A bunch of questions
Question
A happy and kosher Pesach and Moadim l'simcha to everyone!! 1. What are the basic requirements for Melaveh Malka on Motzei Shabbos? Is bread required at it? if not, what foods are needed for me to be yotze in having a melaveh malka? 2. How does your father pasken on tefillin during Chol Hamoed? 3. Should Ashkenazim outside Israel say "Morid hatal" right before "M'chakel Chayim" between Pesach and Shemini Atzeres? (BTW Aaron, I wish to follow your father's psakim and have him be my posek/qualified rav, please see the separate e-mail I wrote you privately on this matter) 4. Is World Cheese Co. a Jewish owned company? I ask because I want to know if the Miller's cheese products would meet the requirement of G'vinas Yisroel? I know Haolam for sure is (it "screams" out in Hebrew Chalav Yisrael or Chalav v'Gevinat Yisroel on the package along with the KAJ hashgacho), but Miller's doesn't say Cholov Yisroel or G'vinas Yisroel on it, it just says OU-D Yet they're both owned by the same company, World Cheese Co. in Brooklyn. Furthermore, what about Migdal cheese? It doesn't say Cholov Yisroel or G'vinas Yisroel on it, but it has a whole bunch of Hebrew writing on it along with the "under the supervision of K'hal Adas Yeshurun" motto. So, would Miller's or Migdal cheese be G'vinas Yisroel? 5. An additional suggestion (I repeat, just a suggestion) I can offer in terms of those who go to Subway for tuna subs (besides having it made on clean boards, clean veggies with no bugs or treif condiments mixed in, no cheese) is that I know Subway is willing to make a tuna sub for someone WITHOUT cutting it at all. For those situations (once in a while) where I need to go to Subway for a tuna sub, I either ask Subway NOT TO CUT the sandwich at all OR I ask for a 6" tuna sub where the only cutting they do is of the bread (with a separate knife they use just for breads) BEFORE they make the sandwich. They accomodate either of my requests every time I've gone into a Subway (which is again, once in a while. But I'm not much into the restaurant scene, even if I were in a place that had tons of 100% kosher restaurants). Moadim l'simcha and chag kasher v'sameach!! Jeff
Answer
Answered by Aaron Abadi1) If you can, eat bread. If you're not too hungry, try just some cake. or fruit. Have in mind that it's for Melaveh Malkah. 2) No Tefillin 3) Yes 4) Our info from a reliable source in the OU is that the Hard Cheeses under their supervision is Gevinat Yisrael. 5) Thanks, but since you've been there, you know how accomodating they are. If you asked them to stand on their head while cutting it, they will. AA