STAR-K KOSHER CERTIFICATION rtnhyktcs ,urafv sgu Kashrus KurrentsVOLUME 25 NO. 4 Spring 5765-2005 Feeding your Pet Pas Habah B'kisnin: Pas or Pas Nisht Barking Up The Right Tree R ABBI TZVI ROSEN R ABBI ZVI GOLDBERG STAR-K K ASHRUS ADMINISTRATOR STAR-K K ASHRUS ADMINISTRATOR EDITOR, KASHRUS KURRENTS

To some people, the concept that there are restrictions ...Sora spent the whole morning shopping and regarding what can be fed to animals may seem amusing. was ready to stop for lunch. She was in luck. The They wonder: “Really now, must also eat kosher?” kosher pizza shop was down the block from the Obviously, the animals themselves do not have to be mall. Since she was watching her weight she did selective about what they eat. However, halacha clearly not want to indulge, so she ordered one slice, salad instructs people regarding what, how and when to feed and a diet soda. As she carried her order to her them. seat, she was faced with a dilemma: which brocha The Ta lmud Yerushalmi1 states that before acquiring an (blessing) should she make - mezonos or hamotzi? animal one must be sure he will be able to properly provide for ...It was a beautiful wedding with a it. Certainly, the owner must also know the applicable halachos. magnificent stand up smorgasbord. Naturally, the The following is a discussion of some of these halachos, including the subjects of meat and guests lined the carving tables to indulge in milk mixtures, Pesach, buying and selling non-kosher pet food, feeding animals on Shabbos delicious corned beef. The glatt kosher caterer and Yom Tov, and feeding animals before you eat. ordered mezonos rolls for the occasion. Are the Star-K is not necessarily recommending ownership of pets; rather, we are providing mezonos rolls really mezonos or are they hamotzi information for those owners who require it. We recommend that you discuss with your rolls in disguise? own Rabbi whether or not pet ownership is appropriate for your family2. ...Naftali was taking the Red Eye Express to Other important halachic issues pertaining to pets are: catching, walking, moving, or New York. Boruch Hashem the airline had his petting animals on Shabbos; causing pain to animals; and undergoing various surgical kosher meal as ordered, complete with a challah procedures.3 These issues are beyond the scope of this article. roll stamped “mezonos” on the cellophane. Can MEAT AND MILK MIXTURES Naftali dig right in, or does he have to wait for the stewardess to clear the aisle so he can go to the It is permissible to derive benefit from non-kosher food. Therefore, there is no halachic galley to wash? 4 reason to feed animals kosher food. However, one may not benefit from cooked meat and The term "mezonos roll" is one of the great 5 milk mixtures. One who feeds his pet such mixtures gains benefit since he need not feed it Kashrus oxymorons. If the roll is indeed bread, any other food. Feeding stray animals meat and milk mixtures is permitted by some 6 how can the brocha (blessing) for the "roll" be authorities, since one derives no apparent benefit. However, some authorities prohibit this mezonos, a brocha designated for cake or as well, maintaining that there is benefit in fulfilling one’s desire to feed a stray.7 cookies? If the brocha for this look-alike roll is indeed mezonos, how can the brocha on a and foods are the most common pet food which present this concern. Fish, bird, product that looks like bread and tastes like hamster and rabbit food contain no meat. bread not be hamotzi? Let’s look at the manufacturing process of dog and cat food. The base of the food is usually grain, meat, fish or As we will see from this article, the mezonos , which is mixed with other ingredients. For dry roll is indeed a misnomer. However, the halacha food, hot water or steam is added. The food is subjected to high heat and pressure and then dried. Canned food CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 is mixed, cooked, canned and sterilized. Sometimes the food is cooked in the can itself. In general, therefore, since dog and cat food is cooked, this presents a potential meat and milk concern. Insidethis issue Other conditions apply as well. Combinations of meat and milk are prohibited to be given to pets only Feeding your Pet ...... Page 1 if: the combination is forbidden M’doraisa, Biblically, Pas Habah B'kisnin ...... Page 1 to be eaten by Jews, and both meat and milk are from a kosher species.8 Therefore, the following Kosher Beer ...... Page 6 combinations, although they cannot be eaten by New Under Star-K Certification ...... Page 7 Jews, may be fed to animals: Star-K Slurpees List ...... Page 8 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Star-K Kashrus Training Program ...... Page 8

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■ Meat and milk mixed together, but Note: Any questionable ingredient should (such as pork or improperly slaughtered beef).22 not cooked 9 be reviewed by a competent Rabbinic May one engage in the business of buying and ■ Chicken and milk 10 - authority. Dog and cat food made with selling treif pet food? Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l cooked or uncooked gravy or sauce generally contain ruled that since the pet food is clearly marked as ■ Pork and milk-cooked or chometz.17 such, having a business of buying and selling uncooked pet food is permitted.23 The prohibition applies ■ Horsemeat and milk- Kitniyos only to food meant for humans. Note: Rav cooked or uncooked Kitniyos, legumes, such as rice and Moshe Feinstein’s ruling does not refer to pet beans, may be fed to animals even food which is otherwise forbidden, such as milk Labeling though they are not eaten by and meat mixtures or chometz on Pesach. In trying to ascertain Ashkenazic Jews. what is in a pet food, the The following commonly listed FEEDING ANIMALS FIRST question is how accurate is items found on pet food ingredient The Gemara24 states that one must feed his the ingredient panel. Since panels are acceptable for animals for animals before he himself eats. This is learned the U.S. government Pesach: from the order of the verse found in Krias strictly regulates the Beans, buckwheat, brewer’s rice18, Shema25 - “And I will give grass in your fields for labeling of pet food,11 one corn, grain sorghum (milo), millet, your animals and you will eat and be satisfied.” can assume the labels are correct with regard to peanuts, peas, rice, safflower, sesame, soybeans, The verse mentions food for animals and subse- the laws of feeding animals.12 Nevertheless, one soy flour, and sunflower. quently food for people. Some authorities

must be careful about reading the label: 19 interpret this as a true D’oraisa, Biblical Buying After Pesach command, while most understand this to be ■ If the label states “meat” as an ingredient, the Petco and Petsmart are examples of non- D’rabonon, Rabbinical in nature.26 This halacha source may be , , or , in which Jewish owned stores where one may purchase applies to one’s animals, birds, and even fish, if case it is subject to the prohibition of meat and pet food after Pesach without a problem. If a they depend on a human to feed them. milk. It may also be pork, in which case it is store is approved for buying chometz after The importance of this requirement is seen permitted. Since the type of meat is unknown to Pesach for human consumption (e.g. it is on the from the following halacha: Normally one who the consumer, if it is mixed with milk then the Star-K published list), then pet food with speaks between reciting a brocha and taking a pet food may not be fed to animals. If the meat chometz may be purchased there as well. bite of food must make another brocha. source is from , the label must state However, if the interruption was made in order “horsemeat.”13 The food would then be Giving Pets to a Non-Jew for Pesach to tell someone to feed his animals, he need not permitted for pets. One may not leave his pet with a non-Jew repeat the brocha.27 over Pesach if he knows that chometz will be On the other hand, one is permitted to drink ■ One should be aware that casein and whey14 provided. Since many pet foods contain prior to giving his animals a drink. We learn this are considered milk, and animal fat is chometz, one should not leave his pet at a from Rivka who offered Eliezer water before considered meat. kennel unless he supplies the kennel with non- giving some to his .28 One reason given for chometz food, or at least stipulates which non- the distinction between PESACH chometz food the kennel may serve.20 In case of food and drink Chometz from the five grains15 is assur necessity, one may sell his animal to a non-Jew is that a b’hanaa on Pesach, i.e. we are forbidden to eat it who will then take it onto his own property. The person or derive benefit from it. One may not even non-Jew can feed the animal as he chooses.21 is have chometz in his possession on Pesach. The sale should take place only under the The following commonly listed items found guidance of a Rabbi who is thoroughly familiar on pet food ingredient panels are not acceptable with these laws. for Pesach: Wheat (cracked, flour, germ, gluten, PET FOOD AS A BUSINESS ground, grouts, middlings, starch16), barley The states the following (cracked, flour), oats (flour, grouts, hulled), prohibition: It is forbidden to buy or sell food as pasta, rye, and brewer’s dried yeast. a business if the food is Biblically prohibited

1 Kesuvos 4:8. 7 Taz Y.D. 94:4, cited by M.B. 448:28. 12 However, with regard to eating chometz, one cannot 2 See, for example, Bava Kama 83a, Shulchan Aruch C.M. 8 Y.D. 87. If the meat is from a kosher species but is a simply read the labels due to the greater stringency of 409:3, Sefer Chasidim 1038, and Sheilas Yaavetz 1:17. neveila, the Rambam holds it would not be included in the prohibition and the possibility of production on 3 Shulchan Aruch E.H. 5:14 the issur hana’a, but our custom is to follow those who chometz equipment. 4 See Shach Y.D. 117:3, Aruch Hashulchan 117:19, and are strict in this matter. See Pischei Teshuva 87:6. 13 “Understanding Pet Food Labels”, Purina Office Igros Moshe cited in note 24. 9 Jews are Rabbinically prohibited to eat this. If baked or of Consumer Affairs. 5 This is derived from the , which on three separate fried it is subject to dispute, but poskim are strict in this 14 See Badei Hashulchan 87:75. occasions states the prohibition against cooking meat matter. See Pischei Teshuva 87:3 and Gra 87:1. Aruch 15 Wheat, barley, spelt, oats, and rye. and milk together. The Gemara (Chulin 115b) explains Hashulchan Y.D. 87:25 writes that steamed mixtures 16 “Starch” listed without further description may in fact that this repetition is necessary in order to teach us that are forbidden mi’safek. be wheat starch and is unacceptable. cooking, eating, or benefiting from meat and milk 10 Jews are Rabbinically prohibited to eat this. 17 Manufacturing equipment is likely to be used for mixtures is forbidden. The Rabbis forbade consumption 11 According to the FDA, pet food labeling is regulated at both chometz and non-chometz pet foods and cause a of any mixture of meat and milk, even uncooked. two levels. The Federal regulations, enforced by the transfer of chometz taste into the latter. The non- However, with regard to the prohibition of benefiting FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), chometz pet foods may still be used since there is no from meat and milk mixtures there are no such establish standards applicable for all animal feeds and benefit to the owner from the chometz taste. ( See additional restrictions. (Rama Y.D. 87:1). govern proper listing of ingredients. Some states have O.C. 550:7 ). 6 Gra cited in Sha’ar Ha’tziyun O.C. 448:75. He opines adopted regulations established by the Association of 18 By-products of brewing are to be regarded as chometz. that it is forbidden to feed chometz to stray animals due American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). These However, brewer’s rice is simply a description of rice to the stringency of the prohibition, but meat and milk regulations are more specific in nature. whose kernels are broken. See Code of Federal mixtures may be fed to them. Regulations Title 7, Volume 7 Sec. 868.302

2 more likely to become involved in his eating, may find their food elsewhere and feeding them while taking a drink is usually a brief matter.29 involves unnecessary tircha, effort, which is FAQs However, if children and animals need to be prohibited.39 Dogs are a singular exception to fed at the same time, one must feed the children this rule, and any dog may be fed.40 ■ Is it necessary to buy a new first if they are incapable of feeding themselves.30 Even when feeding is permitted on Shabbos food bowl for your pet for Pesach? This commandment does not obligate a and Yom Tov, one must minimize his effort. For No. However, the bowl used year-round person to feed his animals every time he eats. example, if a dog is fed a large slab of meat, and should be thoroughly cleaned before Each animal has a different feeding schedule. he can eat it without further preparation, the Pesach. The obligation is that before one eats, he should owner must not cut it up into smaller portions. ■ consider whether his animals also need to be If the dog cannot eat it because it is too large, the If I am going away over Pesach, 41 what should I do with my fish? fed. One need not attend to the feeding himself; owner may cut it into a few pieces. he may appoint someone else to do it. A person is permitted to carry outside on Vacation blocks often have chometz. Additionally, he must ensure Yom Tov even without an eruv. One can purchase a block without that the needs of the animals are However, one may not carry chometz or use an automatic fish feeder taken care of if they are hungry food or other supplies for and fill it with non-chometz food. at any other time of the day. animals unless there is an eruv.42 ■ May one feed chometz to a stray Even if one is fasting he must Similarly, although on Yom Tov animal on Pesach? attend to their needs.31 food may be cooked (or selected, etc.), this may not be No.48 FOOD FIT FOR HUMANS done for animals. ■ On a Pesach visit to the zoo, may Common custom allows Some people have the one purchase the feed for the animals? feeding animals food that is fit custom of putting grains or No. This feed is often chometz and for humans. This apparently is bread out for birds on Shabbos should not be purchased or fed to the not consistent with the Shira43 in recognition of the role animals on Pesach. Gemara’s32 statement that food the birds played while Bnei 44 ■ Must pet food with chometz be put fit for humans should not be fed Yisroel traveled in the desert. away and sold before Pesach? to animals. One may rely on the Since these birds are not prevalent custom in this matter. There dependent on people to feed them, this Yes. are various explanations cited for this leniency: custom presents a halachic problem. Some ■ Is there any problem with kitty 1) The Shulchan Aruch does not codify this as authorities have presented various explanations litter? halacha since there is perhaps another opinion in defense of this custom,45 and one may rely on in the Gemara which disagrees.33 2) The Gemara them if one so desires. However, the proper Clay or wood-based types are fine. was not referring to a case where one is obligated course of action is to refrain from putting out the Some brands are wheat-based and must to feed his animals.34 food on Shabbos.46 One can, however, put it out be avoided. Some authorities state that it is not proper to on Friday. ■ What is the best way to introduce feed animals from the bread over which one During Ta s h lich on Rosh Hashana some new food into a pet's diet? recited the brocha of hamotzi.35 Some authorities people have the custom of throwing bread into a It is advisable to mix regular and Pesach further state that it is not proper to feed animals river for the fish. This presents a similar halachic food together one to two weeks before scraps from one’s table, since a table is compared concern, since the fish do not need people to Pesach before switching completely to to the mizbayach,36 altar, and imparts some feed them. Although some authorities defend Pesach food. The ratio of regular and degree of holiness to the food.37 However, these this custom, it is best to refrain from this Pesach food should be changed slowly matters are beyond the letter of the law and are practice.47 to get the animal used to the new diet. intended for those people who want to be ■ What are the names of some meticulous. The Torah is replete with examples of how acceptable commercial pet foods for If the food will be thrown out anyway, then we must be mindful of animals’ needs. We are Pesach? it may be fed to animals in all of the above cases. forbidden to cause pain or anguish to animals. We must not muzzle work animals while The annual Star-K Pesach Guide FEEDING ANIMALS ON SHABBOS threshing so that they are free to eat. Even includes a list of acceptable commercial OR YOM TOV Moshe Rabbeinu’s appointment to be the leader pet foods for Pesach and veterinary A person is permitted and indeed required of the Jewish People was a result of the care and advice for substituting foods. In to feed his animals on Shabbos and Yom Tov, concern he exhibited while tending sheep. addition, the items on that list present provided that the animals are dependent on him Concurrent with showing this concern for our no meat and milk concerns. for sustenance, as is the case with pets.38 Other animals, we must follow the Torah’s animals may not be fed, since it is assumed they requirements with regard to feeding them.

19 After Pesach, there is a Rabbinical injunction against 25 Deuteronomy 11:15. Beiur Halacha. eating or deriving benefit from chometz she’avar alav 26 Beiur Halacha 167:6. 39 According to Aruch Hashulchan (324:2) one may feed ha’pesach, chometz that was in the possession of a Jew 27 O.C. 167:6. Beiur Halacha states that this is only any animal which is visibly hungry and cannot find food. on Pesach. Therefore, after Pesach, consumers must b’dieved, but l’chatchila should not be done. 40 Mishna Berura 324:31. This is due to the fact that ascertain that the chometz they purchase was not in the 28 M.B. 167:40. See Pri Migadim M.Z. 7. Hashem had special pity on the dogs either because it possession of a Jew on Pesach. Chometz may be 29 Responsa Har Zvi 1:90. is more difficult for them to find food, or in recognition purchased from a store owned by a gentile or from a 30 Igros Moshe O.C. 2:52. The elderly or infirm who are of the role they played during the Exodus when no dog Jewish-owned store whose owner properly sold the incapable of feeding themselves also take precedence. ‘whet his tongue’ against the Jews. chometz before Pesach. 31 Piskei Teshuvos 176:108. 41 Do not cut into small pieces (because of the prohibition 20 If one does not know whether or not his pet will be fed 32 See Machatzis Hashekel O.C. 171:1. of tochen). M.B. 324:3. chometz by a non-Jew, he is permitted to place his pet 33 Taanis 20b, cited in Magen Avrohom 171:1. 42 O.C. 513:3. with the non-Jew. One need not assume that it will be fed 34 Eliya Rabba , cited in M.B. 171:11. 43 The Shabbos of Parshas B’Shalach. chometz. (O.C. 448:7. See, however, Chok Yaakov note 23.) 35 K’sav Sofer O.C. 33. 44 Either because they sang to Hashem after the splitting Nonetheless, as stated in the text, one must assume that a 36 M.B. 167: 97 in the name of the Sha”lah. of the sea, or because they ate up the Manna which had kennel will feed its animals chometz. 37 Reishis Chochma (Sha’ar Hakedusha 15:40), Kaf Hachaim been put out by Dasan and Aviram. 21 The owner may still not specifically instruct the non- 167:141, Ben Ish Chai (Emor 1). According to Ben Ish 45 Aruch Hashulchan O.C. 324:3, Tosfos Shabbos. Jew to feed chometz. Chai, this applies only to animals that are not kosher, 46 M.B. 324:31. 22 Y.D. 117. such as and dogs, but not to kosher animals such 47 M.A. 583:5(See Machatzis Hashekel), Mateh Efrayim 23 Igros Moshe YD 2:37. as sheep and cows. 598:11. 24 Brochos 40a. 38 O.C. 324:11. Another Jew’s pets may also be fed. See 48 O.C. 448:6.

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in Oroch Chaim 168:7 makes allowances for certain specialty Melba toast is a classic example of bread that is subsequently baked goods that mirror regular bread in either substance or toasted. Melba toast was named after Dame Nellie Melba, who texture but differ from regular bread significantly enough to wanted a low fat alternative to bread so that she could watch her downgrade the brocha from hamotzi to mezonos. These specialty weight. The baker’s intention when making the Melba toast was breads are halachically termed pas habah b'kisnin-- literally, to create an alternative to bread. Even though Melba toast pocket bread. resembles Rav Hei Gaon's criteria of pas habah b'kisnin, the brocha Note: pas habah b'kisnin should not be confused with pita on Melba toast is hamotzi. Conversely, frozen pizza boards that bread that is bread with a pocket, full-fledged bread, on which are par-baked and edible are manufactured with the intention of one recites hamotzi. being further processed into pizza, a product that is a snack food, a pas habah b'kisnin upon which one Determining the Criteria recites boreh minei mezonos. What qualifies as pas habah b'kisnin? Bagel Chips: One of the most elusive Our Rabbis posit four approaches to pas habah b'kisnin bakery products is the define pas habah b'kisnin: bagel chip. Bagel chips can theoretically 1. The Tu r, Rach, Aruch, and the be made in many fashions: baked, toasted, Rashba say that pas habah b'kisnin is fried, manufactured commercially, or bread dough that is filled with honey, made locally on a small in a local nuts, sweets and spices. bakery. Commercially produced bagel 2. According to the Rambam and the chips, according to the bagel chip Bais Yosef the dough, itself, is companies researched, do not take fresh distinctively sweet or fruity. The bagels and slice and toast them into bagel dough should taste more markedly chips. In order to get a uniform bagel chip cake-like than bread-like. product, commercial bagel chips have 3. The Bach embellishes the fairly stringent quality control baking Rambam's/Bais Yosef position thusly: criteria: size, thickness and texture. To the eggs, honey, and other sweet or this end, commercial bagel chips are made spicy ingredients should not only from long loaves of bagel dough that are give the dough a distinctly sweet or extruded and cut into uniformly sized spicy taste but these ingredients bagel chips that are seasoned, baked and should be a major ingredient toasted. These commercial bagel chips are component of the recipe as well.1 manufactured as a snack food and so, the 4. Rav Hei Gaon's approach to pas brocha would also be borei minei mezonos. habah b'kisnin is as follows: The How does a commercial bagel chip bread dough, either bland or spiced, differ from one that was made in the local is baked into a crisp hard cracker-like bakery? Commercial bagel chips do have texture. Some examples of this a bagel look and texture, yet many of approach are flatbread, bread sticks, them do not have a hole! Furthermore, and pretzels.2 they are all uniform in size and thickness. Bagel chips fitting these The halacha combines and follows all four opinions. One criteria would be pas habah b'kisnin. On the other hand, bagel would recite boreh minei mezonos on products fulfilling any one chips made from leftover bagels, which were originally intended of the above criteria.3 to be eaten as a meal, would be similar to Melba toast and the brocha on these bagel chips are hamotzi. If the baker has no The Fundamental Principle specific intention, he or she often bakes bagels knowing that Is there a fundamental principle and/or common criteria that some of them will eventually be converted into bagel chips. unify all halachic illustrations of pas habah b'kisnin? Yes, there is. Those bagel chips would be pas habah b'kisnin. The fundamental principle determining whether a product is Frying creates a completely different halachic ruling with all deemed bread or pas habah b'kisnin is predicated on the intention bread products. Any fried bread product - croutons, pita chips, of the producer when the product is baked or manufactured.4 If bagel chips and the like - may warrant a borei minei mezonos the manufacturer or baker intended to bake bread, a product to because frying nullifies the bread status of a bread product less be eaten as a meal, that item is considered full-fledged bread. than a kizayis. 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4 I. Varieties and circumstances that warrant a Birchas Hamotzi:

PIZZA: Croissants (when augmenting a dinner meal) Three slices of 18" pizza pie Croutons (toasted) Three slices of 16" pizza pie Matzos (Sefardim should ask their Rabbi) 1/2 of a 14" thin crust pie Melba toast 1/2 of a 12" regular pizza pie Mezonos rolls – that taste like cake and are 1/2 of a 9" deep dish pizza pie augmenting a dinner meal, and those that taste like bread OTHER: Soft pretzels (when augmenting a dinner Bagel chips made from bagels meal) Calzone –1 from a pizza shop; Stromboli – 1 from a pizza shop; 2 pre-packaged frozen 2 pre-packaged frozen II. Varieties and circumstances that warrant a Birchas Mezonos when eaten as a snack:

Bagel Chips (when created specifically as chips) One slice of pizza Breadsticks Pancakes Croissants (as a pastry) Pita chips (toasted) Flatbreads (all varieties) Soft pretzels Hard Pretzels Ryvita Kichel Tam Tams Matza Tams Wheat Tams

III. Varieties and circumstances that warrant a Birchas Mezonos under all conditions:

Bagel chips (fried) Doughnuts Blintzes Noodles Croutons (fried) Pita chips (fried)

determines how much pas orders the one slice together with side habah b'kisnin constitutes a dishes for dinner. Therefore, in order to full meal.5 When the pas avoid a questionable circumstance, 2 slices habah b'kisnin augments of 18" pizza or one slice of Sicilian pizza the meal, such as cake or should not be ordered alone. Our data a pas habah b'kisnin roll showed some other eating habits of the with an airline meal, even average consumer. They include consuming if the pas habah b'kisnin roll 1/2 of a 14" thin crust pie, 1/2 of a 12" or cake tasted like cake, once regular crust pie, 1/2 of a 9" deep dish pizza, one eats this cake or roll with a or a complete 9" or 10" pie for dinner. meal it fulfills a bread-like criteria and Specialty Breads: All specialty "flat one would have to wash and make bread" varieties, such as flat breads, common hamotzi on the cake or mezonos roll. lavash, wasa bread or cracker bread are occurrences when a pas habah b'kisnin Pizza: Pizza is a classic example of baked for snacking; the brocha is borei product can be and is elevated to bread flexible pas habah b'kisnin whose pas minei mezonos. If the flat breads augment status. When One is Kovah Seuda habah b'kisnin changes with the amount a dinner meal, the brocha would be the average consumer eats. elevated to hamotzi. 1) When one eats a full dinner meal, Pizza as a meal: Our Kashrus Kurrents consisting of pas habah b'kisnin, or 2) If pizza poll of current consumer eating habits We hope that this article has given the one uses pas habah b'kisnin to augment indicates that the average person consumes kosher consumer a clearer understanding other side dishes, the brocha one makes one slice of an 18" pizza (alone, without any about the halachic ramifications of pas on that pas habah b'kisnin is hamotzi when sides) as a snack and three slices of an 18" habah b'kisnin, so that the next time he or a full meal is eaten. Why? In these cases pizza (alone, without any sides) as a meal. she decides to go out to dinner, pizza and when one eats the pas habah b'kisnin as Two slices of an 18" pizza (alone, without fries will be approached with a new and one would eat bread, the pas habah any sides) was questionable. Most pizza healthy reverence—and, the correct b'kisnin has been elevated to bread-like shops were in agreement that the average brocha. status. Hence the brocha would be consumer orders 2 slices of pizza with a side hamotzi in these circumstances. In all dish for dinner. Similarly, one slice of square instances, of exclusive pas habah b'kisnin pan Sicilian pizza eaten alone as a meal is consumption, the amount that an average questionable, since the average consumer person consumes for a dinner meal

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When one looks at the familiar figure of tance and the friendship of Samuel Adams holding up his stein of ale or Grant Wood, production lager with a twinkle in his eye and a wry smile, manager of the Boston Beer do you ever wonder what he is thinking about? Company, makers of Samuel Adams Maybe he is toasting the fact that Samuel Beer. Grant was instrumental in Adams Beer is the very first world-class regular providing the Star-K information and and flavored beer, ale and lagers that have insight into the ins and outs of this received Star-K kosher certification. Further- fascinating industry. Over the years, his advice The Star-K is proud more, the fact that Samuel Adams Beer will has been invaluable, helping us separate fact to announce that the soon be exported to Israel may also give Sam from fiction, so that the Kashrus Kurrents following SAMUEL Adams reason to celebrate. Israel has long been articles would be entertaining, informative and ADAMS BEER and enamored with American products. It is not accurate. TWISTED TEA are unusual to see familiar American brands line This spring, Tempo Beer Industries of Israel, Star-K certified the Israeli supermarket shelves. Kellogg’s Corn a division of the popular Tempo Beverages, kosher. Flakes, Kikkoman Soy Sauce, Riviana Rice or called the Star-K for assistance with an exciting Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Magic Seasoning project. Tempo had acquired the rights to SAM ADAMS Blends, to name a few. import Samuel Adams Beer to Israel, but could A company needs to address a plethora of not conclude the deal until the Boston Beer Black Lager details before its product can be exported to Company had become certified kosher and its Boston Ale any foreign country. Aside from the normal products were yoshon. Could we help? Is there Boston Lager commercial challenges that water in the ocean? Cherry Wheat have to be overcome, any The Star-K sprung into Cream Stout product exported to Israel action. Grant Wood was must be kosher certified and indispensable, gathering all Hefeweizen must be approved by the the information necessary for Holiday Porter Chief Rabbinate of Israel. In the letters of kosher Light the case of Samuel Adams certification for all the flavor Octoberfest Beer, an additional issue to components. Furthermore, Old Fezziwig address was to ensure that the STAR-K needed the full their beverages for export to cooperation of Ken Lee, Pale Ale Israel were yoshon. The Star-K brewing manager of the Spring Ale was asked to step in. Samuel Adams production Summer Ale How did this project come facility, to monitor the dates Winter Lager to fruition? Years ago, when when the new barley the first Kashrus Kurrents would be cycled into their TWISTED TEA series of articles about the production facility, ensuring Half and Half kashrus of alcoholic beverages that the beer exported to Lemon was published, I had the good Israel would always be fortune to make the acquain- yoshon. Peach

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