Every year at school during the month of February, teachers are asked to remind students of the "rules" because there is a tendency when the winter rolls around, to "forget." So with that in mind, I'd like to review some of the basic rules for our kosher kitchen at Tifereth Israel!
LIFECYCLE EVENTS
1. Congregants will be allowed to bring dessert items, cookies, and other baked goods from home ONLY for life cycle events (Brit, naming ceremonies, Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebrations, aufruf celebrations and meals of consolation). They should come to shul on a paper plate or in a newly purchased foil tin.
2. Families that do not keep kosher should bake their items in a new disposable pan or in a pan that is only used for synagogue baking. If a congregant does not keep kosher at home, their oven should be cleaned prior to baking for the synagogue.
3. Items baked at home by non-Jewish friends or non- Jewish family members are not acceptable in the synagogue.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KITCHEN USE:
1. Even if the kitchen is being used for the preparation of a Shabbat kiddush meal, it is the responsibility of the user to clean all dishes in the SYNAGOGUE and return them to their appropriate areas.
2. No one is to take a SYNAGOGUE tray, dish, or pot to their private home whether or not they keep kosher. All Synagogue kitchenware and serving items are to remain on the synagogue premises. In the case of a meal of consolation, the synagogue does maintain a box of plastic serving dishes that is allowed to travel for dairy meals.
3. If a congregant wants to take home the leftover food they prepared for Shabbat, it should be placed in a plastic bag or container prior to its removal from the premises.
We have relied upon integrity of our congregants in the past and need to be able to do so now. So please review these standards and adhere to them.
Thanks,
Nancy Coren,
Lay-leader
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