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Remember to check our website ...www.hobartsynagogue.org regularly for calendar updates, interesting info, etc. etc.
Remember that you can get your kosher foods at Coles Sandy Bay in Hobart
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KOSHER KORNER UPDATE
The news just keeps getting better and better! To put you in the picture, when Coles Supermarket at Sandy Bay in Hobart
first agreed to try “kosher” items, a “promotional” area was used so that the management could gauge the success (or
otherwise) of the venture. After a month or so, I know that there was a little consternation within our community because
the “kosher” items were moved … to Aisle 9. However, this should be viewed as a very POSITIVE sign: the current
location is a PERMANENT one which proves that Coles’ management is happy with sales of “kosher” items and means to
keep this section in the store.
I have been told that within a few weeks, instead of Coles at Sandy Bay re-ordering items from individual suppliers, items
will be available from a central Coles Melbourne warehouse. There will be a greater range of items and a list of kosher
products will be available for us to look at. There is a new manager at Coles Sandy Bay and he welcomes the opportunity
of working with us to ensure that popular “kosher” items are stocked in the available space.
Please also look in the “dairy” section for other kosher lines, such as herring, smoked salmon, etc. In addition, I can
confirm that Coles at Sandy Bay does stock BECEL Regular margarine.
In conclusion, let’s remember that we help Israel and its struggling economy EVERY TIME we purchase just ONE item
which comes from Israel !
The “kosher” section will be a real boon, not only to locals but also to interstate and international visitors coming here on
self-catering holidays. Thank You to the staff and management of Coles at Sandy Bay for all their continuing help.
Some thoughts on Kashrut by Rabbi Richard D Agler
Long before the best selling book of similar name, the Torah taught, that in significant measure, "we are what we eat."
The laws of Kashrut are often dismissed as being "outmoded health regulations." That is not what they are.
Taken together they are ethical, social and spiritual prods. They have the power to guide us and shape us in these vital
ways.
And they needn’t be observed "all or nothing." You are not a "hypocrite" if you eat one way at home and another way
outside. ANY of the laws of Kashrut observed with the right spirit is a mitzvah and a net "plus." Just resolving to keep
one more can be enormously powerful. We should not be intimidated by anyone who says differently.
How to begin? I’ll give you what might be the easiest possible way. The next time you are in a restaurant simply order
something that is Jewishly permitted—on purpose, with intention. Chicken, duck, beef, lamb—even if they are not
prepared kosher at least they are permitted. Or go one further: order fish, pasta, vegetarian, sushi, salad, dairy. Which
usually do not need any special preparation to be kosher.
By avoiding the foods our tradition excludes, we make a statement of affirmation. A Statement that says, my heritage is
important to me, in matters great and small. It is a powerful statement to make and it can be made quietly just to yourself
and if you wish, and if they are perceptive, your dining partners.
And as with all good resolutions, we can grow from there.
(Sermon Outline Notes by Rabbi Richard D. Agler * January 3, 2003 - 1 Shevat, 5763
Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, Florida, USA)
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