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Today i am so excited
because I will bring you along on a tour of a Jewish kitchenware store showing you what is
so special about this Orthodox Jewish store including five things you will only find in
a kosher kitchen store if you have been here for a while first and foremost thank you for
coming back to spend some time with me it's so nice to see you again and if you're new hi my
name is Sarah malka and on my channel I share all facets of my Orthodox Sephardic Jewish Life as a
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Up And subscribe to our Channel let me put on a pretty tichel (headscarf) and let's jump into it
after driving to the next city in the heart of the Hasidic Community we arrive to the kitchenware
store when you look at it from the outside there's nothing special about this kitchen store but when
you see the mezuzah on the doorpost it is a Telltale sign that you are in the Jewish store
when you walk in this door the first thing you will see are these very special cookbooks as
you already know if you have been here with me for a while as Orthodox Jews we cook and bake
quite a bit whether for the week Shabbat and all the Jewish holidays these amazing cookbooks are
specific to our needs as they have not only the usual sections like appetizers soups desserts
but they also have special separate sections for Shabbat for meat for dairy dishes or fish
dishes as Orthodox Jews we do not mix meat and milk together we do not mix Meat and Fish
together and for us Sephardic Jews we do not mix fish and milk together so these kind of kosher
cookbooks are fantastic because their recipes are delicious and easy to make but also they
take in consideration all our needs and contrary to traditional non-kosher cookbooks we can use the
recipes as is without trying to figure out how to convert the non-kosher recipe to a kosher one by
swapping the ingredients and measures next to the cookbooks we have the Shabbat lamp we already sell
them in our Kosher grocery store tour we use these special Shabbat Lambs because we cannot turn on or
off lights during Shabbat or the Jewish holidays so these lamps are so useful because the light is
left turned on before Shabbat and by turning the cover it lets the light come out or not
when we traveled during Shabbat in a non-jewish hotel we use these little rechargeable travel
Shabbat lamps they also have this version like a little Treasure Chest that is so cute as well as
these kosher bulbs that work according to the same Principle as the first big Shabbat lamp
with a lever that hides and reveals the light so any lamp can be turned in a Shabbat lamp [Music]
the next thing you will find in every kosher kitchen store are items to elevate or beautify
our Shabbat or holiday table like these beautiful serving bowls glassware and as you can see some
people prefer a more modern design and some prefer classic designs with gold and silver trimming and
of course none of these extras are obligatory to celebrate Shabbat or the holidays they are
just there to make Shabbat and any Jewish holidays that much more special and magical
personally I have been looking at this beautiful wine Carafe for such a long time but I'm always
on the fence what do you think would it be a nice addition to our Shabbat table let me know in the
comments below and if the majority of you says yes we should buy it then I will feature it in
an upcoming video next to the stunning glassware section you see the first item you will only find
in the Jewish kitchenware store and that is Bridal wrapped gifts these gifts are usually given during
the engagement party once an engagement has been announced to the community and they often include
beautiful kitchenware cookbooks glassware and so much more that the new couple will use on Shabbat
at the holidays and on a side note presents for the bride and groom or kallah and chatan as we say
it in Hebrew are usually brought at the engagement party called a vort for Ashkenazi brothers and
L'Chaim for us Sephardic Jews some sometimes the present will be brought at the henna ceremony that
takes place during the festivities surrounding the Sephardic wedding and if you want to know
more about what happens in the Jewish Orthodox wedding I made a video where I bring you to an
actual Orthodox Sephardic Jewish wedding where I explain all the rituals and the ceremony and I
will leave the link above and in the description box below for you to watch it after this video
another item you will see in an Orthodox Jewish kitchenware store are tons and tons of beautiful
white tablecloths we use white tablecloth on Shabbat because it is a reminder of the
Dew that covered the grown when we received the Manna in the desert for 40 years [Music]
another common item you will see in a Jewish kitchenware store will be heavy duty thick
plastic tablecloth they come in all sizes and style we personally use the transparent one to
protect our white tablecloth for Shabbat as they keep our white tablecloth white and make cleaning
up so easy what you will also see in the Jewish kitchenware store is a lot a lot of bakeware as
we love everything sweet weather baklava babka cake muffins Pies Name It We love it so you will
find muffin tins pie dishes as well as these unique challah pens these are oblong baking
dish where we put our braided challah dough to let them rise and bake in these molds really
help to make the highest challah and of course they come in all sizes speaking about challah
mold we also have the silicone challah mold to use them no braiding is necessary you just plop
the challah dough in the mold bake it and voila [Music] when you came on a tour of my Orthodox
Sephardic kosher kitchen you saw that we have five sets of dishes including one for meat one
for milk and one for Shabbat so as you can imagine in a Jewish kosher kitchenware store you will find
many sorts of dish sets including what we call weekday dish sets that are more plain like these
two sets which are already color coded one red set for meat and one blue set for milk
the different color dish sets helps us avoid mixing milk and meat which is a big No-No
as Orthodox Jews many of you asked me after seeing our kosher kitchen tour how can people
with limited budget or space can manage to have a kosher kitchen and part of the answer is that
there are no obligation whatsoever to have five sets of dishes a simple Dollar Tree kitchenware
is fantastic and so affordable so for about twenty dollars you can have easily two sets of dishes one
for milk and one for meat and use them for the weekday shabbat and the holidays you can also
be vegan or vegetarian or follow a full carnivore diet and therefore buy entirely eliminating one
category whether milk or meat out of your diet and out of your kitchen there's no more issue of
mixing milk and meat in your kitchen do not forget that you can can also use paper and plastic plates
which leads me to the item number two that you will only find in a Jewish kitchenware
store and that is a plethora of reusable fancy plastic dishes cups and flatware these dishes are
amazing as they are fancy and they last for such a long time they are super affordable they offer
a great alternative to more expensive regular porcelain plates and bowls as well as flatware
and as a super bonus here in Canada most of the plastic plates are 100 recyclable and on a side
note when I was in med school I used my plastic plates for years and they were absolutely amazing
of course this could not be a kosher kitchenware store without
the color-coded dish towels usually red will be used for meat blue for
milk and yellow green or black for a parve these are so high quality and I have been
using them for more than 17 years thank G.od and they are still like brand new
As I previously
mentioned we we cook a lot as Orthodox Jews and therefore Jewish kitchen stores will have
amazing knives that are super sharp and they stay sharp for such a long time and they are
totally worth the investment these knives are part of my top three best knives they are from
the brand Victorinox and I love the pointy tip and serrated Blade model the other brand
that I love are these from kosher cook they are also color coded and I love them so much
as in any regular kitchenware store you will also find all the kitchen utensils and gadgets
you can imagine like my favorite u-shaped peeler with the particularity that all the
utensils and gadgets are color coded as once again we would never use a meat utensil to mix
a hot pot of cheese pasta for example [Music] in this Jewish kitchen store you will also have
standard stainless steel pots and pans of course but some of the pots will have a unique twist as
many Jewish Orthodox families will prefer to color code their pots and pans to really make
it clear which one is for meat and which one is for milk for us we simply use different brands of
stainless steel cookware with different designs to differentiate between milk and meat pots and pans
Another item you will find in a Jewish kitchenware store is an extended selection
of what we call Netilat Yadayim, Keli or Broc in Sephardic circles or negel vasser
for Ashkenazi Brothers we use them to wash our hands ritualistically after waking up
or going to the bathroom as well as before eating bread and after visiting a cemetery
in the morning our Ashkenazi Brothers will use the Negel Vasser placed at their bedside with
a basin like these sets and a Sephardic Jews we usually do our first ritualistic washing
of the hands in the kitchen at the sink or some will do it in the bathroom sink [Music]
as part of the essentials found in any good Jewish kitchenware store you will find many
gadgets useful for Shabbat including covers for the light switches to avoid for anyone
and specially for the children to turn on or off the lights during Shabbat and the holidays
like in every kitchenware store you will also find many many small electric appliances like toasters
mixers blenders as well as special crock pots why are they so special you may ask it is because some
Orthodox Jews will not use the classic crock pot like this one with a heating element that goes all
the way up the sides of the electric base where you add the ceramic insert with the lid because
it seems like one of the 39 Melachot or work that are prohibited on Shabbat called hatmanah so they
use these crock pot with only a heating element at the bottom and a simple pot to put on top
this will lead us to the third item you will only find in the Jewish kitchenware store and
that is a hot water urn that is Kosher for Shabbat this hot water urn is so special because it has
a Shabbat function that will not only allow the water not to be boiled on Shabbat it also blocks
all the electronic functions and without both of these beautiful extra functions it wouldn't
make it problematic to use such hot water urn on Shabbat on the side note I really prefer
this model of hot water urn with a lockable push down dispenser compared to the large hot water
urn with a spout like this one because the spout has no security features and were associated too
many times with burn victims we received in our ER and ICU so this is why I prefer to stick to
these smaller hot water urn that are safer in my opinion and especially with their blocked
dispensing feature and lockable push down tops to avoid any issues another thing we do to beautify
our Shabbat and Jewish holidays is using trays to hold our candle holders they come in all sizes and
shapes they also are made of different material from glass to plastic to metal personally we have
the same Plateau or tray since we have been married as it was part of our wedding gifts
thank G.od next to the trays we have the fourth item you will only find in a Jewish kitchenware
store and that is the challah cutting board they are special cutting boards that are usually made
of glass or wood with silver or plated gold detailing they often have special features
like this one where the knife is inserted within the thickness of the challah board making it extra
pretty and useful on a side note the challah board is one of the most common wedding present
so if you are invited to an engagement party or wedding the challah board is a sure bet because
almost all Jewish celebration whether a wedding Shabbat or Jewish holidays beside Yom Kippur of
course will include eating bread and of course if you want my super easy and delicious challah
recipe I will leave the link to the videos and the recipe in the description box below [Music]
and finally the fifth and last item you will only find in a Jewish kitchenware store is a mikvah
kelim or ritual pool of water where we dip our new kitchenware that are made of glass glazed China
or metal and if you want for me to do a separate video on the mikvah kelim and explain to you why
we use them please let me know in the comments below and like the video I made on the mikvah
or ritual Jewish bath use mostly by Jewish women I will do one on the big vacuum with pleasure I
would love to know what was your favorite item in the store please let me know in the comments below
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