It’s a warm, sunny spring day and people are meandering down High Street, looking for a bite to eat. Some of the hungry are pleased to find Rabbi Zalman Deitsch, the kosher hotdog vendor, ready to please.Deitsch, is a 28-year-old campus resident, rabbi and program director at the Schottenstein Chabad House at 207, 15th Ave. “I operate the only kosher hotdog cart in Ohio. Columbus does not have many kosher restaurants let alone hotdog carts and with the public becoming more and more health conscious, the vegetarian hotdogs have been pretty popular especially among women,” Deitsch said.Even his chip and drink selection is kosher.Deitsch’s cart has been especially popular lately because of his new vegetarian hotdogs. He recently added them to the menu because of a request made by one of his regular patrons. The kosher hotdog cart was setup by the Chabad House as an alternative for Jewish students who can only eat certain meats and have a hard time finding them on campus. Deitsch says the food appeals to people from all walks of life.Kosher foods are prepared in strict observance of rabbinical law according to the Jewish faith. Only animals that have split hooves and chew their cuds can be used in kosher meats. Also, the animals must have been slaughtered at the neck by a special kind of very sharp knife that lessens the animal’s suffering. “Kosher hotdogs are all beef, light and they don’t contain any of those ingredients which people always joke about because none of the hind-quarters of the animals are used,” he said.Drinks must not contain wine to be kosher. Wine is reserved for religious purposes and is considered special. Deitsch, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., is married with two kids and was formerly the rabbi at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He moved to Columbus in 1996 to become director of the Chabad House. He began his business after someone donated a hotdog cart to the Chabad House, Deitsch said.”Currently the business is good, and meeting people is always good,” he said.