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Pesach Guide 2014/5774 Wishing all our Jewish customers a happy and kosher Passover PESACH GUIDE 5774/2014 Issued by the Kashrut Division of the Beth Din Pesach 5773, proudly brought to you by the Kashrut Division of the UOS • 1 united Kashrut Authority • 77 years of service • Approx. 45 Pick n Pay stores stocking Kosher products • Approx. 1.5 MILLION Pesach products produced • With its essential range of services, the UOS is instrumental in ensuring Jewish life is properly maintained and continues to fl ourish throughout South Africa. www.uos.co.za www.uos.co.za/mobi [email protected] 010 214 2600 BFSSUCD Logo Kashrut SA UOSofSA (LANDLINE ONLY. CELLPHONE RATES APPLY) 9821M_PnP_Pesach_Guide_ 2013_FIN_ A5.indd 104 2013/02/20 2:52 PM CONTENTS Foreword (Important Contact Details) Message from the Chief Rabbi Message from the Chairman of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues Message from Marketing Director Pick ‘n Pay UOS Functions Pesach Obligations Dates, Days, Times relating to the year 2014/5774 for: Johannesburg/Cape Town/Durban East London/Plettenberg Bay/Port Elizabeth Chametz (Leaven) Kitniyot Egg Matzah Fruits and Vegetables Medications/Vitamins/Baby Food/Cosmetics/Toiletries Sale of Chametz Preparing the Home for Pesach Bedikat Chametz (The Search for Leaven) Burning the Chametz Kashering: Method 1 – Fire Methord 2 – Water General Notes on Kashering Practical Applications Cooking on Shabbat and Yom Tov Candle Lighting for Pesach The Seder and Its Requirements Counting the Omer Some Laws Concerning the Sefirah Period Johannesburg and Cape Town Beth Din Provisional Pesach Product List Some Products Not Requiring Supervision Allergen Statements on Labels Toiletries and Cosmetic List Medications Pet Food Mechirat Chametz (Sale of Chametz) Form Glossary THIS BOOK MUST BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS A SIDDUR. THIS BOOK MUST BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS A SIDDUR. 1 FOREWORD MECHIRAT CHAMETZ 2014/5774 The Kashrut Department of the Beth Din of Johannesburg is pleased to provide this Pesach Guide and hope that it will assist you in your observance of the festival. Any queries should be referred to your local Rabbi or the Kashrut Department during office hours: Jews are not allowed to own Chametz during Pesach. Where it is not possible to Johannesburg Kashrut Department Cape Town Kashrut Department dispose of all Chametz, the Halachah has made provision for it to be sold to a 58 Oaklands Road 191 Buitenkant Street non-Jew before Pesach. Orchards, 2192 Gardens, 8001 Johannesburg, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa The Beth Din undertakes this legal procedure on the morning of Erev Pesach. The Phone: 010 214 2600 Phone: 021 461 6310 Chametz that has been sold (for which ownership has legally changed hands) must General Kashrut Fax: 086 610 3464 General Kashrut Fax: 021 461 8320 be stored in a cabinet, cupboard or room that is locked on the morning of Erev Pesach by the time period for burning/disposal of Chametz applicable to your area www.uos.co.za (see date/time on page….), and which must remain inaccessible for the duration of Kashrut SA UOSofSA [email protected] Pesach. It is also important to label these areas clearly, stating that they contain Chametz which has been sold to a non-Jew. The Kashrut Department will be closed during Chol HaMoed Pesach. Please call ADELE JOFFE for any PESACH PRODUCT QUERIES: 081 879 6734 NOTE: When selling Chametz, make a list of everywhere it might be – in the house, in a holiday home, in a caravan or garage, in an office or on business premises, and in vehicles. The selling of the Chametz should ideally be done personally through your local Rabbi. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SELL YOUR CHAMETZ THROUGH YOUR RABBI Chol HaMoed: 8:30 am and 5 pm PERSONALLY, YOU MAY COME TO THE UOS OFFICES TO SIGN THE FORMS FOR THE Erev Yom Tov: 8:30 am and 3 pm. SALE OF CHAMETZ OR ALTERNATIVELY COMPLETE THE FORM ON THE NEXT PAGE Please do not leave a message on this phone. AND RETURN IT before 9:00 am on the morning of Erev Pesach, Monday 14 April, to the Beth Din offices: Please Note: Erev Pesach is on Monday 14 April 2014. HOD CENTRE: 58 OAKLANDS ROAD This guide is also available on our website: ORCHARDS, JOHANNESBURG www.uos.co.za Alternatively, if necessary, one could FAX the form to 011 640 7528/011 485 4578/086 610 3472 OR e-mail it to the Beth Din at [email protected] OR The Kashrut Department wishes to thank all of those persons involved in compiling sell the Chametz via a link on the UOS website (www.uos.co.za) The Pesach Guide 2014/5774. NB: If Chametz is not sold before Pesach and remains in one’s possession during Pesach, it becomes We wish the entire community a Chag Kosher v’Sameach. totally prohibited and may not be used even after Pesach. It must be destroyed. THIS BOOK MUST BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS A SIDDUR. THIS BOOK MUST BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS A SIDDUR. 2 3 Ad_A5.pdf 1 2013/02/12 11:42 AM UNION OF MECHIRAT CHAMETZ FORMFORM 2014/5774 ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF SOUTH AFRICA SALE OF CHAMETZ To the Beth Din: To the Beth Din: I hereby authorise you to sell to a non-Jew, on my behalf, all Chametz belonging to me that has not been disposed of, including Chametz that will be delivered to me OUR VISION I herebyany time authorise from nowyou tountil sell the to aend non-Jew, of Pesach. on my I herebybehalf, allauthorise Chametz you belonging to also to rent me out thatthe has places not been where disposed the Chametz of, including is stored. Chametz that will be delivered to me any time from now until the end of Pesach. I hereby authorise you to also rent out the places whereADDRESS/ES: the Chametz is stored. African Jew ADDRESS/ES: th ish ou C S o nt m a m C r b Add Full pg Advert u i n M V here i t Y y A CM MY : SIGNED at this: day of: 2013 / 5773 CY CMY NAME: K SIGNED at _________________________ this___________________ day of _______________________ 2014/5774 NAME:SIGNATURE: _______________________________________________________ SIGNATURE: __________________________________________________ Please note that upon the authorisation of the sale it is customary to make a Tzedakah donation via the Beth Din Charity Fund details of which are: Please note that upon the authorisation of the sale it is customary to make a b Tzedakah donation to the Beth Din: a es BETH DIN se u d al STANDARD BANK NORWOOD on Torah V BETHBRANCH DIN CODE: 004105 STANDARD BANK NORWOOD BRANCHACCOUNT CODE: NUMBER:004105 201664739 ACCOUNTBENEFICIARY: NUMBER: UOS201664739 BENEFICIARY:REF: CHAMETZ UOS AND SURNAME REF: CHAMETZ AND SURNAME Kashrut SA @UOSofSA THIS BOOK MUST BE TREATEDTREATED WITHWITH THETHE SAMESAME RESPECTRESPECT ASAS A A SIDDUR. SIDDUR 6 4 9821M_PnP_Pesach_Guide_ 2013_FIN_ A5.indd 6-7 2013/02/20 2:33 PM MESSAGE FROM CHIEF RABBI The Jewish Women’s OFOF THETHE OFFICEOFFICE OFOF THETHE CHIEF CHIEF RABBI RABBI OF OF SOUTH SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA Benevolent Society CHIEFCHIEF RABBIRABBI DRDR WARREN WARREN GO GOLDSTEINLDSTEIN Dear Friends Dear Friends The annual TheUOS Pesach Beth Guide Din Pesachis a symbol Guide of great is a pride source for ourof greatcommunity. pride Itfor showcases our community. the Beth Din It andhighlights Has so much the Beth Dinits and Kashrut its KashrutDepartment’s Division’s remarkable remarkable and sustained and sustained efforts in providing achievement the South of providing African Jewish the South African JewishCommunity Community with awith great a varietygreat varietyof kosher of products kosher productsof the highest of the quality, highest under quality, one united under one united ‘hechsher’.hechsher. 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