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Arriving in Malaysia on Saturday just after the end of Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss started his six-day visit with a personal mission - to find food in a country where there are limited options that strictly meet his religious requirements.
Other than supplies packed from home in Monsey, New York - a major centre of Orthodox Judaism in the United States - Weiss said he wanted additional fruits and vegetables that are considered kosher or permissible.
Malaysiakini met with Weiss
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