kosher food have that oh you stamped you've probably
0:32.3	seen on Reddit people asking what in the world is that?
0:35.9	What exactly make something kosher? What's the process behind it? And who's a person managing all of that?
0:42.3	Rabi Menacham Ganak of the OU is a Rove,
0:45.9	is a friend of one of the former presidents,
0:48.7	and a massive Talmud of the Rove,
0:51.6	and I got to sit down with him to talk about everything food in this
0:55.3	week's episode so you will know a lot more about kosher. This episode is in
1:00.6	memory of Shim and Devad bin Yaku Schlema as well as Miriamsara,
1:04.0	Bas Yak of Mosha, and we are embarking on maybe one of the most
1:09.6	important challenges that our community is facing today should
1:12.9	him. So stick around in the middle of the episode. So you're
1:15.6	going to hear an incredible movement that's happening that you could be a part of
1:19.7	that I want you to be a part of. If you're a listener, please be a part of it. Now here is my conversation with
1:24.6	rubbing a neck.
1:27.0	We can all use some inspiration to help us overcome the obstacles we encounter in our lives.
1:35.0	Get ready for thrilling conversations about struggle and triumph with those in pursuit of making a positive impact in this world.
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