Baltimore, MD - Apr. 18, 2016 - It's a busy Friday, with only hours left until Shabbos. Not the best time, perhaps, for you to be unsure about the kosher status of the chicken with a broken bone that you are about to cook! You try contacting your Rav, but to your great dismay, he is unavailable. Great news! No longer will you have to wing it, thanks to BaltimoreJewishLife.com's new partnership with Star-K's Institute of Halacha  presenting  BJL's new “Ask the Rabbi” chat room.

Questions about kashrus and other mitzvos will be answered by STAR-K’s Institute of Halacha Director Rabbi Mordechai Frankel, and other Star-K Rabbis under the guidance of HaRav Moshe Heinemann. Time sensitive shaylas will be addressed by chat; others, in STAR-K’s “Ask the Rabbi” column on BaltimoreJewishLife.com.

As the only international non-profit kosher certification agency whose mission is dedicated exclusively to kosher, STAR-K's mission is representing the Kosher consumer in promoting Kashrus with education, research and supervision, The new BaltimoreJewishLife.com ASK THE RABBI module is just one of STAR-K’s many venues for disseminating information.

STAR-K’s Institute of Halacha also answers questions asked by consumers, worldwide, via phone and email, Monday to Thursday, from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Alternatively, call and leave a message or email at any time (410-484-4110 x238; Halacha@star-k.org) and you will receive an answer by phone or email.

The STAR-K Kosher Hotline (410-484-4110) answers almost 100,000 thousands of consumer questions called in annually from around the world, as well, Monday to Friday (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the winter/ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the summer).

STAR-K is proud to be of further service to BaltimoreJewishLife.com’s readership and the entire Baltimore Jewish community  on BJL's new exciting expanded website.