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Complete Pesach Guide 2021 As בס״ד THE KASHRUT AUTHORITY OF AUSTRALIA & NZ Certifying Kosher in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region ועד הכשרות דסידני והמדינה GUIDE TO PESACH TH EDITION 5781 • 2021 Keeping Kosher Made Easy Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 1 www.ka.org.au Kosher for Passover 2021 & All Year Round SHOP ONLINE www.djaproducts.com BEETROOT BROCCOLI MUSHROOM VEGGIE VEGGIE VEGGIE CRACKERS CRACKERS CRACKERS 90G 90G 90G CRISPY BAKED NATURAL APPLE SLICES KALE WITH HONEY CHIPS 30G BAKED-DRIED 6G POTATO TARO SWEET CHIPS CHIPS POTATO PAR FRIED & PAR FRIED & CHIPS BAKED BAKED PAR FRIED & 70G 70G BAKED 70G 2 The Kashrut Authority – Keeping Kosher Made Easy KA KASHERING SERVICE If you wish to have your home kashered for Pesach, please call the KA office on 02 9365 2933 or email [email protected] FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP PO Box 7206, Bondi Beach NSW 2026 Australia Tel: 1300KASHRUT (1300 527 4788) | +61 9365 2933 Fax: +61 9365 0933 | Email: [email protected] DESIGN & LAYOUT BY CREATIVECORNER.COM.AU [email protected] Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 3 Contents Approved Kashrut Agencies 6 – 9 Times For Pesach 5781 – 2021 10 – 12 Section 1: PeSach Product liSt Pesach Product Guidelines 5781 – 2021 14 – 74 Section 2: a Guide to KaSherinG a PeSach Kitchen The Pesach Kitchen 77 – 87 Section 3: the Mitzvah of diSPoSinG of chaMetz The Mitzvah Of Disposing Of Chametz 89 Selling The Chametz 92 Search For and The Removal Of Chametz 93 Section 4: the Mitzvah of the Seder niGht The Mitzvot Of Seder Nights 97 – 102 What to do on the Seder Nights 100 Shiurei Torah 102 Pesach Recipes 103 Delegation of Power of Sale 109 Index 111 - 112 4 The Kashrut Authority – Keeping Kosher Made Easy Dear Kosher Consumer, Welcome to the Kashrut Authority Guide for Pesach 5781/2021 This booklet contains a guide to kosher for Pesach products; a guide to cleaning your home for Pesach and a guide to kashering your kitchen. After following the directions and working hard making all the preparations, it also has a guide to the key mitzvot of the Seder night and how those mitzvot should be properly fulfilled. See also our guide “Erev Pesach That Falls on Shabbat”. In short everything you need to know for the coming festival is contained in these pages. This booklet is the hard work of all of us at the KA. We are confident as to the accuracy of the information contained therein, however please check our website as we get closer to Pesach in case there are changes or alerts that are as a result of information that has come to hand after publication. We would like to remind you again this year, that we now only recommend carbonated drinks that have been specifically approved for Pesach. If there are any items not covered in our booklet, or if there are specific questions you need answered please do not hesitate to “join the conversation” on our facebook page, or email our dedicated Pesach email address kapesach18@ gmail.com . Please feel free also to whatsapp my dedicated pesach number +61411657372. We also take this opportunity to thank both local and overseas Kashrut agencies that have shared with us information in relation to Pesach and year round matters, and in particular the OU, OK and CRC and locally our esteemed colleagues at Kosher Australia . Most importantly we thank you our loyal kosher consumers. You are ultimately the driving force behind the formidable strength of kosher demand in our community. The more you purchase local kosher items, the more the market place knows of kosher consumers - the more products will become available and the more companies will want their products to be kosher. All of us at the KA take this opportunity to wish all of you a: Happy and Kosher Pesach “This Year in Exile next year in Jerusalem with the Temple rebuilt” Chag Sameach Rabbi Moshe D Gutnick Rabbinic Administrator Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 5 Approved Kashrut Agencies Only when bearing “Kosher for Passover” identification or bears a ‘P’ or ‘KLP’ beside the logo ISRAEL Beis Din Tzedek of the Eida Hachereidis of Jerusalem Badatz Mehadrin Rabbi Rubin Rehovot Rabbi Moshe Landau B’nei Brak Chug Chasam Sofer Beis Din Tzedek of Agudath Israel Beis Din Tzedek of K’hal Machzikei Hadas SOUTH AFRICA Kashrut department of the Beth Din of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Except for products containing peanuts 6 The Kashrut Authority – Keeping Kosher Made Easy UNITED KINGDOM Kedassia – The joint kashrut committee of England Kashrut division of London Beth Din Manchester Beth Din Gateshead Kashrus Authority Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues London UNITED STATES The OK kosher certification The Orthodox Union Kof-K kosher supervision Star-K kosher certification Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 7 Star-D certification – Non chalav yisrael K’hal Adath Jeshurun (Breuer’s) Beth Din Hameyuchud L’inyonei Kashrus of the Central Rabbinical Congress Chicago Rabbinical Council Rabbi Nuchem Efraim Teitelbaum (Volover Rav) Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum (Nirbarter Rav) Scroll K – Vaad Hakashrus of Denver Vaad Hoeir of Saint Louis Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) Cincinnati Kosher – Vaad Hoier of Cincinnati 8 The Kashrut Authority – Keeping Kosher Made Easy Texas-K Florida K and Florida Kashrus Services New Square Kashrus Council CANADA Montreal Vaad Hair Kashrut Council of Canada Kosher Check previously called BCK (British Columbia Kosher) AUSTRALIA The Kashrut Authority of Aust & NZ Kosher Australia, Melbourne Mizrachi Congregation Adass Israel Melbourne Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 9 Times For Pesach To be safe, prohibited activity should cease 10 minutes before the stated time. NISSAN 5781 – MARCH/APRIL 2021 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 March 1 April 2 April 3 April Pesach 1 Pesach 2 Second Seder After: 7.33pm Count Sefira: 2 Pesach 3 Pesach 4 Light Candles After: 7.33pm Yom Tov Ends: 7.31pm Chol Hamoed Chol Hamoed Count Sefira: 1 Count Sefirah: 2 Count Sefira: 3 Count Sefira: 4 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 April Achron Shel Pesach Pesach 8 Count Sefira: 8 Pesach Ends: 6.23pm Non Daylight Saving Time Eat Chametz After: 7.00pm Count Sefira: 9 Count Sefira: 10 Count Sefira: 11 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April Count Sefira: 15 Count Sefira: 16 Count Sefira: 17 Count Sefira: 18 10 The Kashrut Authority – Keeping Kosher Made Easy NISSAN 5781 – MARCH/APRIL 2021 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March Shabbat HaGadol Erev Pesach Stop Eating: 11.01am Saying Kol Chamira: 12 noon Fast of First Born Shabbat Ends: 7.34pm Search for Chametz Burn Chametz: 12 noon Light Candles: 7.34pm After Nightfall Light Candles: 6.41pm First Seder After: 7.34pm 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 March 1 April 2 April 3 April Pesach 6 Shevii Shel Pesach Pesach 5 Chol Hamoed Pesach 7 Chol Hamoed Count Sefira: 6 Count Sefira: 7 Count Sefira: 5 Light Candles: 6.31pm Light Candles After: 7.25pm 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 April Count Sefira: 13 Count Sefira: 14 Count Sefira: 12 Light Candles: 5.22pm Shabbat Ends: 6.16pm 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April Count Sefira: 20 Count Sefira: 21 Count Sefira: 19 Light Candles: 5.13pm Shabbat Ends: 6.07pm Pesach Product Guide 5781 – 2021 11 Times For Pesach 5781 - 2021 To be safe, prohibited activity should cease 10 minutes before the stated time. TIMES2 FOR TIMES2 FOR TIMES2 FOR TIMES2 FOR TIMES2 FOR CANDLE BURNING STOPPING TO SAYING KOL CANDLE LIGHTING ON CHAMETZ EAT CHAMETZ CHAMIRA LIGHTING FIRST SEDER CITY ON FRIDAY ON SHABBAT ON SHABBAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT MORNING MORNING MORNING EVENING SATURDAY NIGHT3 MARCH 26 2021 MARCH 27 2021 MARCH 27 2021 MARCH 26 2021 MARCH 27 2021 Jerusalem 11.42am 10.41am 11.42am 6.18pm 7.31pm AUSTRALIA SYDNEY 12 noon 11.01am 12 noon 6.41pm 7.34pm Adelaide 12.20pm 11.21am 12.20pm 7.01pm 7.55pm Brisbane 10.53am 9.53am 10.53am 5.35pm 6.26pm Canberra 12.08pm 11.09am 12.08pm 6.49pm 7.43pm Darwin 11.51am 10.51am 11.51am 6.36pm 7.24pm Hobart 12.17pm 11.17am 12.17pm 6.55pm 7.53pm Melbourne 12.26pm 11.26am 12.26pm 7.05pm 8pm Perth 11.22am 12.22pm 11.21am 6.02pm 6.55pm NEW ZEALAND Auckland 12.27pm 11.27am 12.27pm 7.06pm 8.01pm Christchurch 12.36pm 11.36am 12.36pm 7.13pm 8.12pm Wellington 12.27pm 11.27am 12.26pm 7.05pm 8.03pm 1We list Jerusalem times in line with the Biblical teaching that Jerusalem be always our focus at any joyous time 2Times are adjusted for daylight savings where daylight savings is still in place 3The time of candle lighting Saturday night is the time when Shabbat ends; no preparations may be made before that time, for the seder. Section 1 PESACH PRODUCT LIST PESACH PRODUCT LIST 5781 – 2021 Please read the following carefully: 1. For the seven days of Pesach (eight days in the diaspora) the Torah forbids Jewish people to consume or even possess chametz. “Chametz” that one is not permitted to eat is any food that is made up of or contains any of the five grains - wheat, barley, spelt, oats and rye - that has been mixed with water and has been allowed to stand longer than 18 minutes.
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