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Subject: Lab-Grown Meat Status; Yachad Gifts Is Back; What Does the Fox Say?
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Parshat Yitro   |   candle lighting times   |   donate Is Lab-Grown Meat Kosher? OU Kosher OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack has taken on questions about whether lab-grown meat, created from animal stem cells, is kosher. See and hear his responses in the Washington Post, the Inspiration for the Nation podcast and more. Find Out Now PARSHAT YITRO February 10-11, 2023 / 20 Shevat 5783   HAFTARAH Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 Around the OU OU Statement on This Past Week's Devastating Earthquakes Orthodox Union We are shocked by the devastating news of the earthquakes that have killed thousands and injured and displaced thousands more in Turkey and Syria. Read More Mitchel Aeder on JM in the AM Nachum Segal Network OU President Mitchel Aeder was featured on JM in the AM and discussed his perspective on where the OU is now and where he will be guiding it for the future. 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