today i'm so excited because i will bring you along as i go shopping to my favorite
orthodox kosher grocery store for my weekly kosher grocery haul i will show you everything
you can find in my grocery store what makes it so special and i will share with you
five things that you will only find in the jewish store if you're new here hi my name
is Sara Malka and on my channel i share all facets of my orthodox sephardic jewish life
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because our favorite kosher grocery store is in the heart of the hasidic
community in the next town we only go there about once a month
when we arrive at our kosher grocery of course one of the first thing we notice is the mezuzah on the
door and if you want to know more about what is a mezuzah let me know in the comments below
we take our single cart of course my two helpers will take one each not to fight and then
we are going to start our shopping the first thing i'm going to look at are the drinks
what is amazing about going in the kosher grocery store is that every single thing that i will pick
will be kosher like this with this O-K kosher sign next to the drinks we have all the fresh
salad dressings i love to use them in a pinch this is our favorite to use as a veggie dip on shabbat
and this one is to make my sushi i have tried to make this sauce from scratch but so far i was not
able to find a recipe as good as this one maybe you have a spicy mayo recipe you can share with me
let me know in the comments below then we have the fruits and even though they come from a kosher
store they still need to be checked for bugs especially the strawberries we have the prepare
fruits and veggies for salads and soup and these are pre-checked so we can just use them as is
then we have the fresh veggies like the fruits i still need to verify them to be sure they are
bug-free like these bell peppers i will make sure that there are no holes at the surface of the bell
peppers because that could be a telltale sign that they have insects inside of them i will use
these bell peppers in my weekly kosher meal prep to make my favorite stuffed bell peppers recipe
this is something you will only find in a kosher supermarket a wall of pre-checked bug-free
salads they are triple washed and checked to be bug-free before being packaged so we are sure
they are completely bug-free so no more insects in our salads my girls love to eat salads
Naomi loves roman lettuce and we will use it for our caesar salad with our veggie burgers
and Leah loves coleslaw that we will use as a side dish with our chicken schnitzels
then we have the kosher meat you were so many who asked me what makes a meat kosher beside
coming from an animal that chew its cud and have split hooves or a kosher bird to
make the meat kosher it has to fulfill all the kosher laws to be fit for consumption
including for the animal to be healthy for the animal to be ritualistically handled by a
shochet who is a very skillful jewish person (not necessarily a Rabbi) who trained for years to make
sure the animal and meat is fully kosher and for the red meat to have the designation glatt kosher
or simply kosher for the chicken and other birds meats another thing you will only see in a kosher
grocery are those little prize bags to celebrate milestones like birth for boys and girls when boys
turn three years old and have their first haircut and also for bar mitzvahs it is our custom to give
sweets and treats to make sure that everybody can look forward and rejoice for these sweet moments
as a community and for everyone to participate children and adults alike another reason why we
love this orthodox kosher grocery is that we find delicious prepared food which is a G.odsend when
i'm stuck after a busy week and i did not have time to prepare for shabbat during the week in
the separate section because we do not mix meat and fish together they also have a sushi bar with
their amazing and talented sushi chef who was so nice to show us how he makes kosher sushi
a big thank you to the sushi chef who was so nice to show us his art as well as to give us for free
this sushi (the sushi was delicious too!) to continue with prepared food there is a section
of prepared salads i will try this sweet and spicy onion dip as it is a great way for me to
add new salads to our shabbat another thing that is mostly seen in a kosher store are horseradish
and beet mix it is usually used on gefilte fish especially in ashkenazi families but i
will take some salmon to make my moroccan fish on shabbat as we do not eat gefilte fish in my family
what you will find in our sephardic kitchen is harissa i need some for shabbat as we love
a bit of heat in our food especially in our ble or wheat kernels for our dafina
for a new dip recipe i am working on i will use some s'chug which makes harisa
look like a sweet sauce and i cannot wait to share the recipe with you soon
here is another section that you will only find in a kosher grocery store a specialized kosher
kitchenware section you find special knives to cut the challah like these one on which you can read
"L'chvod shabbat koddesh" which can be translated in english as in honor of the holy shabbat
you can also find in this section some stickers to identify what is meat milk or parve in an
orthodox kosher kitchen and if you want to know more about what a kosher kitchen looks like
i made a tour of my sephardic orthodox kitchen and i will leave the link in the description box below
and the link above they carry all color-coded peelers spatulas even sink sieves to make sure we
do not mix meat and milk together and generally we color code with blue for milk red for meat
and green or black for parve and of course the color codes can be different in different families
for example my friend Goldie takes blue for meat and red for milk because it is the tradition
in her family they also have shabbat sponges these sponges can be used on shabbat because they do not
absorb water and the water cannot be squeezed out of them which would be a problem on shabbat
next i need some matzo bell soup mix and i will take a pack to make my foolproof
and delicious chicken and matzo bell recipe and if you want for me to share my recipe please let me
know in the comments below the next section is all the chips the crackers and the cake and candies
of course it is my girls' favorite aisle on a side note kosher products can have many kosher
certification symbols on their package like on this one where you have O-U on one side and
V-K certification on the other side the kosher symbol represents different standard of Kashrut
for example some companies are not open on shabbat so they will have a different certification and
certain person will only use that certification to be more stringent in their observance
as a super treat Leah will take some veggie chips for shabbat and Naomi will take a bag
of snack shots which will last weeks and weeks as they mostly have treats on shabbat
and the holidays here is another thing you will only find in a kosher store
these challah molds they are super useful if someone does not want to braid their challah
they simply put their challah dough in the mold and they end up with perfectly shaped chalah
in my friday shabbat prep video many of you asked me what did i use to shine my silverware this is
almost the same thing i use it is super affordable and works really really well
this is definitely something you will only see in an orthodox jewish store
pre-cut toilet paper as we cannot detach toilet paper on shabbat because it would be like creating
a new usable item when you detach it from the main roll since we cannot create on Shabbat we
use kleenex or pre-cut toilet paper on Shabbat this week i also need some plastic bags to make
my dafina or choline and you were so many to ask me what are these plastic bags that i use for my
rice and my wheat here they are they are a kind of roasting bags and it allows me to have different
flavors in my dafina or cholent for my wheat and my rice which makes everything even yummier
and of course i need some crockpot liners that make the cleanup for shabbat so much
easier we also need some specialized challah bags that are a must to store my large challah
i did not need juices tea nor coffee today but i really need a new Havdallah candle and this
is definitely something you will only find in a jewish kosher store we use it when we
do Havdallah or the closing ceremony of shabbat in our sephardic orthodox house we prefer to use the
traditional beeswax after candles but there are also these amazing and elaborate Havdallah candles
like this beauty i have already made a video about how we celebrate Havdallah in our orthodox
sephardic family and i will leave the link in the description box below and in the card above
beside beautiful matches to light our shabbat and Havdallah candles another thing that you will find
in a kosher grocery store are these 25 hours to 9 days candles because they last for more than a day
we are allowed to use them to light our candles from one day of the holiday to the next
using this existing flame today i will take two 72 hours candles for the upcoming holiday of
rosh hashanah or the jewish new year because if i don't take them today i might forget
them i need some floating wicks that we use to light our lights for shabbat and the holidays
we use this large one as we love the light they create for shabbat the holidays or hanukkah
remember when i went to walmart and i could not find affordable spices
here the spices are so affordable and the choice is amazing i will need some Curcuma (Turmeric) for
dafina and Leah will help me pick some cumin for some super spice rub for our chicken
in the cake aisle i will take some bread flour these are specialized kosher flours that are
pre-sifted to make sure that they are bug-free which are super useful when i cannot sift my
own flour because let me tell you i found more than my share of worms in my flour i find this
flour challah with yeast but i'm really not sure if it would really work let me know in
the comments below did you ever use this kind of flour to do your challah i would love to know so
today i will take a bag of my favorite high gluten bread flour that gives me the fluffiest challah
i also need some yeast for my challah recipe but they only have instant yeast and i cannot
do my overnight challah recipe with instant yeast so i will wait to buy some at costco
even though last time i took some cake mix and i was really really not lucky i will try another box
and hopefully no visitors will be in that one and if you have no clue what i'm referring to
i will leave the link in the description box below to my video on how i verify my food to
make sure it is kosher and we do not eat the worms found in our cake mix like last time
next to the cake mix we have some jelly desserts they are made with kosher gelatin
and the gelatin is not from beef or pork but it is vegetable gelatin or gelatin derived from fish
my girls love to do jello desserts and let me know in the comments below if you would like
for them to share with you how they make these beautiful desserts
i will also take some honey for my shabbat moroccan fish recipe and for my defina or
cholent recipe then i go in the dairy section all these yogurts cheeses and so much more are
all made of Chalav Israel milk it's a milk that is supervised by a Jew from the cow to the container
my girls love these leben yogurts so we will take a few of them for their lunches i also take these
greek yogurts that are so delicious and are also low calorie i take some Chalav Israel milk
as well as some cheese for my one pot mac and cheese that i will make as part of this
week's kosher meal prep my girls take some dairy free ice cream to enjoy as a treat on shabbat
we need for it to be dairy free or parve as we eat meat meals on shabbat and we do
not mix meat and milk in the same meal in the freezer section i find frozen broccoli that has
been grown in a special bug-free greenhouse so we can enjoy them with florets and all
i will also take some frozen and pre-checked strawberries for my daughter's jelly desserts
i also need some fake shrimps and these shrimps made quite a brouhaha in my last weekly kosher
meal prep as everyone thought they were real shrimps but these fake shrimps are simply kosher
fish shaped as a shrimp they absolutely are kosher and they are delicious served with garlic vegan
butter on shabbat finally we go towards the cash where we find all the orthodox magazines
all about Torah holidays and amazing articles as well as magazines for children with torah content
games and articles on current events and more next to the cash we have one last section with
all the kosher vitamins as well as the last of our five things that you will only find in an orthodox
kosher grocery a shabbat lamp it is a lamp that is left turned on from before shabbat and left
on during shabbat but it is enclosed in a special tube that we turn around to make the light visible
the tube is lined with heat resistant insulation and a special DEL light bulb it allows us to read
at night on shabbat or illuminate areas at night according to our needs
thank you for being here it means the world to me
know that in my book you are absolutely phenomenal and the world would not be the same without you
if you are still with me until the end please write in the comments I LOVE KOSHER STORES
so i know i was not alone and if nobody told you today know that YOU ARE LOVED and YOU ARE ENOUGH
just the way you are until next time stay safe stay blessed and don't forget to FRUM IT
UP
I LOVE YOU