That's the question.

I am not sure but from what I read, Joyva makes some that is Kosher,supposedly. I like the stuff myself. My father got me hooked on it.

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Kosher Halva

That little company called Amazon

mmmmm, chocolate Halva

Oh, man, now you've got me hankering for some.

Never have had it although we have tahani on hand here. As Sigforum has rarely lead us astray, went looking for some and found Sadaf marble halva. A touch dry and definitely not overly sweet, quite pleasing.

Is there such a thing as UN-Kosher Halva?

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Is there such a thing as UN-Kosher Halva?

Not all halva is made from sesame by Jews. That's just what we see most often in the US (it's certainly what I grew up with in a partially Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn).

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Originally posted by GregY:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Is there such a thing as UN-Kosher Halva?

Not all halva is made from sesame by Jews. That's just what we see most often in the US (it's certainly what I grew up with in a partially Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn).

Yeah, I was born in Brooklyn. I remember going into the corner deli to buy a piece of halva (halvah?) that they would cut off from a large block.

If I were younger, I could probably make a good buck opening that type deli around here. They were common in Brooklyn, when I lived in the Chicago area they were not common but they did exist. I don't remember anything like that in the Denver area, and certainly nothing like it here in the Altamonte Springs / Apopka area just north of Orlando.

Whole foods, maybe? I have never been in one, I'll have to stop in and look.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by GregY:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Is there such a thing as UN-Kosher Halva?

Not all halva is made from sesame by Jews. That's just what we see most often in the US (it's certainly what I grew up with in a partially Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn).

Yeah, I was born in Brooklyn. I remember going into the corner deli to buy a piece of halva (halvah?) that they would cut off from a large block.

If I were younger, I could probably make a good buck opening that type deli around here. They were common in Brooklyn, when I lived in the Chicago area they were not common but they did exist. I don't remember anything like that in the Denver area, and certainly nothing like it here in the Altamonte Springs / Apopka area just north of Orlando.

Whole foods, maybe? I have never been in one, I'll have to stop in and look.

Oh goodness. I don't miss much about Brooklyn but little avenue delis are on the list. Like the one on Kings Highway that smoked their own turkey (Boars Head is good as cold cuts go, this was definitely better). That and bialys, oddly enough. Of course and buying halva in any corner store that had a candy counter (always Joyva, in whatever size or configuration - small bar, large bar, two large bars in a tray... plain, marble, chocolate covered).

Was a shock to discover later not everyone knew and/or appreciated that stuff.

That Brooklyn is dead and gone. A hint of it lingers on in Florida - went to a diner in Florida once and everyone in there was an old person from Brooklyn. As in elderly. Food was nice, (like a New York diner) but knowing what those same people had helped do to New York made me feel really bad for Florida. Felt bad for the waitress too, New Yorkers are really shit for manners.

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going into the corner deli to buy a piece of halva (halvah?) that they would cut off from a large block.

They still do it here in Nashville at Alexsey's Eastern European Market on Thompson Lane across from 100 Oaks. Fresh cut with Chocolate Marbling is the best!

Online I have ordered other items from:

https://www.russiantable.com/i.../search&search=Halva

Also found this:

https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-V...-wedge/dp/B000LRKMJ6

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Best on-line source for Kosher Halva?

Definitely not an Amazon Locker.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Best on-line source for Kosher Halva?

Definitely not an Amazon Locker.

Haha, I know of one particular Amazon locker that has some sitting unattended right now...

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Best on-line source for Kosher Halva?

Definitely not an Amazon Locker.

Haha, I know of one particular Amazon locker that has some sitting unattended right now...

At the 7-Eleven.

8830 Rose Avenue
Orlando FL 32810-1728

I can give you the numerical code, or email the bar-code to you if you want. KARMA!

It should be good and ripe by now, four days in the locker with ambient temperatures in the mid to high 90s during the day, cooling down to 70s or low 80s at night. Maybe not quite as ripe as Para's truck cheese, but probably close.

We had friends fly to NYC to visit family. They brought me 3 pounds back. . .1 lb chocolate, 1 lb.vanilla and 1 lb marble. Cut fresh at a deli counter. Heavenly.

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Oh, man, now you've got me hankering for some.

Delivered to an Amazon locker near you. Just ask Jimmy, he’ll tell you all about them.

I was shopping for stuff to make my grandpa's pickles at the HEB today and needless to say, I was inspired by the wise and bought this: