Tzohar

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?
 A WOMAN walks past a Jerusalem eatery with a Tzohar kashrut certificate.

Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Tzohar's kashrut license was improperly granted, but Rabbinate must act, state tells High Court

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute


Passover: Sell your Chametz online with Tzohar and The Jerusalem Post

Especially during the coronavirus crisis, selling your chametz should be done easily online.

Ripple Matzah Plate

Tzohar rabbis: Happy, halachic, and in love with the Jewish people

The media are wrong: Politics isn’t always the answer – leadership is.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

Malka Leifer's failed judicial process

Sadly, there are political forces at play that are clearly serving as obstacles to allowing the courts to do their rightful jobs.

A SECURITY GUARD at a courthouse in Jerusalem.

Founder of private kashrut supervision to be honored

Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz will receive the Yashrut 'Game Changer' Leadership Award.

Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz and Baker’s Boulangerie and Patisserie owner Lior Glickman sign the ‘trust alliance’ certification.

Tzohar election initiative calls on politicians to honor their rivals

Tzohar released a document calling for "elections held in pure spirit" in which signers pledge not to involve family members of other politicians when they confront them.

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid signs Tzohar document calling for elections in pure spirit

Party leaders vow integrity and honesty in campaign

The resolution states that "this period should be defined by ideals of moral behavior."

Yes Atid Party Leader Yair Lapid signs a vow of integrity and honesty ahead of the coming campaign with Rabbi David Stav, 2019.

This Normal Life: Judaism’s honesty problem

When clients can’t take their business elsewhere, there’s no impetus to improve.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Tzohar: Extradite Australian sexual abuse fugitive Malka Leifer

There was no final ruling and it appears that the proceedings will reconvene in January.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Alternative Orthodox kashrut authority certifies Sinai hotel

This upcoming Hanukkah, a Tzohar-trained and certified kashrut supervisor will provide full kosher supervision at the La Playa Beach Resort Taba Hotel.

Beduin ride camels in the Sinai Peninsula in 2006

Tzohar rabbis ready to challenge Mandelblit in kashrut certification fight

Rabbinical organization says AG ruling is “kashrut stamp” for its kashrut supervision service. Mandelblit's decision seems to say otherwise.

Avichai Mandelblit