Liebherr's freestanding refrigeration products, as well as select built-in and fully integrated units, are now certified as Sabbath-compliant by the Star-K organization. After extensive research and development, and testing by the Star-K group, Liebherr's units meet the strict religious requirements of kosher customers.

"We worked with representatives from Star-K on the programming and electronics to obtain the desired functionality," explained Andrew Sullivan, Liebherr’s technical advisor. "Once we were comfortable with the results, samples were evaluated by the organization and they passed with flying colors. We're glad that our products can be used by our large kosher customer base without worry," he added.
 
As explained at www.star-k.org, here are some Liebherr holiday mode features designed to observe kosher laws and traditions:

• The door can be opened/closed at any time without concern of directly turning on or off the compressor, any lights, digital readouts, solenoids, fans, valves, icons, tones or alarms.

• Any defrost cycle that becomes active will not be a function of the number of times or the length of time that the door is opened.

• The ice maker is disabled automatically.

• The cold water dispenser and all other dispenser functions are deactivated.

• In the event of a power failure, when power returns, the unit will return to this mode.

For further information, visit www.liebherr-appliances.com. To obtain a complete list of Star-K-compliant Liebherr models, click here.