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Crc Passover Guide Does Not Necessarily Constitute 773-465-3900 a Chicago Rabbinical Council Endorsement of Products Or Services cRc GUIDEPASSOVER 2019 VISIT www.askcrc.org TO SEARCH KOSHER FOR PESACH PRODUCT INFORMATION Download the App AVAILABLE FOR FREE AT Download the cRc Smartphone App for updated Kosher lists and Pesach lists and info. VISIT FOR מועצת הרבנים דשיקגו www.crcweb.org EBeth Din Information EConsumer & Commercial Kosher Information EKashrus Updates Chicago Rabbinical Council 2 Thank you for your patronage throughout the year and during this Pesach season 2 Kashered At 212° F 2 cRc Pesach Guide 5779 www.crcweb.org CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL PASSOVER FAIR 5779 / 2019 Live Romaine Lettuce Checking Demonstration Sunday 2:30 – 3:30 April 14, 2019 2:00 – 5:30 pm Knife Sharpening BY SHARPENING BY DAVE Hebrew Knife sharpening from 3:30 – 5:30 only. Last orders accepted at 5:00 Theological College $2 charge per knife. First 2 knives complimentary. 7135 N. Carpenter Rd Keilim Kashering Skokie, Illinois Items being kashered must be clean and must not have been used within 24 hours. Shaatnez Testing AFTA Approved Representative DROP-OFF, AND PICK-UP ON THE SPOT OR IN WEST ROGERS PARK Car Cleaning Fasman Yeshiva High School seniors will have car cleaning available. CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL By appointment only: call 773-764-6354 2701 W HOWARD ST or email [email protected]. CHICAGO, IL 60645 WWW.CRCWEB.ORG WWW.ASKCRC.ORG cRc FAQ Booth 773.250.5476 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PASSOVER INFORMATION Policy on Medicines, Cosmetics, and Toiletries 3 cRc Shopping Guide 55 The Chicago Rabbinical Council 4 Recommended Kosher Symbols 59 HaRav Chaim Tzvi Goldzweig, zt”l: 6 Milk and Dairy Products for Pesach 61 Passover… What’s It All About? 8 Medicines and Cosmetics 63 Sephardic Laws and Customs 9 Nutritional Supplements, Formula, and Milk Substitutes 67 PREPARATION FOR PASSOVER Kosher Liquor – An Overview 71 Nissan/April Important Dates and Times 10 What Is Pesach Without Chocolate? 76 Never Give Up Hope 11 Consumer Pesach FAQ 78 10 Questions to Ask Before Pesach Foods for Your Pets 81 Booking Your Pesach Hotel 13 Chametz after Pesach 84 Which Foods Are Chametz? 17 Proper Disposal of Chametz 20 SEASONAL ARTICLES Pre-Passover Cleaning Checklist 21 AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Kashering the Kitchen 22 A Selection of the Halachot of Birkat HaIlanot 87 cRc Guidelines For Shaimos 27 LaKol Zeman Va’Eis – Should Which Items Can Be Kashered? 28 Charity and Prayer be Forced to Share? 90 Tevillas Keilim 29 Treating Food with Respect 93 Guidelines for Those Leaving Profiles in Kashrus: Home Before Passover 33 Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz 96 Taanis B’chorim 33 The Pesach Post - Kids Pages 98 The Minhag of “Not Mishing” 35 cRc Fruit and Vegetable Policy 101 Why Isn’t Everyone Concerned about Gebrokst? 39 Sefiras HaOmer Calendar 109 Is My Damaged Chicken Kosher? 40 Calendar 110 The Laws of Eruv Tavshilin 42 cRc Officers and Staff 111 Seder Plate 46 The Seder 47 Matzah 50 For Kosher Consumer Alerts by e-mail, visit www.crcweb.org/alerts.php. Updated Passover information is available online Chicago Rabbinical Council at www.crcweb.org and www.askcrc.org. 2701 W. Howard Chicago, IL 60645 Advertising in the cRc Passover Guide does not necessarily constitute 773-465-3900 a Chicago Rabbinical Council endorsement of products or services. 2 cRc Pesach Guide 5779 www.crcweb.org www.askcrc.org cRc Pesach Guide 5779 3 A TRADITION OF The SERVING RABBIS… Founded in 1932, the cRc now engages over 140 members in the Chicago U.S., Canada, and Israel, who are proud to provide the community Rabbinical with the specialized technical services of our expert staff. Council SERVING THE RELIGIOUS NEEDS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CHICAGOLAND Rabbi Herschel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University’s AND BEYOND! R.I.E.T.S., meeting with rabbis at the cRc. A RISING LEADER IN KOSHER Beth Din Zedek SUPERVISION AND GROWING Rabbinical Court of Jewish Law Rabbi Sholem Fishbane; our Kashruth Administrator, leads AKO, the Association of Kashrus Organizations. The cRc continues The Beth Din is led by Rosh Beth Din, to expand its reach, offering assistance to agencies around the Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, and Av world. Beth Din, Rabbi Yona Reiss. Along with our Dayanim, Rabbi Daniel J. Raccah, and Rabbi Ephraim Friedman, and Menahel, Rabbi A. M. Abramson, the Beth Din provides an array of expert services and is available to address matters of Jewish law. Services include: Rabbi Sholem Fishbane at an AKO Executive meeting, with the heads of major American kashrus agencies and representatives of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. Dinei Torah Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation OUR KOSHER SUPERVISION TRAVELS Gittin THE WORLD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY Religious Divorce Our Rabbis travel around the world, throughout Asia and Europe, and of course, Israel, to ensure the kashrus of products you use Shtarot every day. Halachic Documentation Geruth Conversion Chevra Kadisha Jewish Burial Society Rules and Procedures for Beth Din Proceedings and the Halachic Pre-nuptial Agreement are available at www.crcweb.org/BethDin.php Rabbi Sholem Fishbane and Rabbi Zvi Fishbane (right of center) visiting a shechita in Israel. 4 cRc Pesach Guide 5779 www.crcweb.org …AND COMMITMENT TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY cRc Publications available for purchase at We serve the community with educational programs. All proceeds www.crcweb.org/books.php from kashruth supervision are invested in the community. NEW Kanfei Yona by Rabbi Reiss NEW Halachos of Insects by Rabbi Cohen Pas Yisroel and Bishul Yisroel by Rabbi Dovid Cohen Chicago Rabbis: Visionaries, Pioneers, and Leaders, 1847 – 1950 by Rabbi Moshe Kushner, z”l Noted expert in medical ethics, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, addressing the Shaarei Gedulah community, medical professionals, and rabbis about end-of-life issues. by Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz Sefer Zichron Menuchah— A COMMUNITY BETH DIN, Practical Halachos of Yichud in AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER the Home and in the Workplace Rabbi Yona Reiss, a respected expert in Jewish law, leads the by Rabbi Ephraim Friedman Dayanim of our internationally recognized Beth Din. Ahavat HaGer by Rabbi Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak Food Service Mashgiach Guidebook by Rabbi Dovid Cohen Additional cRc Publications available for free online and at the cRc office Spotlight Rabbi Yona Reiss, Rabbi Ephraim Friedman, and Rabbi A.M. Abramson at a cRc- on Chicago sponsored conference on geirus and gittin with Rav Dovid Lau (front – third from cRc PASSOVER right), the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, and dayanim from the United States GUIDE 2019 Passover and Canada. VISIT www.askcrc.org TO SEARCH KOSHER FOR PESACH PRODUCT INFORMATION Guide Download the App AVAILABLE FOR FREE AT Download the cRc Smartphone App for updated Kosher lists and Pesach lists and info. VISIT FOR מועצת הרבנים דשיקגו www.crcweb.org EBeth Din Information EConsumer & Commercial Kosher Information EKashrus Updates Chicago Rabbinical Council Kosher WE INVEST IN QUALITY SUPERVISION Consumer AND CONSUMER RESEARCH Kashrus Symbol Card We invest in researching community concerns, such as acceptable alcoholic beverages, Pesach products, reliable certifying agencies, and methods of checking produce for insects. Scan to order cRc Publications Rabbi Yisroel Langer, cRc Specialist in Bedikas Tolayim, demonstrating how to check for bugs at the cRc Pesach Fair 2018. www.askcrc.org cRc Pesach Guide 5779 5 HARAV CHAIM TZVI GOLDZWEIG, ZT”L: REMEMBERING THE “FATHER” OF KASHRUS Last summer, Klal Yisroel mourned the loss of HaRav Chaim Tzvi ben HaRav Moshe Gershon Goldzweig, acclaimed “father” of modern kashrus supervision, whose decades of service and countless hours on the road have put the OU symbol on thousands of products all over the world. At the cRc, the loss was personal. A native Chicagoan who shared his time and expertise selflessly, Rabbi Goldzweig was instrumental in shaping the cRc Kashrus Division, guiding its transition from an ad hoc local operation to an industry leader, and was an upstanding member of the cRc Kashruth Commission until his passing. The following thoughts were expressed by Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, who merited to learn from (and with) Rabbi Goldzweig, whom he viewed as his mentor in kashrus supervision. It is hard to describe a man as brilliant as Rabbi Goldzweig. problems that others may have overlooked. A colleague He was a gaon in Torah, a wiz in mechanics, a maven in of mine recalls entering a plant with Rabbi Goldzweig. With chemicals and ingredients, and a master of humility, hiding uncanny precision, he pointed to a box sitting at the far his formidable mind behind a finely tuned sense of humor end of the warehouse. It turned out to contain non-kosher and a disarming approachability. chicken fat. This took more than a brilliant mind and de- cades of experience. It was clear that he had a unique sya- When Rabbi Goldzweig entered the field of kashrus in ta diShmaya (“Divine assistance”). 1960, precious few products were certified kosher. Recog- nizing the historic opportunity to be mezakeh (give merit Why was he zocheh (meritorious) to this special bracha to) countless Jews with the mitzvah of eating kosher, he (blessing)? I believe that it came from another beautiful dedicated his life to supervising factories large and small. He drove long hours and flew even longer hours, all with the singular goal of providing Jewish people with kosher food. Klal Yisroel, the beneficiaries of his pioneering work, may never fully appreciate his sacrifice, nor the sacrifice of his family who rarely saw him at home for a weekday dinner or school event. When Rabbi Goldzweig entered a factory, everyone grav- itated toward him. The polished executive, the gruff man- ager, and the scruffy laborer all saw him as a gentle and kind friend, someone they could trust and respect. October 2, 2014 - cRc Av Beth Din Rabbi Yona Reiss; Rabbi Despite his childlike openness, Rabbi Goldzweig was a Shmuel Fuerst, Dayan of Agudath Israel; and Rabbi Sholem Fishbane with Rabbi Goldzweig at the seudas preida when the perceptive supervisor whose sharp eye spotted potential Goldzweigs moved to Los Angeles.
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