The Ami Magazine Article

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I thought I'd post the link to the Ami Magazine Article featuring forum member and frequent poster  Rabbi Shmuel Traube AKA Bais Hastam (Pictured).

The article can be downloaded here : http://amimagazine.org/featured-articles/It%20is%20shinier%20but%20is%20it%20Kosher.html

Comments

  1. Yerachmiel AskotzkySeptember 8, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    You have to buy the magazine to read the article.

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  2. Rabbi Eli GutnickSeptember 9, 2012 at 2:49 AM

    Shmuel do the retzuos in question have a green shtempel on the end of the roll?

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