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PPESACHPESACHESACH GUI GUIDEGUIDEDE 5773/20135776/20165773/2013 Updated as of April 14, 2016

WHAT’S INSIDE: • Shabbos HaGadol Drashos From the Star-K: • Hagalas Kailim • A Guide to Purchasing Chometz • Biyur Chometz after Pesach • Chometz after Pesach Chart • Zmanim • Stores where Chometz can be Purchased • Yeshiva Bain HaZmanim after Pesach 2016

• When Chometz may be Purchased after Pesach 2016 לשנה הבאה בירושלים Adas (Chofetz Chaim Adas Bnei Israel) Rabbi Shlomo Naiman ...... 6:30 PM Agudah of Greenspring Rabbi Mordechai Shuchatowitz ...... 5:30 PM Agudath Israel of Baltimore Rabbi Moshe Heinemann ...... 5:00 PM Arugas Habosem Rabbi Shaya Taub / Rabbi Aharon Hersh Taub ...... Drosho by Rabbi Chaim Betzalel Taub 6:30 PM Bais Haknesses Ohr HaChaim Rabbi Y. Zvi Weiss ...... 6:30 PM (7:15 Mincha) Bais Lubavitch (Clarks Lane) Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon ...... 10:30 AM Bais Medrash of Ranchleigh Rabbi Abba Zvi Naiman ...... 5:45 PM Baltimore Community Kollel (Kollel Tiferes Moshe Aryeh) Rabbi Nesanel Kostelitz ...... 6:00 PM Beit Yaakov Rabbi Emanuel Goldfeiz ...... 10:20 AM Shabbos Morning Beth Abraham Anshe Sfard (Hertzberg’s Shul) Rabbi Dovid Katz...... 3 Hours before Mincha

Beth Tfiloh Congregation Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg . . . .. ” (Epstein Chapel) 6:00 PM Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Rabbi Moshe Hauer ...... 5:50 PM (Halachah) 6:25 PM (Drasha) Congregation Avodas Yisroel Rabbi Moshe Tesser ...... 5:15 PM (6:00 Mincha) Congregation Chofetz Chaim – Talmudical Academy Rabbi Shraga Hershkowitz...... 6:35 PM Congregation Nachal Chaim Rabbi Sandler Goldberg ...... Shabbos hagadol Drasha before Musaf Darchei Tzedek Congregation Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz ...... 5:30 PM Greenspring Sephardic Center Rabbi Yehuda Khoshkeraman ...... (English) Heichel Melech Rabbi Pinchas Gross ...... 5:30 PM Kehilas Kol Torah Rabbi Yosef Berger ...... Kehilath B’nai Torah Rabbi Jonathan Aryeh Seidemann ...... 5:15 PM Kehillas Meor HaTorah Rabbi Simcha Wein ...... 5:15 PM Khal Ahavas Yisroel/Tzemach Tzedek Rabbi Dovid Heber ...... For Women: 4:45-5:30 PM / For Men: 5:50 PM Khal Chasidim Rosh Kollel HaRav Hershel Rosenfeld ...... 6:20 PM (Yiddish) Machzikei Torah Congregation Rabbi Nesanel Kosterlitz ...... Before Mussaf Mercaz Torah U'Tefillah Rav Yissochar Eichenstein ...... 10:25AM

Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synagogue Rabbi Sruli Motzen . . A ) Timeless Lessons from a Converso: The Life and Times of Gracia Mendes Nasi 10:30 AM

B) Be Prepared! A Journey through the Haggadah ...... 5:15 PM Ohel Moshe Rabbi Zvi Teichman ...... 6:20 PM Ohel Yakov Rabbi Peretz Dinovitz ...... 10:30AM Ohr Hamizrach Sephardic Center Rabbi Rouben Arieh ...... 4:30 PM (in Persian) Ohr Simcha Rabbi Ari Storch ...... 5:15 PM (Mincha follows) Shearith Israel Congregation Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer ...... 5:00 PM Shomrei Emunah Congregation Rabbi Binyamin Marwick ...... 6:00 PM Suburban Orthodox Congregation - Toras Chaim Rabbi Shmuel Silber ...... 5:45 PM The Shul At Luba vitch Center Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan ...... 6:00 PM Tiferes Yisroel Rabbi Menachem Goldberger ...... 5:30 PM Winands Road Synagogue Rabbi Shalom Salfer ...... The Chesed Fund and Project Ezra invite Project Ezra the entire community to the

Annual Baltimore Of Baltimore

Pimlico Race Course Clubhouse Parking Lot See Driving Directions Below Friday, April 22, 2016 | 6:30 - 11:30 am Suggested Donation: $5 Proceeds after expenses will be donated to Ahavas Yisrael Charity Fund

UNOPENED CONTAINERS OF UNEXPIRED CHOMETZ Easy Directions to will be collected by Park Heights Renaissance to distribute Pimlico Race Course to needy families in Southern Park Heights. Approved by Clubhouse Parking Lot: Rabbi Moshe Heinemann. 1. Head southeast down Park Heights Avenue, FOOD TRASH ONLY! Please be considerate; burn chometz, passing the Park Heights not plastic. If you wish to burn wrapped chometz, wrap it JCC on your right. in paper bags - not plastic, not styrofoam, not aluminum 2. Proceed through the foil. When plastic burns, it releases toxins which harm those intersection at Northern present and the environment. Parkway, and continue through the intersection CLOSED CANS AND BOTTLES CAN EXPLODE when placed at West Rogers Avenue. in the fire. You must put them in the provided dumpsters. 3. Make a left at the next light, onto Hayward Avenue. PLEASE RECYCLE. Designated dumpsters will be available. 4. Make the next right at BULK TRASH, such as furniture, appliances, etc., will not be Maple Avenue, into the accepted. Food garbage can be placed in our dumpsters. Pimlico Parking Lot. See the back of this flyer for bulk trash disposal.

and ע’’ה This event is sponsored in memory of Mrs. Sheila Katz ע’’ה Mrs. Ruth Miller SPECIAL THANKS TO… coordination of The Annual Chometz Burning : Baltimore Council President BERNARD C. “JACK” YOUNG and Our sincere thanks and appreciation to the STAR-K and BETSY GARDNER, Neighborhood Liaison/City-Wide Jewish MRS. PESI HERSKOVITZ for sponsoring and publicizing the Community Liaison community Chometz Burning from 1982-2014. The Baltimore City Police Dept., Commissioner KEVIN DAVIS, Heartfelt thanks to DR. BERT MILLER for originating the and the Baltimore City POLICE ACADEMY Trainees, under the community Chometz Burning, and for managing it since DARREN BELECHTO 1982. We appreciate his continuing dedication, and the Baltimore City Fire Chief NILES R. FORD, and the BALTIMORE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT mitzvah every year. BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION- Special thanks to THE CHOMETZ BURNING STEO’S DOT’S SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM COORDINATORS. Thanks to THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS which support and BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS participate in our programs. Maryland Jockey Club, SAL SINATRA- VP General Manager, and RICK ALLEN, Facilities Director Thank you to DAVID EHRENFELD and NORTHWEST Park Heights Renaissance-CHEO HURLEY, Executive Director, REFUSE for their help in this endeavor. and KALEEMA BREATHETT, Community Organizer Thanks to FRANK & DANIELLE SARAH STORCH whose CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc. – MITCHELL Project Ezra and Chesed Fund organizations help so many POSNER, Executive Director, and RACHEL MOSES, Marketing in our community and beyond. Manager

Free Bulk Trash

Since only chometz can be disposed at the Chometz Burning, please bring all your bulk trash to the location provided by your district.

You must provide ID to dispose of bulk trash at either location because these services are provided only to residents of their districts. Baltimore City Residents: Baltimore County Residents: Northwest Transfer Station Central Acceptance Facility 5030 Reisterstown Road 201 West Warren Road • Cockeysville MD 21030 Baltimore, MD 21215 410-887-2000 • Mon. - Sat., 7 am - 4 pm 410-396-2706 • Mon. – Sat., 7 am – 3 pm

Going down Reisterstown Road with Tov Pizza on your left, cross Northern Parkway and continue three lights down until Garrison go approximately one mile, passing the Park and Ride on your Ave. Immediately after the light, turn right into a driveway left. Proceed through the first light (Beaver Dam Road) and go

m m m m m o o o approximately 1/4 mile to the first right, which has a green sign o o c marked “5030” with big green gates. Follow this driveway c . c . . c . . c n n n n n g g g g g i i i i i s s s directly to the transfer station to dispose of your trash. s s e e e e e d d d d d n n n n n a a a ~10-15 minutes from Pikesville the road to enter the facility and dispose of your trash. Note: a a m m m m m i i i i i a a a a a t t t t t s s s City Residents can also call 311 for information about Some map programs will inaccurately show this address on the s s monthly bulk trash pickup. east side of York Road. ~15 to 20 minutes from Pikesville

Project Ezra & Of Baltimore STRONG COMMUNITIES FOR LIFE STAIMAN DESIGN

Project Ezra AGUDAH GREENSPRING Every day of Chol HaMoed, 8:00 Shacharis followed by BYOM (Bring Your Own Matza) Breakfast and an hour Learning Program.

BALTIMORE COMMUNITY KOLLEL Open Bais Medrash with cake and coffee available.

KEHILATH B'NAI TORAH Bain Hazmanim Program begins April 14th. Shacharis 9:00 am, followed by a hot fresh breakfast in the Social Hall. Learning in the Bais Medrash until 11:00 am, followed by a daily shiur until 11:30 a.m. by noted magedai shiur in inyanai Pesach.

Chol Ha Moed Bais Medrash, hot breakfast is served in the Social Hall after the 8:00 am minyan, learning follows in the Bais Medrash.

The Chol Homed Breakfast & Learning Program is sponsored by the Isbee Family in memory of R' Elozer Isbee ZT"L.

KOL TORAH Beginning Friday, April 15th, there will be a daily 8:15am weekday Shacharis followed by breakfast and Seder for those who can stay and learn in the Bais Medrash. Starting Monday April 18th there will also be a 1:45pm weekday Mincha, Mon-Thurs. This will continue through Chol Hamoed and after Pesach through Wednesday, May 4th.

OHR HACHAIM April 17th-21, Shachris is at 7:15 & 8:20, followed by breakfast, and seder 9:00-1:00

OHR HAMIZRACH Yeshiva Bain Hazmanim - learning every day of Chol HaMoaid at 9:30am in Ohr Hamizrach with breakfast

MONMONDDAAYY,, APRILAPRIL 25,21 /2011 21 NISSAN Please do not use itemsBALTIMORE for 24 hoursCHOMETZ prior BURNING to hagalah 2011 Hagalas7th Day of P OKmerailim Day 6 SUNDAY, APRIL 17 / 9 NISSAN Shearith Israel Agudah Park Heights Naitz:Naitz: 6:166:21:14 AM 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 9:30 - 10:30 AM (10 items or less) PIMLICO RACE COURSE 10:30SS of-of Noon zmanzman (unli kkriasriasm t shema:edshema: number 9:04/9:409:07:9:43 of items) AAMM Clubhouse Parking Lot BnaiCC Jahhaacttobzzos:os: Shaa 1:051:06 r PPeiMM Zion Suburban Orthodox

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Any chametz or leaven that is in my possession, whether I have recognized it or not, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, should be annulled and become ownerless, like dust of the earth. A GUIDE TO PURCHASING CHOMETZ AFTER PESACH

Rabbi Mordechai Frankel |

AG JUEWIDET OISP HU-ROWNECHASHIDN GSA TG OURIDEET THAOP URTC HDAIDSIN NOGC TH OSMELELTZ AIT FSTE RCHOMETP ESACH Z TO A NON-JEW FOR PESACH chometz on Pesach. In order to dissuade people from owning chometz on Pesach, there is a rabbinic injunction not to eat or benefit after Pesach from chometz which was owned by a Jew during Pesach. Such chometz is known as chometz sheovar olov haPesach, and it remains forbidden permanently.1 For this reason, one should not buy chometz from a Jewish-owned store immediately after Pesach, unless the owner sold all chometz that he owned before Pesach to a non-Jew for the duration of Pesach, and did not acquire any further chometz during Pesach. mechiras chometz (selling chometz to a gentile for Pesach) are complex; therefore the sale must be made by a competent rabbi or kashrus authority. If a Jewish-owned store did not sell its chometz for Pesach, may one buy chometz from that store a few weeks after Pesach? It is difficult for the consumer to ascertain whether the chometz was in the store on Pesach and is therefore forbidden, or whether it came into the store after Pesach and is permitted. Since chometz sheovar olov haPesach is a rabbinic injunction, one can be lenient if there is a reasonable doubt as to whether or not the chometz was in the store on Pesach safek derabbanan lekula” – we are lenient when it is uncertain whether or not a rabbinic restriction applies).2 generally have a two week turnaround time. It should be assumed that all chometz sold in the two weeks after Pesach was already in the store on Pesach time for alcoholic beverages is longer than that of products in supermarkets. Liquor stores generally maintain inventory for six or seven weeks. One should wait until after Shavuos before purchasing liquor from such a store.

A JEWISH-OWNED STORE THAT SOLD ITS CHOMETZ TO A NON-JEW FOR PESACH As mentioned above, a Jew who owns a store can sell his chometz to a non-Jew for the duration of Pesach. If the Jew is observant and does not sell chometz to customers during Pesach, there is no doubt that he really intended to sell his chometz to the non-Jew before Pesach. However, if the owner is not observant and does not close his store for Pesach, it can be argued that he considers the sale of chometz to be a legal fiction and does not have real intent to sell the chometz. Nevertheless, Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l paskens that, bedieved, the sale is valid because legally the chometz no longer belongs to him.3 However, other Poskim are stringent.4 Even Rav Moshe agrees that chometz that the Jewish owner purchased during Pesach is not included in the sale and cannot be eaten after Pesach.

A STORE OWNED BY A NON-JEW OR BY A PERSON THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE JEWISH If a privately-held store is owned by a non-Jew, one may buy chometz from that store immediately after Pesach. However, a consumer may not know whether the owner is Jewish or non-Jewish. If the store is located in an area where the majority of people are non-Jews, he may assume that the owner is not Jewish. Unfortunately, even if the owner has a Jewish sounding name, the rate of intermarriage in America is such that the name may no longer provide an indication as to whether or not the person is Jewish. Some food stores are owned by a number of partners, or by shareholders who each have stock in the company. If non-Jewish partners or shareholders own a majority of the business, there is no concern of chometz sheovar olov haPesach.5 To the best of our knowledge, the following are currently some of the supermarkets which are majority owned by non-Jews, and chometz may be bought from them immediately after Pesach: BJs, , CVS, , K-Mart, , , Petco, Petsmart, Rite-Aid, Royal Farms, Sam’s Club, Save-A-Lot, Shoppers, Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, , , and Whole Foods.

1 Mishna Berura 448:25. 2 See Igros Moshe O.C. 4:96, which distinguishes between small and large Jewish-owned stores. 3 Igros Moshe O.C. 1:149, 2:91, 4:95. 4 Maharam Shick O.C. 205, Sdei Chemed vol. 7 page 352. 5 Zeicher Yitzchok siman 8. A STORE WHICH RECEIVES CHOMETZ FROM A JEWISH DISTRIBUTOR How does a get the food that it sells? A distributor brings the food from the manufacturer to a warehouse, from where it is sent to individual supermarkets. If the distributor is Jewish, and he owned the chometz during Pesach, that food would be forbidden after Pesach. Even if the supermarket is owned by non-Jews, the food would still be forbidden after Pesach, as it was owned by a Jew during Pesach. C&S Wholesale Grocers is a wholesale distributor of food and items. It is a privately held company, and is the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the United States. It currently serves about 5,000 stores in 15 states (including California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania). Its customers include Safeway, Target, A&P, Stop & Shop, Giant, , , and Winn-Dixie. However, the STAR-K does not have information as to which specific products are distributed by C&S, nor which specific stores are serviced by them. the third generation of the family to lead the company. It is assumed that he is Jewish. In the past, a prominent rabbi arranged a mechiras chometz for C&S distributors. However, as mentioned above, according to Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, this sale would not include the chometz that C&S acquired during Pesach. Recently, another prominent Posek has been selling the entire company to a non-Jew for the duration of Pesach, so that any chometz bought during Pesach would also belong to that non-Jew. While this sale is to be welcomed, it is not without halachic difficulties, and some feel that the sale of a multi-million dollar corporation for the duration of Pesach is halachically questionable. Stores which receive goods from C&S may also work with other non-Jewish distributors, and it is very difficult to determine whether any particular product was distributed by C&S or by another company. As mentioned above, safek chometz sheovar olov haPesach is permitted, and this would include goods which may or may not have been owned by C&S during Pesach. However, if a person has the option of shopping at a store which does not receive goods from a Jewish distributor that may have owned chometz on Pesach, it is commendable to do so until four weeks after Pesach.6 of them. A local Orthodox rabbi should be consulted for guidance regarding local stores and supermarkets, as well as resolution of any halachic issues.

Foods sells their chometz Giant Target- Section labeled Safeway - Section labeled “Kosher Foods”: Frozen foods only.

BUYING BOURBON

Although it produces a variety of alcoholic drinks, the primary focus of its business is bourbon. Although there is some discussion in the Poskim, the general consensus is that the prohibition of chometz sheovar olov haPesach applies to bourbon. To the best of our knowledge, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sazerac Company is Jewish. Although the Sazerac Company recently began selling some of its chometz for Pesach ages bourbon for years before selling it, so all their bourbon should currently be considered chometz sheovar olov haPesach and is not recommended year-round.7

6 Heard from Rabbi Heinemann shlit”a 7 A list of their products can be found at http://www.sazerac.com/BrandPortfolio.aspx?NBid=1. CHOMETZ AFTER PESACH CHART

Rabbi Dovid Heber | STAR-K Kashrus Administrator

Yes” next to a product indicates“ .חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח (שעה”פ Following Pesach, one may purchase these products only from a .חמץ שעה”פ the product is subject to the halachos of Jewish owned store that properly sold its chometz, or from a store owned by a gentile. “No” next to a product indicates .Pesach חמץ שעה”פ the product is not subject to the halachos of חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח? PRODUCT Barley (if pearled, raw and packaged) No Beer Yes Bread /Cake/Cookies Yes Cereal with primary ingredient of wheat, oats or barley Yes Chometz content is more than a k’zayis. Yes

1 Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than /60 of the cooked product (e.g., Corn Flakes cereal) Yes

1 Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than /60 of the uncooked product No

1 Chometz content is less than /60 of the product No Chometz Nokshe (e.g., chometz glue) Yes Condiments containing vinegar (ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles) No Corn Flakes (brands that contain malt flavor – e.g., Kellogg’s) Yes Cookies Yes Cosmetics No Detergents No Extracts No Flour (including flour that contains whole wheat flour or malted barley) No Food Coloring No Gefilte Fish (not KFP that contains matzo meal or chometz) Yes Ketchup No Kitniyos No Malt extract in product (e.g., Rice Krispies) Yes Maltodextrin No Maltose (in product) Yes Matzo and Matzo Meal (not certified for Pesach ) Yes Mayonnaise No Medicine containing chometz No Modified food starch (from unknown source) No Mustard No Oatmeal (Instant, Regular, Baby) Yes Pasta Yes Pickles No Pretzels Yes Processed on chometz equipment with no chometz content in product (if it was not known to have been processed on Pesach) No Products non-edible even for canine consumption No Rice Krispies (brands that contains malt flavor - e.g., Kellogg’s Yes Rolled Oats Yes Soy Sauce (containing wheat) Yes Vanillin and Ethyl Vanillin No Vinegar (from unknown sources) No Vitamins containing chometz No Wheat germ Yes Wheat gluten or Wheat protein (unknown amount in product) Yes Whiskey Yes Yeast (Baker’s) No Yeast extract No STORES WHERE CHOMETZ MAY BE PURCHASED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PESACH 2016

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STORES IN THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREA

7-11 K-Mart Save-A-Lot Fords Lane, Hooks Lane, Old Court Road (at Greenwood), Mars Savings Center Reisterstown Road (near Slade Ave.) Petco 4003 Seven Mile Lane A-Z Savings Petsmart Seven Mile Market 6307 Reisterstown Road Shoppers Food Warehouse BJ’s Rite-Aid Costco Royal Farms Shoprite 37 W. Aylesbury Road, Timonium CVS Sam’s Discount Warehouse Trader Joe’s Dugan’s Liquor Village Liquors *Dunkin Donuts * Only these two locations of Dunkin Donuts are 1508 Reisterstown Rd. (at Old Court Rd.) under the certification of Rabbi Sholom Salfer. Walgreens 7000 Reisterstown Rd. (near Fallsta Rd.) Please note that it is permissable to purchase Earth Origins Market products at these Dunkin Donuts on Motzei Walmart Pesach, April 30, ONLY AFTER 9:50 p.m. (this Whole Foods .(בכדי שיﬠשו Food Lion time meets the requirement of

WHEN CHOMETZ MAY BE PURCHASED AFTER PESACH 2016

MAJOR JEWISH OWNED SUPERMARKETS THAT DO NOT SELL THEIR CHOMETZ Sunday, May 15, 2016 (2 weeks after Pesach)

SUPERMARKETS THAT PURCHASE FROM JEWISH OWNED DISTRIBUTORS THAT DO NOT SELL THEIR CHOMETZ Sunday, May 29, 2016 (4 weeks after Pesach)

JEWISH OWNED LIQUOR STORES THAT DO NOT SELL THEIR CHOMETZ Tuesday, June 14, 2016 (after Shavuos)

BALTIMORE DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION

A&L F OODS DISTRIBUTOR O F K OSHER F OODS (to Giant, Target, and Safeway in Baltimore) sells their chometz through the STAR-K. The following chometz products may be purchased from these stores immediately after Pesach as follows: • G IA NT - Section Labeled KOSHER FOODS: Dry, Frozen, Refrigerated • TA R G ET- Section Labeled KOSHER FOODS: Dry, Frozen • S AF EW AY - Section Labeled KOSHER FOODS: Frozen Foods ONLY

Chometz products found in the remainder of these supermarkets may possibly have been purchased from a Jewish distributor. Therefore, it is commendable not to purchase chometz products from these stores until four weeks after Pesach. One may purchase chometz products from these stores beginning on the Sunday after Lag B’omer , May 29th, 2016. We do not have information regarding these stores in other parts of the country.