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LAUREN MANN DESIGN 323.774.3225 • [email protected] WWW.LAURENMANNDESIGN.COM S CU STOM INV ITATION S AND PRINTING & BUSINES S GRAPHIC 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS cake, cereal made from wheat, oats Chometz on Pesach ...... 3 or barley, cookies, farfel mix, some Kitniyos & Matzo Ashira ...... 3 licorice, pasta, pretzels, rolled oats, Bitul of Chometz ...... 4 wheat gluten, wheat protein. Some Consumption of Chometz...... 5 have the same custom concerning beer and whiskey. Selling Of Chometz ...... 5 Chometz She’avar Alav Hapesach ...... 5 Kashering Utensils ...... 6 STANDARDS OF KASHRUS Erev Pesach ...... 7 With over 1000 Kosher certifying Fast of the First Born ...... 7 agencies and individuals competing Eating on Erev Pesach ...... 7 in the Kosher certifying business, it is expected that standards will Selected Laws & Customs ...... 7 vary. While most keep to a basic The Seder Plate ...... 8 acceptable standard, some do not. Mitzvos at the Seder ...... 8, 34 We still see gelatin from non- Kosher animals being used, (often listed Medicine ...... 9 as “k-Gelatin”), corn syrup as an Internet Sites ...... 10 ingredient in Passover products Pet Foods ...... 12 (with a long reference attempting Items that may be used without Passover Certification ...... 14 to legitimize it), carmine (from bugs) used as red coloring, as well as many Items that are reliably certified for Passover ...... 19 other questionable ingredients. Products to be cautious of for Pesach use ...... 26 With the vast number of products New Products for Pesach ...... 28 being certified by reliable agencies Alerts ...... 31 and individuals, it would seem to be much less tempting to allow for Times to Remember ...... 34 these lenient opinions to lessen our CHOMETZ ON PESACH observance of Pesach. Additionally, some establishments only offer “Kosher style” Chometz is any substance that contains leavening products for Pesach, while the lenient word “style” from one of five cereal grains (wheat, barley, oats, is missed by many. Some food establishments offer spelt, or rye) caused by its prolonged contact a Passover taco bar, ham on Matzah special and with water or other liquids. The prohibition of Passover “challah”, among other things. The only Chometz on Pesach includes “Chometz Gomur” protection as far as the government is concerned (unadulterated Chometz) and “Ta‘aruvas Chometz” is from Assembly Bill 295, section 1329.29, passed (a mixture containing real Chometz). There are in March of 1993. It states: “No person shall do any three areas with which we must be concerned of the following: Make any direct statement, either when evaluating Chometz. First, there is “Isur orally or in writing, display the words “Kosher”, Hana’ah”. This means that one may not derive any “Kosher style”, “Kosher type”, “Kosher for Passover”, pleasure or benefit whatsoever from Chometz (e.g. “Jewish”, or “Hebrew” in any language or display feeding Chometz to one’s pets, etc.). Secondly, any insignia, six pointed star, or other mark that a Jew may not own Chometz. This prohibition might reasonably be calculated to deceive or lead a extends to possession of Chometz anywhere in reasonable person to believe a product is “Kosher” the world (such as in a boat, office, mountain or sanctioned by Orthodox Hebrew religious retreat, etc.). Thirdly, there is a prohibition against requirements, if it is not”. Obviously one needs having Chometz in one’s possession. One must to be vigilant in carefully watching for proper be careful to remove all Chometz, not sold, from certification. their premises. Chometz that was sold should, preferably, be stored in an inaccessible area. Jews may not leave unsold Chometz in their possession KITNIYOS on Pesach, even if they do not intend to use it. One should be careful not to send a package Due to the stringency of the prohibition of not which contains Chometz too close to Pesach, as it eating Chometz on Pesach, Ashkenazic Jews, as may arrive during Pesach. Due to the severity of well as many Sephardim, have developed a custom Chometz many have the custom to not sell their not to eat kitniyos (legumes) on Pesach other than Chometz for Pesach, but prefer to dispose of it for infants and under other special circumstances instead. The following are actual Chometz: bread, provided that the foods are prepared in separate 4 utensils. Kitniyos includes beans, soy, rice, GOING AWAY FOR PESACH peas, and corn among others: (see below). One must sell his/her Chometz regardless of where Sephardim, whose minhag (custom) permits them they are for Pesach. This is the case even if one left to eat rice on Pesach, must be careful to determine home 30 days before Pesach and no one will be in that the rice is additive-free. Many Sephardim have the house during Pesach. It is necessary to inform the minhag to check the rice three times, as well the Rabbi selling your Chometz as to the location of as to check for other grains that may be mixed the Chometz and to your location during Pesach so in. In any case, open bins in stores should not be that he can know the proper time zones of selling used. This year, the Star K Kashrus organization and buying back the Chometz for you. is certifying Carolina Mehadrin Rice for use for Sephardim on Pesach. If a person leaves home before Pesach, within 30 days of Pesach, the night before his/her departure Ashkenazim refrain from eating peanuts as well. should do a regular Bedikas Chometz without a However, this restriction regarding peanuts may Bracha and recite “Kol Chamira” for the Chometz not include peanut oil (according to the opinion of found in the house. Note: Kol Chamira should Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT”L.) Legumes are permitted always be said in a language that one understands, for some Sephardic Jews who, for various historical as this is not a Tefilla, but a declaration. The reasons, did not adopt this custom of refraining alternative to an early Bedika is to appoint a from kitniyos consumption on Pesach. A reliable Shaliach (messenger) to do a regular Bedikas source of acceptable products following this Chometz with a Bracha on the proper night of Sephardic custom is the Sephardi division of the Bedikas Chometz. J.S.O.R. at (732) 531-4872 or WWW.JSOR.ORG (be aware that a number of lists exist for Sephardim A guest in a hotel, who is in the hotel on the night that are extremely misleading and erroneous). of Bedikas Chometz should conduct themselves as they would at home, performing a full Bedika For this reason the Kosher consumer is confronted with a Bracha. It is the minhag to carefully put out every year around Pesach time with a confusing pieces of Chometz before beginning the Bedika. array of Kosher certifications found on candy, jam, mustard and other products containing legumes. In It is preferable to empty a stocked hotel fridge of reality, these products are edible on Pesach by only beer, cookies etc. before Pesach begins. If this is certain groups of Jews. Many, but not all, will state not possible, minimally, the fridge should be taped “Leochlei Kitniyos - only for those who eat kitniyos”. or locked shut. Some examples of this are sunflower seeds, canned A guest for Pesach at a relative’s house should hear vegetables, halva etc. Every Jew, however, is the Bracha from the owner of the house and then permitted to derive benefit from kitniyos (such as make his/her own Bedika in their room. pet food, glue, baby formula etc.). The following are considered Kitniyos or treated as BITUL (ANNULMENT) OF CHOMETZ Kitniyos according to many opinions: During the year, any non - Kosher ingredients Alfalfa Sprouts, Anise, Ascorbic Acid (May be which are inadvertently mixed with Kosher Chometz), Asparatame (Nutrasweet), Beans, ingredients may be Halachically (according to Black Eyed Peas, Buckwheat, Calcium Ascorbate, Jewish law) fit to eat. The reason for this leniency is Canola Oil, Caraway, Citric Acid (May be Chometz), that they are declared “Batel Beshishim” (annulled Chickpeas, Confectioners’ Sugar with corn starch, in sixty i.e. the Kosher food is at least sixty times Coriander, Corn, Corn Syrup, Cumin, Dextrose, greater than the non-Kosher, thus making the non- Fennel, Fenugreek, Flax Seeds, Hemp, Hydrolyzed Kosher food annulled). This rule is true regarding Vegetable Oil, Kasha, Kimmel, Lecithin, Lentils, Chometz on Pesach only if the mixture was made Licorice, Lucerne, Lupine, Malto Dextrins (Chometz before Pesach. During Pesach, the laws of “bitul” or kitnios-derived), Millet, MSG, Mustard, Peanuts, are not applicable. In other words, during the week Polysorbates (May be Chometz), Popcorn, Poppy of Pesach, if even a tiny amount of Chometz falls Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Rice (Vitamins added may into a large amount of “Kosher for Pesach” food, be Chometz), Sesame Seeds, Snow Peas, Sodium it renders the food, as well as the pot, unfit for Citrate (May be Chometz), Sodium Erythorbate use on Pesach. As in all such Halachic questions, a (May be Chometz), Sorbitol (Could be Chometz competent Rav should be consulted. if outside the U.S.), Soy Oil, Corn Oil, Soy, String Note: Lactaid drops may contain Chometz. Beans, Sunflower Seeds, Tofu (from soy), Vitamin Therefore, they should be added to milk before C (may be Chometz), Wild Rice, Xanthan gum (May Pesach to have the Chometz annulled in sixty times be Chometz). NOTE: Flax seed, chia and Hemp seed the amount of milk, applesauce etc. are not kitniyos and can be used after checking for other grains. 5 CONSUMPTION OF CHOMETZ during Pesach. This is called “Chometz She’avar Alav HaPesach.” Jewish law Since the prohibition of eating Chometz on Pesach requires that if a Jew owns Chometz on Pesach, applies not only to Chometz itself, but to any no Jew is allowed to eat that food, even after derivatives of Chometz or to any product that Pesach. Therefore, we are also prohibited from may contain Chometz, one should make certain buying in stores which are Jewish owned, if they that all food products that are bought for Pesach have not sold their Chometz. It is important to should have a certification by a reliable Kashrus note that although we may not buy Chometz organization or Orthodox Rabbi. from such Jewishly owned stores that did not sell HANA’AH (BENEFIT) FROM CHOMETZ their Chometz, we may purchase non-Chometz food products from these stores. Actual Chometz During Pesach, we may not derive any sort of products that are prohibited in these stores would benefit from Chometz. Therefore, Chometz may be pasta, cereal from grain, bread, beer, cookies/ not be sold or used, even in business transactions crackers, malt, maltose, pretzels, soy sauce, wheat or as pet food. Even some cosmetics must be germ, wheat protein, whiskey, dog/cat food Chometz-free. Generally, there is no problem with containing grain etc. the following products if they are not organic in nature, and do not contain any grain by - products: Some common products that one may assume Acne Aid, Mineral Oil, Baby Cream, Baby Oil, Eye are Chometz, but are actually not, and therefore Liner, Mascara, Rouge (Powder), Nail Polish, Talcum may be purchased in a store that did not sell Powder, Stick Powder Deodorant, and Vaseline. their Chometz are the following… baker’s yeast, cosmetics, dry cake mixes, kitniyos, glue containing MECHIRAS (SELLING OF) CHOMETZ Chometz, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles, “Mechiras Chometz” is the sale of Jewish owned medicine containing Chometz, maltodextrin, Chometz to a non- Jew before Pesach. One must maltose, malt flavoring, food coloring, flour, sell Chometz which is in their regular home, extracts, raw pearled barley, vanilla and vitamins vacation home, office etc. If one cannot sell their containing Chometz. Chometz through their local Rabbi, numerous sites Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT”L, in his sefer Igros Moshe, on-line will facilitate this transaction. This transfer states that if a Jew sold his Chometz for Pesach, of Chometz to a non-Jew is a legal and binding and then kept his store open during Pesach sale, complete with contract. This sale is transacted and continued to sell items of Chometz, one is through a Rabbi, who acts as a legal agent to sell nevertheless allowed to buy from that store after the Jew’s Chometz to a non-Jew. The Rabbi enters Pesach. into an agreement with the non-Jew for the sale of this Chometz. The Chometz that has been sold A Jew may buy from the following stores must be placed in an area which is completely immediately after Pesach: sealed off, and must remain there throughout the 7-Eleven, Gelson’s, Smart & Final, holiday of Pesach. One must be careful to inform 99 cent store, Jetro/Restaurant Smith’s, the Rabbi if they intend to be in a different time Depot, zone for Pesach. They do not want to have their Albertsons, Chometz bought back if it is still Pesach where they BevMo Jon’s, Target (in California), are (i.e. overseas, etc.) If one leaves home within 30 K-Mart, Big Lots, Trader Joe’s, days of Pesach and will not return before Pesach, Bristol Farms, Nuts & More, they should either check for Chometz the night Petco, Vons / Pavilions, before they leave or appoint someone to check for Coffee Bean, them on the regular night of B’dikas Chometz. If the Costco, Petsmart, Walgreens, checking is done before the bdikah night one does Ralphs/Kroger, CVS, Walmart, not say a Bracha. A person can sell all the Chometz Dollar Tree, Rite Aid, in their home before leaving and check only one Wine & Liquor room for Chometz. Regardless, a person needs to Erewhon, Sadaf, Depot, say the Bittul (annulment) of Chometz at its regular Food4Less, Safeway, time of Erev Pesach. Fresh & Easy, Sam’s Club, Whole Foods CHOMETZ SHE’AVAR ALAV HAPESACH and all reliably Kosher certified stores are fine to (BUYING CHOMETZ AFTER PESACH) shop in for Chometz after Pesach. Reliably certified Kosher stores all sell their Chometz before Pesach. Due to the severity of the “Issur” (prohibition) of Chometz, Chazal reinforced the sale of Chometz Note: Rabbi Elmaliach, the Rabbi in charge of with a fine. This fine was levied on any Jews who Kashrus at Ben Gurion airport, reports that the kept Chometz in their possession or ownership stores at area D7 in the airport are clear of Chometz 6 She’avar Olav Hapesach. There is a the burners. They should be turned to high for 15 restaurant in the Ben Gurion airport called minutes. The areas in between cannot be Kashered. “Aroma Espresso Bar”, under Chug Chosom Sofer Some find it practical to change the entire glass top Hashgacha and it is fine to eat there after Pesach. for Pesach. The other stores in other areas of the airport, had their Chometz sold but were open on Pesach and A non self-cleaning oven should be cleaned with continued to sell Chometz during Pesach. Some a special solution, such as “Easy Off” and not used poskim allow purchases from such establishments for 24 hours. After this time, it should be turned after Pesach, while some do not. on to the maximum setting for one hour. This will Kasher the oven, but not the broiler. (See AKO whiskey alert in the “alerts” section} The broiler pan cannot be Kashered, therefore, it KASHERING (MAKING UTENSILS KOSHER) is usually not used for Pesach. If the broiler pan is replaced, the broiler can be Kashered in a similar Utensils that are used during the year for Chometz fashion as the oven. If one desires to Kasher it, may not be used to prepare food for Pesach unless “Libbun” (glowing hot) is required (i.e. by using a they are properly Kashered. torch). Cloth tablecloths (not plastic) and towels used year round should be washed thoroughly and may then A self cleaning oven needs only to go thru one be used for Pesach. self clean cycle. It can be on the shortest cycle of your self-cleaning oven. Surfaces upon which only cold Chometz has been placed during the year, such as refrigerators and Many microwave ovens (those whose walls do pantry shelves, should be thoroughly washed and not exceed 120 degrees during cooking) without rinsed to prepare them for Pesach use. Surfaces browning elements or convection can be Kashered which are used for hot Chometz during the year, in by first cleaning them and not using them for addition, whenever possible must be Kashered by 24 hours, and then putting a new glass tray, or pouring hot water on them. Surfaces that cannot cardboard on the bottom. Afterwards, a cup or be Kashered (such as formica and ceramic tiles bowl of water should be boiled inside. etc.) should first be cleaned thoroughly and then A barbecue must be Kashered with “Libun Gamur” covered with non absorbent material (i.e. contact which includes torching any surface that food paper, cardboard or multiple layers of aluminum comes in contact with in addition to cleaning and foil). burning out the rest of the barbecue. In addition, The different levels of Kashering are: the coals or lava rock should be replaced. Often, it is more practical to purchase a new one for Pesach. Libbun Gomur – torching or making the metal glow. A stainless steel sink is Kashered after it has first been cleaned, and then kept free from hot water Libun Kal – heating the metal until it can burn usage for 24 hours. Then boiling water must be paper on the other side. poured over its entire surface. Porcelain sinks, Hagolo – dipping in boiling water. however, may not be Kashered. They should be fully lined with a tin insert, contact paper, Eruy Roschim – pouring boiling water. aluminum foil, or a Pesach basin insert. The general rule is that we undo as we did. If Dishwashers may be Kashered only if they have a something uses straight dry heat (i.e. bbq) we need stainless steel interior. All racks must be changed. to torch it or use self clean in an oven which is the After waiting 24 hours, run a complete cycle with same. Soup pots are used with liquid so they are soap. All rubber or plastic parts must be replaced kashered with liquid in boiling water etc. as well. To Kasher: Metal utensils that are used with liquid (soup pots, Electric range, first scour it thoroughly. Then, etc.) may be Kashered by first cleaning them, not turn it on to the highest temperature setting for 15 using them for 24 hours, and finally, completely minutes, or until it gets red hot. immersing them in a Kashered pot full of boiling water for 15 seconds, followed by rinsing them in Enamel glazed stove tops should be covered cold water immediately upon removal. They should during Pesach. be Kashered one at a time. An alternate method, Gas grates should be put in the oven for Kashering particularly useful for larger pots, is to set aside or torched. the pot for 24 hours, after which time it should be filled with water and then be brought to a boil. A Glass-top stoves can be Kashered in the area of glowing hot item, such as a rock, should then be 7 placed inside, allowing the hot water to spill over Selling of the Chometz: This must be the sides. done by Friday morning 04/22, no later than the time of Biur Chometz Braces, bite plates and retainers should be brushed thoroughly before Pesach. EATING ON EREV PESACH Counter tops Consumption of Chometz is prohibited on Erev Pesach, from a third of the day and after- this is • Formica counter tops may not be Kashered for usually counted four proportional hours from Pesach, and therefore, they should be covered. daybreak (see times to remember). It is also • Granite, Marble or Stainless Steel counter tops forbidden to eat Matzo or anything baked with may be Kashered by pouring boiling hot water Matzo on Erev Pesach. This prohibition includes (not steam) on them (Eirui). egg Matzoh. This is in order to ensure that one will eat the Matzo at the Seder with a “hearty • Caesarstone countertops may not be Kashered appetite”. This prohibition includes cakes and for Pesach according to many opinions, as they cookies made from matzo meal. However, cooked are composed of only 93 percent stone. In Matzo products, such as knaidlach (Matzo balls) are addition, Silestone and Corian also may not be permitted. Non-Gebrochts products are suitable Kashered. for this time period. All foods should only be eaten in moderation from the ninth hour in the day Note: Steam cleaners often may not be used for and on in order to have an appetite for the Seder. Kashering purposes, as Kashering must be done Imitation Matzo made from Tapioca and Potato with boiling water (212F). ingredients is fine for Erev Pesach. Water filter – change the filter. SELECTED LAWS & CUSTOMS KITCHEN ITEMS THAT MAY NOT BE KASHERED: One should prepare everything (for the first Seder) Arcolac with Plastic Maker on Erev Pesach in order that the Seder should begin Bread Handles Silverstone immediately upon arriving from Shul. This includes Machines Melmac Stoneware setting the table, etc. It is a custom that pillows China Mixers Synthetic should be prepared for leaning on during the Collanders Pasta Maker Rubber Seder. Women are not required to lean, however, (plastic) Plastic Teflon male children are. It is also a custom among some Corelle Porcelain Toaster/ that the head of the household wears a Kittel Corning Ware Porcelain Toaster Oven during the Seder. In most places, the custom is Crockpots Enameled Pots Waffle Iron that only the head of the household has a Seder Graters (any) Pyrex plate and the three Matzos. Some, however, have Knives Sandwich a Seder plate and Matzos for each man present at These items should be washed thoroughly and be the Seder. When only the head of the household put away in a completely sealed off area until after has a Seder plate, he must provide for everyone at Pesach. the Seder from his plate. Since there is usually not a sufficient amount of Matzo, Marror and wine to EREV PESACH ensure that everyone present (male and female alike) has the required amounts during the Seder, Bedikas Chometz: The search begins Thursday additional Matzo, Marror and wine should be night, 04/21. Many have the Minhag to place ten placed on the table for supplementary use. pieces of bread out before the search is started. THE SEDER PLATE Fast of the First Born: This year this fast falls on Friday, 4/22. Siyum: Males who are first born and do not wish to fast on Friday should attend a Siyum in the morning and eat at the meal following it. This meal is called a Seudas Mitzvah. It is generally held right after Davening. Biur Chometz: The burning of the Chometz left in one’s possession, including the Chometz found One may not use MARROR (to fulfill the Mitzvah the previous night, must be burned by the end of of Marror) that was soaked for 24 hours or the fifth hour on Friday morning (04/22). Please see longer. Soaking this long is called pickling and is time chart for the exact latest time. Halachically considered cooking. One may only use 8 uncooked vegetables for Marror. (Do not Shmitah year. Mainstream Hashgachos do not lean when eating Marror.) use this leniency and do not bottle Shmitah wine. Some bottles of wine may state: “Otzar Beis Din”, CHAROSES can be made of ground apples, pears, which is a leniency more widely accepted. This pomegranates, dates, figs, walnuts, almonds, is also a concern for many canned and bottled ginger and cinnamon, to which wine is added. products from Israel. Recipes may vary according to tradition. MATZO KARPAS is any vegetable upon which a Brocho of “HaAdama” is made, that may be dipped in salt Only Shmurah Matzo (guarded Matzo), which water or vinegar, and that may be used on Pesach. is made of grain that has been guarded against Parsley, celery, and potatoes are often used as fermentation from the time of harvest, should be Karpas. used for the Mitzva of eating Matzo at the Seder. Both hand and machine Shmurah Matzo are ZROA is a piece of meat which is roasted over the acceptable. Over the past many decades there have fire. Most people use a chicken neck or wing for this been many opinions given as to the merits of hand purpose. versus machine Matzoh. Most use either one with BAITZA is an ordinary hard boiled or roasted egg. proper Hashgocho. If one forgot to roast the Zroa or Baitza on Erev Shmurah Matzo has been watched in most cases Pesach, and had to do it at night, he must eat the from the time of cutting of the wheat to protect egg before sunset of the next day. from unwanted moisture, which may make it rise. Eighteen minute Matzo is run on machines THE ARBA KOSOS (FOUR CUPS OF WINE) that are cleaned every 18 minutes to prevent any possibility of the dough rising. It is preferable that the wine used at the Seder be red in color. For those who cannot drink wine, Regular Pesach Matzo has been baked on a grape juice may be used (consult your Rabbi). If machine in under 18 minutes, but the machine will one must drink grape juice the 64 oz glass bottles run all day without cleaning in between runs. that say on them Non - Mevushal are preferable. Nevertheless, one should make every effort to Matzo Ashira is any Matzo that contains products drink wine at the Seder. It is preferable to add at other than flour and water, such as grape juice or least some wine to the grape juice. apple juice. The consumption of Matzo Ashira is prohibited for most people throughout Pesach. Each cup of wine should contain at least 3.3 fluid Included in this category are: Matzo which was ounces. It is preferable to drink the entire cup, or kneaded with fruit juice, egg matzo, tea matzo, at least half of it, for each of the four cups. Due to honey and spice Matzo and some chocolate this one should not use a very large cup as this will covered Matzo. However, this prohibition does necessitate drinking a large amount for each cup. not apply to infants or people who are ill. When in Men must consume all cups of wine while reclining doubt, consult your Rabbi. on their left side. If one drank either of the first Even one who is allowed to eat Matzo Ashira, two cups without reclining, he must drink again cannot fulfill their Mitzvah of Achilas Matzo (eating without a Brocho. Matzo) with it. Note: Many Kosher wines (and some brands of Gluten Free Shehakol Matzo: Gefen and Yehuda grape juice in the 64oz. bottles) are not cooked Matzo company from Israel manufacture imitation and state “Non-Mevushal.” Therefore, care must be Matzoh from Tapioca and Potato Starch. This is an taken as to who handles them. (Most bottles that excellent product to eat Erev Pesach and any other are cooked say “Mevushal” in English or Hebrew on time one does not wish to consume actual grain- the label). based Matzo (it is also a wonderful imitation Matzo Note: Many low-alcohol wines are now available. that can be eaten out of a Sukkah since it is not real Some are pure wine while others are a mixture of Matzo). Obviously, this product cannot be used as wine and grape juice as indicated. a substitute at any time for real Matzo. SHMITAH For people allergic to wheat, Oat or Spelt Shmura Matzah may often be purchased at your local This year an added concern is that many wines on Kosher markets. Check with them for availability. the market were bottled during Shmitah. Many You may also contact the Lakewood Matzoh bottles will include that caution: “Heter Mechira”. Bakery at (732) 364-8757. For more information That means that it is only suitable for those who about Oat Matzos one may look on the website rely on selling all of Eretz Yisroel during the www.Glutenfreeoatmatzos.com. 9 MEDICINE Stearyldimoniumhydrosypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Triticum Most prescriptions can be filled with Kosher for Vulgare, Triticum Vulgare Flour Lipids, Triticum Pesach medicine. For information on the Kosher Vulgare Germ Extract, Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil, status of your medicines, contact the Kosher Wheat Amino Acids, Wheat Bran Extract, Wheat Information Bureau at (818) 262-5351 (E-mail to Germ Extract, Wheat Germ Glycerides, Wheat [email protected]) or your local reliable Germanidopropyldimonium Hydroxypropyl Rabbi. In Israel: 050 412-4188. Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Wheat Germ Oil, Wheat Rabbi Bess of Los Angeles has compiled the Protein, Wheat Sphingolipids. most detailed reliable list in the U.S. He can be reached at (323) 933- 7193. Rabbi Bess together FROZEN VEGETABLES with the Star K publishes the Passover Directory There are many issues concerning the use of frozen with this information. Since some prescriptions, vegetables for Pesach. Most large companies, such unfortunately, are not available with Kosher as S&W, Green Giant and Bird’s Eye, purchase their certification, we will mention some guidelines for vegetables from many different processors. Due to those who must take medicine on Pesach. increased competition in this industry from Mexico and Guatemala, many packers are processing pasta 1. If one suffers from an illness through which and vegetables in the same blanching equipment one’s life may become endangered, one may eat when it is not being used for pure vegetables. Chometz on Pesach and may use any medication This is done at temperatures between 100 to 200 needed to avoid a life-threatening situation. This degrees, thus making the machinery Halachically Chometz should be owned by a non- Jew. unacceptable for Pesach use. However, some 2. If someone is ill, but his life is not endangered, companies use steam blanchers, which are not he may not eat Chometz on Pesach. However, usable for pasta. Bodek, Garden Pure, as well as he may take Chometz medicine under certain others carry many frozen vegetables which are circumstances as long as he does not take it in certified for Pesach. the normal way (i.e. a pill without a cup of water). A Rabbi should be consulted if the need for such FRESH VEGETABLES medication should occur. In general, fresh vegetables do not pose a special 3. Generally speaking, cough syrups and other concern for Pesach. However, fruits and vegetables liquid medicines may contain grain alcohol, and from Israel require that Terumos and Maasros be may not be used on Pesach. When one must take taken. Leafy vegetables require the same level medicine during Pesach, his/her doctor should be of inspection for insects as during the rest of the asked to prescribe medicine without alcohol or year. This is a particular concern for many who use capsules. romaine lettuce for the Mitzvah of Marror. To avoid this problem, some choose to use romaine stalks Many over the counter medicines require no only, which are easier to rinse and check for insects. special certification to be used on Pesach. Consult There are romaine lettuce stalks and other produce your Rabbi for specific questions. For a complete certified for Pesach that are not checked for listing of this year’s Kosher for Pesach vitamins insects. One needs to make sure that the Hechscher (as well as year-round vitamins) go online to covers both the Pesach and insect issues. This year www.koshervitamins.com. additional care must be taken that no Shmitta TOILETRIES issues exist. Rabbi Bess lists the following ingredients as SODA possible Kashrus issues connected to Pesach: When determining whether a type of soda Amino Peptide Complex, Amp-Isostearoyl is Kosher for Pesach, there are three major Hydrolized Wheat Protein, Avena Sativa Flour, ingredients with which we are concerned. They Avena Sativa Kernel Protein, Barley Extract, are: brominated vegetable oil, flavorings and Beta Glucan, Disodium Wheatgermido Peg- sugar. Corn syrup, which is made from Kitniyos, is a 2 Sulfosuccinate, Hordeum Vulgare Extract, common sweetener in soda. The other ingredient, Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten, Hydrolyzed “flavoring,” is also a source of concern, since there Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein are thousands of flavors, many of which are not PgPropyl Silanetriol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Kosher, and others that are derived from Chometz. Starch, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolized Therefore, even Sephardim who normally consume Wheat Protein, Oat Beta Glucan, Oat Extract, Kitniyos on Pesach should seek only those products Oat Flour, Phytosphingosine Extract, reliably certified to be Chometz-free. Generally Prolamine, Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids, speaking, flavoring is the key to a product’s success in the food market. 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Therefore, it is not surprising make sure that the dairy company whose milk we that these companies guard their flavorings very purchase for Pesach processes only plain “white” carefully making it necessary to have a Mashgiach milk and not chocolate milk. Secondly, the milk (supervising Rabbi) go to the plant to personally that we need for all of Pesach must be bought check the flavorings being used. In regard to before Pesach. By doing so, the vitamins in the milk Pesach, it is also important to note that even within are deemed “batel” (annuled) from before Pesach the same company (Coke, Pepsi, etc.) any individual (since Bitul works if the mixture occurs before bottling plant throughout the country may choose Pesach), and therefore, may be used on Pesach. to use corn syrup as a sweetener. For this reason Whenever possible, certified Kosher for Passover as well, it is essential that a reliable Mashgiach milk is preferable. be on the premises during production. There are thousands of flavorings used by the food industry, MILK SUBSTITUTES not all of which are Kosher (let alone for Pesach). Many people i.e. infants, elderly, those who are Some, such as ambergris (from whale intestines) ill etc. often warrant consuming kitniyos but not and civit absolute (from cats) are, of course, never Chometz. The following products (partial list) are Kosher. Even if an individual knows that a soda is free of actual Chometz: reliably certified Kosher for Pesach in one particular Infant Formula – Alsoy, CVS, EnfaCare, Enfamil, city, this does not mean that the same brand of Enfapro, Giant, Heinz Nurture, Isomil, Mother’s soda is Kosher elsewhere. Choice, Nestle Good Start, Next Step, ProSobee, Note: Commonly, Coke and others will be reliably Rite Aid, Safeway Select, Similac, Target, Walgreens, certified for Pesach. The bottle, however, may list Wegmens’. “corn syrup/sugar” as an ingredient. As long as the Soy Milk – 365 Everyday Value (original, Light and product bears a reliable Pesach certification, the Unsweetened), Fit & Active, Hy-Vee, Market Basket soda has been reformulated to meet all Pesach (unsweetened), Meijer, Nature’s Place, Nature’s concerns. Note: Coke is being produced for Pesach Promise Organic, Shop Rite, Stop & Shop. in California this year. Coke will be available in Boston, Baltimore-Washington, Miami and Atlanta Almond Milk – 365 Everyday Value, Kroger, Market as well. All the Passover Coke items will be marked Basket, Meijer, Nature’s Place, Ralphs, Shop Rite, with a distinctive yellow cap in addition to the Trader Joe’s. O/UP symbol on the cap or shoulder of the bottle. Rice Milk – Original Clearly Organic, Harris Teeter, EGGS Krasdale Organic, Meijer, Nature’s Promise, Rice Dream (unsweetened only), Shop Rite. It is best to buy eggs that were laid before Pesach. This is due to the fact that chickens are usually Note: all of the above are best in liquid form and given feed which is Chometz. Therefore, there is a bought before Pesach. minhag (custom) not to eat eggs which were laid SUPERMARKETS on Pesach. Note: eggs do not require a Hechscher. One of the major conveniences that is enjoyed MILK in many parts of the United States, is being able Due to the modern pasteurizing processes used in to shop in our large National supermarket chains the milk industry, many nutrients are inadvertently for Kosher items all year and in particular, for removed. Pesach. Along with this convenience, however, comes a responsibility to check well for the Governmental regulations dictate that Vitamin Pesach certification on each item we buy. It is not D, and in some cases, Vitamin A be added to milk uncommon for non-Pesach items to be found on before its sale. The amounts added are very minute. the Pesach designated shelves. Inasmuch as Vitamins A and D are often derived from Chometz or kitniyos, and since mixtures of MARSHMALLOWS & GELATINS even small amounts of Chometz on Pesach are not Although many “Kosher for Passover“ “batel” (annulled), we must be cautious concerning marshmallows are presumably made without milk which contains these additives. Chometz ingredients, nevertheless, they may Another matter of concern is the processing contain an ingredient which is highly controversial equipment. Milk companies often produce (for year round use), namely, gelatin. The main chocolate milk on the same equipment that they sources of gelatin are cattle and hogs. The process use for their plain “white” milk. The chocolate milk of making gelatin is as follows: the collagen in 12 the bones and skins of the animals is forbidden to: a) be cooked together, b) be eaten converted by soaking 2” x 3” strips of hide together, c) derive benefit or pleasure from them. in hydrochloric acid until it turns into ossein. This These prohibitions (from the Torah) do not apply is then soaked in lime for about a month. It is then to poultry or venison. In order to avoid confusion, washed in sulfuric acid to obtain the gelatin. the Rabanan (Rabbis) extended the prohibition of eating milk and meat together to include poultry In 1912, Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzenski ZT”L sent a and venison. However, deriving benefit from response to the Royal Gelatin Company concerning poultry mixed with milk was not included in this the methods of obtaining Kosher gelatin from decree. Therefore, chicken with whey, milk or non Kosher hides. Additionally, in 1950, Rav cheese is permissible in pet food. Lazer Silver vehemently opposed the hechsher on a well known gelatin product. In 1966, Rav Commonly, dog and cat foods contain milk and Moshe Feinstein ZT”L, and Rav Aaron Kotler meat mixtures, and therefore, are forbidden to ZT”L both opposed all gelatins that were not Jewish pet owners all year round. There is an obtained from a Kosher source. Kosher gelatin, additional problem for a Jew who is a pet owner from Kosher slaughtered animals, tends to be too during Pesach. The basis for this problem is that expensive for large companies to produce. This Chometz carries with it three “Isurim” (prohibitions) is the reason that the O/U, O/K, Star K and other a) Hanaah (benefit), b) Ownership, c) Baal Yimatze reliable certifying agencies insist upon a gelatin (it must be completely removed from a person’s substitute in products which would otherwise premises). Due to the prohibition of deriving any need gelatin. Marshmallows are a prime example pleasure or benefit from Chometz, we are not of such a product. Some acceptable substitutes for permitted to use or own pet food containing gelatin are: Japanese gelatin, Japanese insinglass, any type of Chometz on Pesach. Therefore, it is agar agar, Chinese moss, Irish moss, carrageenan. important to be aware of the prevalent use of the Surprisingly, there is even one marshmallow five grains: wheat (germ, cracked, flour, gluten, product being sold which states “Kosher Beef ground, grouts, middlings, starch), rye, barley Gelatin” which is produced from dried beef bones (cracked flour), oats (flour, grouts, hulled) & from India, which were not Kosher slaughtered. There is a new type of fish gel that is presently spelt in dog and cat foods today. Other Chometz being used in pharmaceuticals and some food ingredients are Brewer’s Yeast, Gluten, Malt, products certified Kosher. Fortunately, a truly Pasta, Starch and Xanthan Gum. Almost all dry reliable certified Kosher gelatin obtained from pet foods list wheat or oats as their first ingredient. Glatt Kosher hides is being produced under the This is true for fish food and bird foods as well. supervision of the O/U. This gelatin is used by NOTE: Only clay or wood-based Kitty Litter may be Tzali’s , Golden Fluff, Manischewitz and Granny’s used on Pesach. marshmallow brands. It should be noted that today, there are many Additional Animal-Related Concern: Often the products that list “gelatin” in the ingredients and products that one may purchase at a local zoo to are under a reliable Hashgacha. This is because feed the animals contain Chometz and should not the source for this gelatin is fish, therefore reliable be purchased or fed to the animals on Pesach. Kashrus agencies are able to certify such products PET FOOD WITHOUT MEAT/DAIRY & as Kosher. WITHOUT CHOMETZ PET FOOD Benefit from “Kitniyos” (legumes) is permitted on One of the many challenges of Pesach is finding Pesach, even for an Ashkenazi Jew. Halachically permissible pet food. There are two Therefore, rice, for instance, does NOT pose a separate Kashrus issues about which one should problem in pet foods. be aware. One is related specifically to Pesach, and the other related to the rest of the year as Dog Food - Blue (Wilderness Turkey & Chicken Grill, Basics Turkey & Potato, Blue’s Stew Turkey, well. The year round problem concerns the mixing Irish Lamb Stew, Country Chicken Stew, Mom’s of milk and meat. It says three times in the Torah Chicken Pie, Turkey Day Feast, Turducken, Backyard “Lo Sevashel Gedee Bachalev Imo”. Literally, this BBQ), California Natural (Lamb & Brown Rice, is a prohibition against cooking milk and meat Chicken & Brown Rice, Venison Meal Formula – together. However, from the fact that the Torah dry dog food), Evanger’s (100% Beef – 6 oz., 13 states this three times, and uses the term Gedee oz., 100% Buffalo, 100% Chicken, 100% Duck, (kid), the Gemorah (Talmud) in Chulin (113A 115B) 100% Organic Chicken, 100% Organic Turkey explains this to mean that milk from any Kosher with Potatoes & Carrots, 100% Pheasant, 100% species and meat from any Kosher species (i.e. Sweet Potato, All Natural Beef Liver Chunks, Beef beef mixed with cow’s milk or goat’s milk etc.) are with Chicken, Beef, Chicken & Liver, Beef Chunks 13

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Aluminum Disposable Containers - All - freeze dried & tubular Fish Food (fresh water) Baby Formula – (should be prepared in separate worms, krill (frozen, without additives) utensils, away from Pesach kitchen area, as they Fish Food (salt water) - frozen brine shrimp, freeze contain Kitniyos) Carnation Alsoy, CVS, Earth’s Best, dried worms,TETRA DUECA (blood worms) EnfaCare, Enfamil, Gerber Good Start, Giant, Heinz Nurture, Isomil, Meijer, Mother’s Choice, Next Step, Fish Food vacation feeder – 3-day by Aquarium Prosobee, Similac, Stop & Shop, Target, Walgreens, Pharmaceuticals. Wegmans Birds (Parrots, Parakeets, Cockatiels, Macaws) – Baby Oil - All pure Millet, sorghum, wild bird food (check for Chometz ingredients), Peanut, sunflower seeds, safflower Baby Ointment - A&D (regular only), Desitin seeds. Larger birds can eat pure alfalfa pellets Baby Medicine - Pedialyte, Pedia-Sure, Tempra (make sure it is pure alfalfa since it is common to Drops & Tablets add grains) or dry dog food (see dog food list). Baby Powder – All pure Talcum Powders (such Many birds will also eat (as supplements) such as Johnsons) - Any not listing oat flour as an foods as sliced grapes, cottage cheese, rice cakes, ingredient. small pieces of lean meat, Matzoh, berries, eggs, canned baby fruits. These items should be given Baby Wipes - All without alcohol (such as sparingly. Johnson’s Baby Washcloth) Rabbit & Hamster Food – pure alfalfa pellets, Bags (paper and plastic) - All corn, sunflower seeds. Can supplement with cut up fruits & vegetables and some Matzoh (sparingly). Baking Soda (NOT Baking Powder) - All pure bicarbonate (such as: Arm & Hammer etc.) Guinea Pigs can benefit from kale, parsley and oranges and hamsters from apples. Balloons - Without any powder NOTE: One may shop at Petco and Petsmart stores Band Aids - All (including medicated) immediately after Pesach. Bleach - All ITEMS THAT MAY BE USED WITHOUT Bird Food - (see above “Pet Food” section) PASSOVER CERTIFICATION Blush (make up) - All powdered (FOR 5776-2016) Body Wash - All Abdominal Discomfort - Gelusil tablets, Metamucil (original texture regular flavor - powder Boric Acid – All only, not wafers), Phillips Milk of Magnesia (unflavored), Di-Gel (Kitiniyos), Pepcid, Pepto Breath Strips - Require Kosher for Pesach certification - Kitniyos 15 Buckwheat Airline Pillows – Kitniyos, not Copper Cleaner – All (i.e. Hagerty (O/U) Chometz etc.) Candles - All pure unscented Cork - All Cat Food - see Pet Food article. Cough Medicine - Corricidin, Scot-Tussin Cardboard – All Cream of Tartar - Gel Spice (O/U), Spiceco (O/U), Saratoga (O/U), Pacific Natural Spices (O/U) Carpet Cleaners - All Crockpot Liner - All Charcoal Briquettes - (for a barbeque) - All Cups – All paper, plastic or styrofoam Chia Seeds – Any raw without additives (check seeds before Pesach for any other grain that may Cupcake Holders (foil) – All be mixed in) Cupcake Holders – Paper – Paperchef (Star K) Cleansers – All (i.e. Ajax, Bab-O, Fantastic,) Deli - Empire, Solomon’s Company Buffalo (O/U) Cocoa - All pure unsweetened cocoa (domestically produced), except for Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Dental Floss - All unflavored brands (waxed or unwaxed) Coconut Milk - (for the infirm and children who need an alternative to regular milk on Pesach) Denture Cleansers - Polident, Fixodent, Super Coconut Dream Original Variety (O/U) Poli-Grip Coffee (Ground or beans)- All unflavored pure Deodorant – All powder and solid stick powder coffee, except decaffeinated (i.e. Chase & Sanborn, may be used. i.e.: Arid Extra Dry, Secret, Sure, Chock Full O’Nuts, Folgers, Peet’s, Shoprite,Trader Jean Nate, Tom’s, Right Guard Aerosol - (not sport Joe’s etc.). original), Old Spice body spray Coffee Ground (Decaf Unflavored) - Ellis, Hena, Detergent (Clothes) - All (i.e. Tide, All, Fab etc.) King David (KSA), National Brands (Star K), Parker House/Pinnacle, Perugina Caffe, Superior, White Dish Detergent – Ajax, Amway, Cascade, Dawn, House/Pinnacle, Peet’s (KSA – French Roast, Ivory, Joy, Polmolive Holiday Blend, House Blend, Major Dickasons Blend, Mocca Jave, Sumatra) Dishwasher Detergent – Amway Automatic Coffee K-cups – Follows general rules of all coffee. Dishwashing Formula (liquid & powder), Ajax, Some examples: Dunkin’ Donuts (with O/U symbol Calgonite, Cascade, Cloud Nine, Dishwasher All, only), Green Mountain (with O/U symbol only), Pace, Palmolive, Pink Lady, Proctor & Gamble, Hanna K (with O/U symbol only), Newman’s Own Sunlight (Soft Water) Organic (with O/U symbol only), Private Selection (with O/U only), Seattle’s Best (with O/U symbol Diapers - All only), Starbucks regular (with O/U symbol only) i.e. Breakfast Blend, Tully’s Italian Roast, Green Dog Food - (See “Pet Food” article) Mountain Company (non-flavored, non-decaf) Note: A dedicated-for-Pesach coffee brewing Drain Openers - All machine is necessary. Dried Fruits – Albertson’s Raisins, Aunt Patty’s (Star Coffee (instant) - (Regular unflavored, not Decaf K), Dole Raisins, Happy Apricots (Star K), Kroger or Chicory, in the following brands only) Folgers, Raisins, Ralph’s Raisins, Sereno (Star K), Smart Tasters Choice, National Brands (Star K), Elite (O/Up), Harvest (Star K), Sunny Fruit (Star K), Trader Joe’s Gefen (O/Up) (Raisins, Bing Cherries, Fancy Dried Nectarines, Fancy Dried Pears) Coffee Filter – All unflavored Eggs – All (should be purchased before Pesach. Cold Medication - Children’s Cold Tylenol, Since chicken feed contains Chometz, it is Excedrin Sinus, Vicks Nyquil & Dayquil Cold/Flu, customary not to eat eggs that were laid on Pesach) Vicks 44 (including 44D, 44E, 44M), Chapstick Cold Sore Therapy, Triaminic - HCTZ, Blistex, Neosporin, Eye Drops - All Claritin, Afrin Nasal Spray Eye Shadow / Eye Liner - All brands without grain Conditioners - All ingredients Contact Lens Fluid – All Fabric Softener - All Cooking Spray - Pompeian Avocado & Grapeseed Face powder - All Oil (Star K) 16 Fireplace Log - All unscented brands Insecticide - All Fish (Raw, Frozen) – All raw fish (not coated Jewelry Polish - All or ground) are best purchased with a Kosher for Pesach Hechsher (due to possible glazing). Juice (frozen) - Any brand 100% pure white However, in the absence of Certified for Pesach fish grapefruit (not pink) or orange frozen juices, that is easily available, all fish, except for ground, without sweeteners, additives, preservatives or are acceptable after washing before Pesach. enrichments (i.e. calcium) added may be used. All other frozen juice products require reliable KFP Flax Seed – (Check seeds thoroughly before certification. Pesach for any possible mixed-in grains). Lactaid Drops - (NOT Tablets) If needed, it must Fruit (Frozen) - All without additives i.e. citric acid be added to milk or other dairy products before or ascorbic acid Pesach. Fruit (Packaged - Dried) - American Raisin Lactaid Milk - Must be purchased before Pesach Packers, Aunt Patty’s (Star K), Calavo Pitted and (may contain small amount of actual Chometz) Whole Dates, Gocmez Apricots (Star K), Happy Apricots (Star K), Pride Raisins, Safari Raisins, Safari Lemon Juice – ReaLemon Juice, Reconstituted Dried Fruit, Sun World Pitted or Whole Dates, Lime Juice - Real Lime Sunglow Pitted or Whole Dates, American Eagle Apricots, Sun-Sational Snacks (apricots), American Lotion - All (i.e. Noxzema, Ponds Cold Cream etc.) Raisin Packers, California Raisins, Del Monte Raisins Mascara - All (without grain ingredients) (Natural & Golden), Deluxe Raisins, Dole Raisins, Regent Raisins, Pride Thompson Raisins, Sunny Meat – All raw meats (not coated or ground) are Fruit (Star K), Trader Joe’s - raisins, bing cherries, best purchased with a Kosher for Pesach Hechsher. fancy dried nectarines, fancy dried pears, Zoria However, in the absence of Certified for Pesach Dried Apples & Mixed Fruit meat that is easily available, all meats, except for ground, are acceptable after washing before Furniture Polish - All Pesach. Alle/Meal Mart and Solomon’s do not Garbage Bags - All need washing, even without Pesach certification. Anash Raw Meat (O/U Glatt) when raw & in original Gasoline - Ethenol - All manufacturer’s packaging, Solomon’s Glatt Kosher Glass Cleaner - All (i.e. Bon Ami, Glass Plus etc.) Beef and Lamb Meat Raw (O/U Glatt) when raw in original manufacturer’s packaging, Teva Meat Glue – Elmer’s White glue (not paste), Krazy glue, (O/U Glatt) when raw & in original manufacturer’s Ross glue packaging Grains - Flax and hemp (whole grains only) may be Milk - It is preferable to buy Kosher for Passover used on Pesach. They should be purchased from milk, otherwise any brand purchased BEFORE manufacturers that do not process Chometz grains Pesach from a company that does not process also. These grains should also be carefully checked chocolate milk on the same machinery may be before Pesach for any residue. used on Pesach as long as it doesn’t contain monodiglycerides or dextrose. Those companies Grape Seed Oil - Pompeian (Star-K) from which we can buy milk in the Los Angeles Hair Gels, Mousse - All area before Pesach are: Jerseymaid, Ralph’s, Alta Dena, Stater Brothers, Formost, Vons Pavilions, and Hair Removers/Treatments - All Knudson. Note: Milk certified Kosher for all year is certified for Passover only when indicated. Hairspray - All Milk Dry – Nonfat without additives before Pesach Hand Sanitizers - Any without alcohol may be used. Mineral Oil - All Hemp - Check thoroughly for any possible mixed- Mouthwash - Scope, Listerine (plain and in grains Listermint), Tom’s of Main, Amway (not the Amway Glister Anti Plaque Flouride) Household Cleanser - All (i.e. Fantastic, Glass Plus, Lysol, Sunlight etc.) Nail Polish/Remover - All Hydrogen Peroxide - All Napkins - All Ice - Unflavored - All Nuts - All raw, whole or chopped almonds, 17 walnuts, pine nuts, without BHA, BHT or other Spice Island additives, or preservatives are approved for Pesach use. However, if the label states that it is processed Personal Care Product - The following Shaklee in a plant that processes Kitniyos or Chometz, then products: Avocado Cream Moisturizer, Deodorant it requires a reliable Kosher For Pesach certification. Cream, Skin Polisher, Powder Blush, Sunscreen, Whole pecans and half pecans do NOT require Moisturizer, Lip Conditioner, Men’s Skin Kosher for Pesach certification. However, pecan Conditioner pieces and midget pecans must bear a Kosher for Plastic Bag & Wrap, Plate, Cup, Containers, Pesach symbol. All dry roasted nuts and ground Tablecloths (non-powdered) etc - All nuts require reliable KFP certification. Polish – All The following are some Star K Nuts that may be used without special Pesach certification (only Poultry - All fresh or frozen poultry are fine for Star K): 21st Century, Atlas Walnut, Blain Farms, Pesach, except for ground poultry, which DOES Cascade, Poindexter Nut require KFP certification. Oil (Coconut) - Spectrum Organic Virgin Crude Powdered Milk - Alba, Carnation, Dairyman Coconut Oil (O/U) Quinoa - Ancient Harvest – Inca Red Grains, Oil (Olive- Extra Virgin Only) – Some examples Tricolor Grains Harmony Blend, White Grains are: Artisan Reserve (O/U), Aunt Patty’s (Star K), Traditional, White Quinoa 50 lb. bulk bag (Star K) Baci de Oliva (Star K), Callisto Francesconi Extra Raisins (check to make sure that “oil” doesn’t Virgin Olive Oil, Colavita Extra Virgin, EVOO (O/U), appear in the ingredient panel) - American Raisin Economax (O/U), Ferrara Extra Virgin, Krinos, Lupi Packers, Del Monte, Dole, Fisher Nut, Great Value, Extra Virgin, Olio Di Oliva Bertolli Extra Virgin Pride, Market Pantry, Nature’s Promise, Safari, Olive Oil (O/U), Pompeian Extra Virgin Grade Cold Shoprite, Sun Maid, Trader Joes, Wegmans Pressed, Roland Extra Virgin Rice - For those Sephardim who use rice on Pesach Oil (Grape Seed) – Pompeian (Star K) as well as those who are infirm or infants, it is Oil Spray - Pompeian (Star K) acceptable only without additives (this includes vitamins) i.e. Aftab, Emperor, Mahatma, Kusha, Onions frozen chopped - Any pure or fresh Nasim, Pari, Riviana, Royal, Shahrzad, Success chopped refrigerated Ready Pac Brand Rice Milk – (some rice milk may contain an enzyme Oven Cleaner - All that is derived from barley, therefore only the following brands have been approved by the O/U Oven Cooking Bag - Reynolds microwave bags` as original rice milk, with no chametz. THEY ARE Pain Medication – Ast Tabs, Bufferin, Excedrin KITNIYOS) Rice Dream Enriched (Unsweetened (plain, migraine & sinus), Motrin, St. Joseph adult Original), Harris Teeter, RiceSense Enriched, Full chewable, Tylenol & Tylenol plus. Circle, Hy-Vee, Meijer, Nature’s Place, Shop Rite, Market Basket Enriched, Price Chopper Enriched, Paper Cups - All styrofoam, plastic or cardboard. Wild Harvest Enriched Paper (Plate) – All Coated: Some popular brands Rubber Gloves - Any uncoated (i.e. Playtex, are: Dixie (O/U) Rubber Maid) Paper (Parchment) – 365 Everyday Value (Star Salt - (Coarse Kosher Salt) - All K), Airbake (Star K), Beyond Gourmet (Star K), Chef Le Bon (Star K), Essential Everyday, Great Value, Salt - (Table) Morton’s plain, coarse, popcorn salt, Kirkland, Master Baker (Star K), Meijer, Member’s special cooking salt, canning and pickling salt, Mark, Paper Chef (Star K), Roundy’s, The Pampered extra fine flour salt, Red Cross, Sterling, Dominion Chef (Star K), Union Paper Bak-O-Matic, Castaway, Sea Salt Reynolds, Cysco, Prime Source, Pure, Alliant, NOTE on Salt: Always check to make sure that Wilton (Star K), Note: Containing Quilon requires there is no dextrose, iodine or polysorbate listed in Hechsher year-round. Silicon-based is Kosher the ingredients during the year. Sandwich Bag - Any paper or plastic Paper Towel - All (first 3 sheets may contain kithiyos glue, and should not be used with hot Sanitizer - All foods.) Scouring Pad - Dobie, Brillo Nylon, Scrubber, Pepper – Durkee, It’s Delish, Morton’s Black Pepper, Scotch Brite, Supreme, Chore Boy, Airwick Nylon, 18 Golden Fleece, Scrunge, O-Cel-O, any Sweetener - Syncal Saccharin steel wool without soap Talcum Powder - All (100% talc) Seltzer (Unflavored) - All Tea (Instant) - Nestea Regular, Unflavored 100% Shampoo – All Pure Tea (Regular or Decaf) (Star K, no “P” required) Shaving Cream & Gel - All Teabags (Regular-Unflavored) - Tetley, Lipton, Swee-Touch-Nee, Salada, Redco, Chock Full O’ Shaving Lotion - All Nuts, America’s Choice, Bromley Estate, Albertson’s, Shelf Paper - All uncoated Kroger, Nestea, Pocahontas, Superior, Safeway Select, The Republic of Tea, Rite Aid Shoe Polish - All NOTE on Teabags: Regular tea bags that are Silver Polish - All Kosher Brands (i.e. Amway, unflavored and not decaffeinated and have no Goddard’s (Star K), Haggerty (Star K), Weiman (Star fillers such as chicory may be used for Pesach K)) without special certification. Skin Care - Lubriderm, Unflavored Blistik, Keri etc. Tea Bags (Decaf) - Lipton Unflavored, Swee- (any without grain additives) Touch-Nee 97% Decaf Soap (Hand) - All Tissue (Bathroom & Facial) – All Soy Milk - (Kitniyos - but not Chometz – for those Toilet Bowl Cleaner - All for whom it is necessary to consume soy milk. These items should be purchased before Pesach, Toothbrush - All so that any traces of Chometz involving equipment would be batul) 365 Everyday Value, Fit & Active, Tooth Pain – Anbesol, Orajel Giant, Harvest Farms, Hy-Vee, Meijer, Nature’s Place, Nature’s Promise Organic, Shop Rite Organic, Toothpaste – Aim, Aquafresh, Colgate, Crest (Cool Shop Rite, Soy Dream, Vitasoy San Sui Original, Soy Mint, Extra Whitening, Multicare, Kids Sparkle), Dream Original Natural Gleem, Mentadent, Pepsodent, Tom’s of Maine Sponge - All without soap Toothpicks - All unflavored Steel Wool - any without soap Vegetable (Fresh) - alfalfa sprouts, artichoke, asparagus, avocado, beets, bell pepper, broccoli, Sterno - All cabbage (red or green), carrot, cauliflower, celeriac (celery root), celery, chicory, chives, collard, Straws - All plastic cucumber, dandelion greens, dill, eggplant, Styrofoam Products - All endive, escarole, garlic (there are varying customs regarding the use of garlic on Pesach), green Sugar - (Brown) C & H Gold Brown (Star K), C & onion, horseradish (raw), kohlrabi, leek, lettuce (all H Dark Brown (Star K), Dixie Crystals Lite Brown, types), mint leaves, mushroom, okra, onion, potato, Wholesome Foods Organic Cane Sugar parsley, parsley root, pumpkin, radishes (all types), Sugar - (White) any granulated pure cane or rhubarb, rutabaga, scallions, spinach, tomatillo, beet sugar without dextrose such as C & H, Vons/ tomatoes, turnip, watercress, whole pepper, yams, Pavilions, Albertsons, Smart & Final, Spreckles, and zucchini. Sysco. It must be listed as pure cane or beet sugar Vegetables/Carrots Fresh, Peeled - Lancaster on the label. Foods (Star K) Sugar - (Raw, Turbinado) C&H Hawaiian raw cane Vegetables/Other Fresh, Peeled - Lancaster sugar Foods (Acorn, Butternut & Yellow Squash, Eggplant, Palm Sugar – Sweet Tree Coconut Palm sugar Potatoes, Yams, Zucchini) (Star K), Nature’s Promise (Butternut & Squ7ash Medley) (Star K) Suntan Lotion & Medication - Coppertone (kids, oil-free, Shade, Sport) Pre Sun Sprays, Neutrogena Vegetable Wash – Sereli Sunless Tanning Lotion, Solarcain (gel, spray and Vinegar - Acetum (Star K) medical first aid spray) Water (Unflavored) – All (fresh, bottled, spring or Supplement - Ensure Without Fiber (Note: it distilled) contains Kitniyos - check with your Rav when needed) Water Filters - All 19 Wax Paper – American Choice, Cut Rite, Iga, Marcal Blintzes – Bernies Foods (O/UP), Kineret Kitchen Charm, Remarkable, Reynolds, Shoprite, (O/UP) Stop & Shop Borscht – Gefen (O/UP), Gold’s (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Mother’s (O/UP) Rokeach (O/UP), Unger’s (Star KP) ITEMS THAT ARE RELIABLY CERTIFIED FOR PASSOVER Brandy - De La Rosa Vineyards (Star KP required), Imperian (Star K, no “P” required), Markovic Estate (FOR 5776 -2016) (Star K, no “P” required), Vinprom-Troyan (Star K, no Agave Nectar – Goya (O/KP), Health Garden (O/KP), “P” required) Maretai (O/KP), Trader Joe’s (O/KP) Butter – Breakstone’s (O/UP) Airline Meals – Lou G. Siegel (O/UP – with Kosher Cake - Carousel Cheesecake, Gefen (O/UP), for Passover seal only), Meal Mart (O/UP), Wilton Goodman’s (O/UP), Kineret (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP) [ALERT: Airlines often mistakenly serve (O/UP), Messing (Kof KP), Oberlanders (Kof-KP), meals on Pesach which are not Kosher for Pesach. Osem (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Schick’s (KAJ), Always be careful to check your meal.] Shabtai Gourmet (O/KP), Smilowitz, G&I New York Allergy Medication - Adwe (O/UP) Style Cheesecake (O/UP - Cholov Yisroel) Antacid - Adwe Heartburn Relief (plain and with Cake Mix – Gefen (O/UP), Goodman’s (O/UP), calcium) (KAJ), Adwe Ko-Lanta Antacid, Adwe Anti Liebers (R’ Weissmandl), Manischewitz (O/UP), Gas Natural Earth (Star KP) Savion (O/UP), Streit’s (Kof KP) Appetizers - Tuv Taam (O/KP) Candy - 21st Century (Star KP), Alprose Chocolates Apple Butter – Eden Organic (O/KP), Season (O/UP) (O/UP), Barricini (O/UP), Bartons (Kof Kp – some Apple Juice/Cider – Eden Organic (O/KP), Empire are dairy), Bloomy’s (O/UP), Blum’s (O/UP), Dream (O/KP), Haddar (KAJ), Kedem (O/KP), Manischewitz Confections (Kof K), Elegante & Dodilly, Elite (only (O/UP), Season (O/KP), Streits (Kof KP), Ungar’s with O/UP or Badatz), Empress Chocolate (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Golden Fluff (O/UP), Holiday (Kof Applesauce – Eden Organic (O/KP), Festive KP), Illinois Nut & Candy (cRc), It’s Delish (Heart (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s (KAJ), Kedem Kp), Klein’s (O/KP), Koppers (O/KP), Krums (O/UP), (O/UP),Manischewitz (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Rue Manhattan Chocolates (O/K, Rabbi Weissmandl), Lafayette, Season (O/UP), Streits (Kof-KP) Manischewitz (O/UP), Oneg (KAJ), Openheimer Jerusalem Sweets (O/KP), Paskesz, Progress (O/UP), Aspirin - Adwe non - Aspirin pain relief (regular Pizzaz Fruit Slices (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Savion and extra strength) (O/U) (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Shufra (O/KP), Smunchies Baby Food - Festive (O/UP), First Choice (Star Cotton Candy (O/UP), Streits (Kof-K), The Candy KP – Apple Sauce, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes), Gefen Store (Star KP), Tzali’s (O/UP) (O/UP), Glick’s (KAJ), Haddar (KAJ), Healthy Times Capers - Blanchard & Blanchard (Star KP), DFS (O/UP only), President’s Choice (Loblaw’s Brand - Foods (Star KP) O/UP only) Cereal - Manischewitz (O/UP), Mothers (O/UP), Bags - Bodek Garnet Herb Bags (O/UP) Kedem (O/UP) Rokeach, (O/UP), T. Abrahams (O/UP), Bakery Goods – 21st Century (Star KP), Bobba’s Kojel (O/UP), Streit’s (Kof-K), Oberlander’s (Kof-Kp), Taigelach (Star KP), Chantilly’s (O/KP), Goodman’s Savion (O/UP) (O/UP), Gruenebaum (KAJ), Hirsch Bros (O/KP), Charoset - Streit’s (Kof K) Horowitz-Margareten (O/UP), Jennie’s Macaroons (Kof KP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Muffins N’ More Cheese (also see Cream Cheese) – Ahava, Barkanit (O/KP), Oberlander (Rabbi Babad), Rebecca & (O/UP), Cabot (O/UP), Entremont Ementale Rose Gluten Free Donuts & Brownie Crunch (O/K), Spreadable Cheese (from France – Rabbi Alloum), Schick’s (KAJ), Spilke’s (Kof-KP) Gideon, Golan (Star KP), Haolam (KAJP), HSDF (only with Star KP), Harmony Specialty (Star Dp, Baking Powder – Gefen (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ) non-Cholov Yisroel), J & J (KAJP), Ko-Sure (Star KP), Baking Soda - Gefen (O/UP) La Chevre (Cholov Yisroel – O/K for Passover), Les Petites Fermieres (Cholov Stam – O/K for Passover), Bamboo Shoots - California Delight (Star-K) Lucerne Cottage Cheese & Sour Cream (Kof KP), Mehadrin, (Volve Rav), Millers (O/UP), Migdal (KAJ Bars - Shefa Good II Go Bars p), Morning Select, Monsey Dairy Stringles (O/KP), 20 Natural & Kosher (Cholov Yisroel O/K for Coffee Creamer - Gefen (O/UP), Kineret (O/UP), Passover), Pastures of Eden Jerusalem Mishpacha (O/UP), Unger’s (Star KP) Cheese (O/KP – Chosom Sofer), Slim-U, Taam Tov (O/UP), Susan Gourmet (Star KP), Tuv Taam Cold Cuts – Empire (O/UP), Meal Mart (O/UP) Hungarian cheese (O/KP), Tuv Taam (O/KP), Votvata Cookies - B.P. Gourmet (Kof-Kp), Bartenura (O/UP), Chicken Coating - Streits Bag N Bake (Kof-KP) Bloomy’s (O/UP), Festive (O/UP), Frookies, Glick’s Macaroons (O/UP), Goodmans (O/UP), Gruenbaum’s Children’s Chewable Fever & Pain Reliever - (KAJ p), Jennie’s Bakery Treats (Kof KP), Kineret Adwe (O/UP) (O/UP), Krum’s (O/UP), Lieber’s Macaroons (O/UP), Manischewitz Macaroons (O/UP), Messing (Kof KP), - Blooms, Lieber’s (Weissmandel) Chocolate Chips Mother’s (O/UP), My Bubby’s (Kof KP), Ness (O/UP), Chocolate (Baking Bars) - Haddar (KAJ), Oberlander’s (Kof KP), Rokeach (O/UP), Savion Manischewitz (O/UP), Paskesz (O/KP - Rabbi Lowfat Cookies (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Shabtai Westheim) Gourmet (O/KP), Y&S Food (O/KP) Chocolate Syrup - Manischewitz (O/UP), Unger’s Cooking Bags - Cookit Cooking Bags (O/UP) (Star KP) Cooking Spray – Manischewitz (O/UP), Mother’s Cigars – Senor Solomon – (KSA) (O/UP), Season (O/UP) Cleansers – America’s Choice (O/UP), Brite Water Cosmetics – Adwe Cosmetics (O/UP), Shain Dee (O/UP), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Cosmetics (Star KP) Procter & Gamble (O/UP) Rokeach (O/UP), Weiman Cough Syrup - Adwe Tussin Cough Syrup (and DM) Wax Away (O/UP) (O/U) Cocoa – Gefen (O/UP), Gevalia (O/KP), Haddar Crackers – Gefen Kartofele Crackers (O/UP), (KAJ), Lieber’s (O/KP), Savion (O/UP), Victor’s (O/UP), Paskesz (Cracker Flats & Crispits) V.I.P. (O/UP) Cream - Land-O-Lakes (O/UP), Sealtest (O/UP) Coffee – 24 Karat (O/KP), Canadian Eight O’Clock Instant Coffee (O/KP), Cumberland Island Cream Cheese – Breakstone (O/UP), Fleur De Traditional Roast Ground (O/Kp), Elite (O/UP), Lait, Friendship (O/UP), J&J (Arugas Habosem), Festive, Haddar (KAJ), Hag (O/KP), King David Philadelphia Cream Cheese (with O/KP only), Coffee Roasters (KSAP), La Joloa Gourmet Liquid Ralph’s (O/UP only), Vons (All with O/UP Only) Coffee (Star KP), Maxim (O/KP), Maxwell House (with O/KP only), Maxwell House (Canadian Instant Crumbs - Pereg (O/UP) Gourmet’s Flavored Matzo Half Caff) (O/KP), Meridian (O/UP), Mondelez Crumbs, Natural Earth (Star KP) International European Coffeehouse Collection Cupcake Holders – Paper – If You Care (Star KP) - unflavored (O/KP), Paul Delima (O/KP), Savarin (O/UP), Seattle’s Best (O/UP), Starbucks Flavorlock Cups - Dixie (O/UP), James River (O/UP) Bags (O/UP), Superior Coffee (regular and decaf Deodorant - Dr. Fischer Deodorant Spray & Gel unflavored – certified under cRc for Pesach), The (Rabbi Shlomo Korach) Gourmet Bean (O/KP), Yuban (O/KP), Vascafe Expresso (Rabbi Frankel), White Hen (O/KP) Dips/ Sauces - Casablanca Foods (Kof K), Kitni (O/UP), Sabra (O/UP) Coffee (Decaf) –24 Karat (O/KP), Brooklyn Coffee House (O/UP), Elite (O/KP), Festive, Gefen (O/UP), Dish Detergents - Adwe (KAJ), Festive, Gefen Folgers (O/U), Gevalia (O/KP only), Haddar, Hag (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Rokeach (O/UP), Season (O/KP), Hena (O/UP), Maxwell House (O/KP only), (O/UP) Mondelez International European Coffeehouse Collection and regular decaf - unflavored (O/KP), Dishwasher Detergent - Haddar (KAJ p), Rokeach Nescafe Taster’s Choice Decaf Instant (Chasam (O/UP), Season (O/UP) Sofer), Peet’s (KSAP), Parker House/Pinnacle (O/ Dressing - Blanchard & Blanchard (O/UP), Gourmet UP), Sanka (with O/KP only), The Gourmet Bean By Dina (Star KP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Mother’s (O/KP), Yuban (O/KP), White Hen (O/KP), White (O/UP), Savion, Streits (Kof-KP), Unger’s (Star KP) House/Pinnacle (O/UP) Egg Substitute - Healthy Morn (O/UP), Kineret Coffee Beverages - Chilla Frappe & Latte Mixes (5 (O/UP) flavors) (Chasam Sofer) Egg Whites - Laura Lynn (O/UP), Papetti Food - Coffee (Liquid Concentrate) - Maxwell House (O/UP) (O/KP) 21 Fish (Prepared/Canned/Jar and Raw) - A&B Gefilte Fruit Leather (O/UP), Glick’s Raisins (KJP), Fish (regular & sugar-free – O/UP), Banner (O/UP), Great Lakes Turkish Apricots and Figs Benz’s (Star KP), California Delight Sardines (Star (Star KP), Hadley’s Dates & Date Coconut Rolls (O/K KP only), Dagim (O/UP), Elf Herring (O/UP), Empire only), Homa (Star KP), It’s Delish (Heart K), Klein’s O/UP), Freshwater (raw un-coated fish only – no (O/KP), Landau All Natural Apple Crisps Cinnamon coated or fish blends), Gefen Tuna (O/UP), Haddar (O/UP), Marriani (O/UP only), Nature’s Original Tuna (KAJ), Herring Brook (Star KP), Kedem (O/UP), (Star KP), Sunglow Pitted Dates, Sun World Pitted Kineret (O/UP), King of the Sea (cRc P), Kirkland Dates (O/UP – whole only), Trader Joe’s (Star-KP), Signature Frozen Atlantic & Wild Salmon: following Season with (O/UP), Setton International Foods (O/ rinsing with water) O/UP, Lasco (O/UP), Lieber’s KP only). Note: Dried Figs certified Triangle KP are (Weissmandl), Manischewitz (O/UP), Meal Mart acceptable. (O/UP), Ocean Gourmet (O/UP), Rokeach (with - Bodek (O/UP), Fairmont Frozen O/UP), Season (O/UP), Mrs. Adler’s (O/UP), Mother’s Fruits (Frozen) (Star KP), Granadaisa (O/UP), Rainbow Farms (O/KP) (O/UP), Nathan’s (O/UP), Philly Foods (Star KP), Ralph’s Markets (selected Ralph’s markets carry Gefilte Fish - Glick’s (KAJ), Haddar (KAJ) fresh fish with RCC label/blue packaging in California), Royale (O/UP), Salmolux Gourmet Gelatin - Sweet City New York (Badatz Machazekai (Kof KP), Season Salmon, Sardines & Tuna (O/UP), Hadaas) Shoprite Tuna in Water (O/UP), Tuna Delight (with Grape Juice – After The Fall (O/UP), Carmel Grape Star-KP - certification must say “may be used for Juice (O/UP), De La Rosa (Star KP), Gefen (O/UP), Passover”), Tuv Taam (O/KP), Ungar’s (O/UP), Vita Heineke’s Sparkling Grape Juice (O/UP), Kedem (O/UP), Ungar’s Gefilte Fish (O/UP), Tuv Taam (O/KP) Organic Grape Juice & Fresh Pressed Grape Juice Fish (Frozen) – Ben Z’s (Star KP), Noam Gourmet w/o Sulfites (O/UP), Kesser (O/KP), Land of Vines Frozen Gefilte Fish Organic Grape Juice (O/KP), R. W. Knudson (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Savion (O/UP), Season Grape Juice Fish (Lox) - Benz’s Smoked Nova Vita (O/UP), (O/UP), Tampri Grape Juice (O/UP), Ti Rosh (O/UP), Diamond (O/UP), Rite Foods (O/UP), Salmon Salami Welch’s Grape Juice (O/UP) Pareve Cold Cuts (O/UP), Springfield (O/UP), Three Star (O/UP) Gravy - King Star (O/UP & Chug Chasam Sofer) Fish (Smoked) - Acme (Kof-KP), American Smoked Gum – Blooms (O/UP), Elite (O/UP), Must Sugar Free Fish (Kof-KP), Gefen Smoked Salmon (O/UP), Gum (O/UP), Paskesz (O/UP) Salmolux - Chubs, Rainbow Trout, Salmon, Salmon Honey – Ba-Tampte (O/UP), Dutch Gold (O/UP), Ein Nova, White Fish (Kof-KP) Harod Meuchad Natural Honey (Chosom Sofer p), Food Coloring - Haddar (KAJ) Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Gold’s (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Lieber’s (Weissmandl), Mclure’s O/UP), French Fries - Kineret (O/UP) Manischewitz (O/UP), Meal Mart (O/UP), Nature’s Healthy Gourmet Avocado & Buckwheat Honey Frozen Meals & Side Dishes - Kineret Meals (O/KP), Rokeach (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Silver (Macaroni & Cheese) (O/U - Cholov Yisroel), Kineret Spring (O/UP), The Fresh Market (O/UP), Unger’s Vegetable & Pizza Poppers (O/U, Chug Chasam (Star KP), Western Commerce (O/KP) Sofer), Kineret French Fries Horseradish – BenZ’s (Star KP), Golden Taste Fruits And Vegetables (Canned and Packaged) (O/KP), Lin’s Farm Horseradish, Noam Gourmet - California Delight (Star-K - must say Kosher for (Star KP), Poland Best (O/KP), Silver Spring (O/KP) Passover - tropical fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges), Gefen (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Hot Chocolate Mix - Haddar (KAJ -Cholov Yisroel), Simcha Cranberry Sauce (CCRp), Ungar’s Sour Pitted Ko-Sure (CholovYisroel -Star-KP), Kojel (O/UP) Cherries (O/UP) Hot Sauce – Blanchard (O/KP) Fruits (Canned) – California Delight (Star KP), Haddar (KAJ), Lieber’s (Weissmandel p), Mishpacha Ice Cream - Elegante & Dodilly, Gilda (Cholov (O/UP), Season, Unger’s (Star KP) Yisroel), Kineret (O/UP), Kleins (Deberitzen Rav), Manischewitz (O/UP), Passover Delight (O/UP), Fruits (Dried) – 21st Century (Star K “P” required), Pride of the Farm (Star-KP – Cholov Yisroel) Bonner Organic Raisins (O/UP), Calavo Pitted Dates, California Hi-Lites (O/UP), California Prune Co. (O/ Ices - Bloom (under the supervision of Rav Landau), KP), California Prune Packing Co. (O/UP), Cinderella Brother’s International Desserts (Kof KP), Cyrk Raisins, Del Monte Slice, Dole Pitted Dates, Prunes Gourmet (O/UP), Kineret (O/UP), Klein (Deberciner and Natural Raisins, Festive (O/UP only), Gefen Rav), Pascals (KSAp), Pride of the Farm (Star-KP) 22 Jams & Jellies Preserves - 778 (O/UP), Cream, Dr. Fischer Hand Cream Atlas Preserves Co. (O/KP), Carmel (O/UP), - Glick’s (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Elyon (KCL), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Haddar Macaroons Manischewitz (O/UP), Messing (Kof-KP) (KAJ P), Kedem (O/UP), Kojel (O/UP), Ko-Sure, Manischewitz (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Polaner (O/UP), Mail-Order Meals/Gifts: Season (O/UP), Streits (Kof-KP), Ko-Sure, Unger’s (Star KP), Victor’s (O/UP) Avi Glatt - Aviglatt.com (718) 947-1000 Kosher Gift Box - www.koshergiftbox.com Juices (Fresh) – Apple & Eve (O/KP), Ceres (Star KP), (866) 925-7747 Eden (Star KP), Festive (O/UP), Finast (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), HKS Pomegranate Juice (O/UP), Haddar Mandarin Oranges – California Delight (Star KP), (KAJ), Heineke’s Sparkling Grape Juice (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ) Kedem Cranberry Grape, Organic Grape Juice & Pomegranate Juice – plain & sparkling (O/UP), Maple Syrup - Adirondack (Kof KP 518 853-4022), Manischewitz (O/UP), Minute Maid Pure Squeezed Janeric Maple Syrup (M/K p), Rancho Cucamunga Orange Juice, No Pulp and Some Pulp (when (O/KP) bearing O/UP), Morning Select (Star K P), New Margarine - Mother’s (O/UP), Ralphs (O/UP) Square Orange, Prigat, Season’s (Grapefruit, Apple, Pineapple, Prune, Orange - (O/UP), Simply Orange Marinades - Savion (O/U) Juice High Pulp and Pulp Free (when bearing the O/UP), Streit’s (Apple Grape Juice), Torpedo Juice Marshmallows - Shufra, Golden Fluff (O/UP), Kojel (under the supervision of Rav Landau), Tropicana - fish gelatin (Star-Kp), Tzali’s (O/UP), Manischewitz Pure Premium Orange Juice Homestyle/Some Pulp (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Savion (O/UP) All-Florida (O/KP), Unger’s (Star KP) Matzoh - 7 Mile Market (Star KP), Aviv (O/UP), Belz, Ketchup - Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s Carmel (O/UP), Croyden House (O/UP), Goodman’s (KAJ), Gold’s (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Osem (O/UP), (O/UP), Haddar Shmurah (KAJ), Holy Land Rokeach (O/UP), Savion Fireman’s Frenzy Spicy (O/UP) ,Horowitz Margareten (O/UP), Lakewood Ketchup (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Streit’s (Kof KP), (wheat, whole wheat, spelt, oat – Kof KP www. Unger’s (O/UP) lakewoodmatzoh .com), Manischewitz (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Promised Land Organic Matzo (O/UP), Kishke - BenZ’s (Star KP), Quality/Unger’s (Star KP), Rakusen, Rishon (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Streits (Kof Romanian (O/UP only) Kp), Tzelem Popeh, Yanovsky HNOS (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Yarden (O/U), Yehuda (O/UP) Kugels - Classic Cooking (Star KP), Glatt Mart (Star KP) Matzo Meal - Em Hachita (O/KP), Goodman’s (O/UP only), Horowitz Margareten (O/UP), Manischewitz Latkes - Kineret (O/UP) (O/UP), Yanovsky HNOS (Buenos Aires, Argentina Leben - Norman’s (O/UP) – (O/UP) Lemon Juice - Season Co. (O/UP), Unger’s (Star KP) Matza - (Chocolate Covered) - (check with local Rabbi as to permissibility on Pesach) Gefen Shmura Lime Juice - Season Co. (O/UP) (O/UP), Hadar (KAJ), Holiday Candy, Manischewitz (O/UP) Lip Balm - Dr. Fischer Ultrasol (Rabbi Korach - Kosher for Pesach), SuperLan Nature’s Natural Matza (Oat) - The following are locations around Moisturizer for Chapped Lips (Rabbi Y. Gruber) the country to order oat Matzos: (Lakewood) (732) 364-8757, (Los Angeles) (323) 655-8870, Liquid Sugar - Flosweet (O/UP), V.l.P. Masters (Brooklyn) (718) 633-0633, or Baltimore (410) 358- (O/UP) 9580. Lakewood Matzoh www.lakewoodmatzoh. Liquor/Liqueur - Askalon Arak (O/KP), Carmel com Gluten Free Oat matzos from Golders (O/UP only), Distillerie Gin (O/UP), Givon Chocolate Green (Hashgacha: Dayan Westheim of - Brandy and Vodka (O/UP), Gold Shot (O/UP), Manchester Beis Din) [email protected] www. Kedem Bentenura Cordials (O/UP), Kedem Vodka glutenfreeoatmatzos.com. (O/UP), Kedem Vermouth Vinprom-Troyan Brandy Matza (Spelt) - Lakewood www. (Star KP), Jelinek Slivovitz Pear Brandy (O/UP), lakewoodmatzoh.com No.209 Vodka & Gin (O/UP), Queen Esther (O/UP), Spirit of Solomon (O/UP), Sukkah Hill Spirits (Star K), Mayonnaise - Benz’s (Star-KP), Festive Zachlawi Arak and Vodka (O/UP) (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s (KAJ), Haddar (KAJ), Manischewitz (O/UP), Mother’s (O/UP), Rokeach Lotion - SuperLan Moisturizer Lotion, Adwe Skin (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Streits (Kof KP), Unger’s (Star 23 KP) (KAJ), Hidorim Olives (O/UP), Kvuzat Yavne Olives (O/UP), Osem (O/UP) Meals (Prepackaged) - Gourmet Kosher (Kof-Kp), Meal Mart (O/U) Olive Oil – Eliad de Tierra Santa Extra Virgin Olive Oil (O/KP), Fitucci Olive Oil (Star K), Glick’s (KAJP), Meat - Raw, unprocessed meat in the original Mother’s cooking spray (O/UP), Season (O/UP), manufacturer’s packaging (NOT from a local Sultan’s butcher) is Kosher for Pesach use even without “P” designation. The exception to this is ground Oven Bags - Reynolds meat, veal, lamb etc., which require “P” (Passover) designation on label, unless otherwise noted. Pancake and Muffin Mix – Manischewitz (O/UP), Mother’s (O/UP), Tradition The following meats are only for Pesach use when bearing a special Passover certification: Romanian Parchment Paper – Bakemark (Star Kp), Chef’s Pepper Meat (O/UP Glatt), Solomon’s Glatt Kosher Select (Star-KP), Palisades Packaging (Star K – no Beef Cheek Meat (O/U Glatt) P required), 365 Everyday Value (Star K – no P required), Paper Chef (Star K – no P required), Meat Deli – Aaron’s Best (O/UP), 999 (O/UP), Meal Wilton (Star K – no P required) Mart (O/UP) Peppers – Osem (O/UP), Ungar’s (Star-KP) Medicines - Adwe with Pesach Certification Personal Care Products - Adwe (O/UP) Milk (Dry) - Ko-Sure Powder (Star-KP - Cholov Yisroel), Dairymen (O/UP), Parmalat (Kof-KP) Pickles – B&W Foods (O/KP), Ba-Tampte (O/UP), Eskal (O/U), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Haddar Milk (Chocolate/White) – Dairy Pure (Star Dp), Ko- (KAJ), Kvutzat Yavne Foods (O/KP), Osem (O/UP), Pri Sure (Star KP), Pride of the Farm (Star KP) Vayerek (O/U), Sadaf (O/U), Season (O/UP), Ta’amti (O/K), Unger’s (Star KP) Mixes – Haddar (KAJ), Kasher V’Sameach, Mother’s Stuffing, Kasher V’Sameach Pie Crust – Manischewitz (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP) Mouthwash and Mint Spray - Adwe (KAJ) Pizza – Bernies Foods (O/UP), Dayeinu Passover Pizza (O/UP), Noam Gourmet (Star KP) Muffins - Oberlander’s (Kof-KP) Potato Chips – Bauer Sweet Potato Chips (O/UP), Mushrooms (Dried) - Kirsch (Kof-KP) Blooms (O/UP), Cape Cod (O/UP), Guiltless Gourmet Mustard (Imitation) – Rokeach Dijon Mustard (O/ Root Chips (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Manischewitz UP), Savion Fireman’s Frenzy (O/UP) Regular & Chocolate Covered Chips (O/UP), Paskesz (O/UP), Ruffles (O/UP), Season’s (O/UP), Terra Non Dairy Creamer –Eden (Star KP), Kineret Vegetable Chips (Kof KP) (O/UP), Unger’s (Star-Kp) Potato/Instant - King Star Foods (O/UP) Noodles – Horowitz Margareten (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Miracle Noodles (O/UP), Potato Pancake Mix - Horowitz Margareten Season’s Brand (O/UP) (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Osem (O/UP) Streits (Kof-Kp) Nuts - Gefen (O/UP), Golden Fluff (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), It’s Delish (Heart-KP), Kleins (O/KP), Meshuga Potato Starch –Gefen (O/UP), Goodman’s (O/UP), Nuts (O/UP), Oneg (KAJ), Savion (O/UP), Setton Haddar (KAJ), Hisachdus (CRC), Manischewitz Farms (O/KP) (O/UP) Oil - Bartenura Grapeseed Oil (O/UP), Benzi’s Potato Sticks and Chips - Blooms (O/UP), Golden (Star-Kp), Festive (O/UP), Delarosa (Star KP), Festive Fluff (KCL), Paskesz (O/UP), Terra Yukon Gold Potato Cottonseed (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Chips (Kof-KP only) Hain Oils (Kof Kp only), Hunt-Wesson (O/KP), Poultry (Raw) - any reliable Kosher brand that is Joseph Adams Herbal & Flavored Oils (O/KP only), not processed or coated (i.e. raw). Some popular Liberty (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Mothers brands are: Alle (ground chicken breast requires Choice (O/UP), Nutola (O/UP), Streits (Kof-KP) Note: Kosher for Passover certification), Empire, Falls, Kashrus agencies in Israel follow the tradition not Vineland, Galil (Star-K), Royal (Star-K), Empire Raw to certify Cottonseed Oil for Pesach. Ground Turkey is only acceptable with the O/UP, Oil Sprays – Haddar (KAJ), Mother’s Olive Oil Spray Belz, David Elliot Meal Mart (O/UP), and Naomi (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Season’s (O/UP) (O/UP). Olives –Gefen (O/UP), Golden Fluff (KCL), Haddar NOTE: Empire produces many of its products year 24 round Kosher for Pesach. In fact most of Marinade (cRc P), Tradition, Unger’s (Star KP) their products fall under this category. Some examples are Barbeque Chicken, Rotisserie Scouring Pads – Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s (KAJ), Chicken, Barbeque Turkey, Chicken Fat, Cooked Mishpacha (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Season’s (O/UP), Turkey Breast, White Turkey Roll, Turkey Bologna Scotch Brite (O/UP) Roll, Turkey Salami Roll, Chicken Franks, Turkey Seltzer - Saratoga Carbonated Spring Water (O/UP) Franks, Smoked Turkey Breast Slices, Chicken Bologna Slices, Turkey Bologna Slices, Organic Wise Silver Polish – Adwe (KAJ), Haddar (KAJ), Rokeach Chickens (O/U) (O/UP) Preserves - Haddar Just Fruit (no sugar) (KAJ), Soda - Coke (with O/U P only), Dr. Brown (with Kp Kedem (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Season (O/UP), Moon only, under supervision of Rabbi Bukspan), Glick’s Shine Trading Co. (Rabbi Teichman), 778 (O/UP) (KAJ), Hansen’s (O/UP), Harrison’s (O/UP), Mayim Manishchewitz (O/UP), Chayim, Pepsi (Kof KP only), R.C. Cola (O/UP), Schweppes Seltzer (Kof-KP), Sodastream (O/UP) Puddings - Haddar (O/UP), KoJel (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Osem (O/UP) Soap – Gefen (O/UP) Quinoa – Andean Naturals Brand (55 lb. bag of Soups & Soup Mixes – Carmel (O/UP), Croyden Golden Royal Quinoa, bearing Star K “P” and lot House (O/UP), Gold’s (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), number SCI-JI-107397-1/1), Goodbaum (O/UP), Horowitz Margareten (O/UP), Lipton (only when Natural Earth Products (Star K “P” required), Pereg bearing O/UP label), Manischewitz Soup in a Cup (O/UP), Setton Farms (12 oz. container, Star KP – Canned & Broth (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Rokeach required) (O/UP), Tabatchnick’s (Star KP), Telma (O/UP), V.I.P (O/UP), Tradition (Kof-K) Rice - for those Sephardim who use rice on Pesach, Carolina Rice (Long Grain White and Brown – with Soup Nuts - Festive (O/UP), Goodman’s Star-S P Kitniyot designation only), Goya (Medium (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Season’s (O/UP), Horowitz Grain White Rice - with Star-S P Kitniyot designation Margareten (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP) only), Himalayan Pride Basmati Rice (Brown & White Spices – Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Gilroy Farms - No Star-S required, only regular Star-K), Super (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), It’s Delish (Heart K), Lieber’s Lucky Elephant Jasmine Rice (No Star-S P required, (Weissmandl), Natural Earth (Star KP), Pereg (O/UP), only regular Star-K). Rokeach (O/UP), Spice Time (O/UP), Sustainable Salad (Bagged) - Star K bagged produce is Kosher Sourcing Organic Pink Peppercorns (O/KP), West for Pesach only with special Pesach certification India Spices (O/KP only) on the bag. Kosher Salad Bar (All American Mix – Sprays - Manischewitz Buttery Safflower Cooking O/UP) Spray, Olive Oil Spray & Olive Oil Garlic Cooking Salad Dressing - Blanchard & Blanchard (O/UP), Spray (O/UP), Mishpacha Olive Oil Spray (O/UP), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Mother’s Olive Oil Coating Spray (O/UP) Manischewitz (O/UP), Mothers (O/UP), Sabra (O/KP), Spreads - Moshe & Ali’s Tomato, Basil, Savion, Season’s (O/UP) Mediterranean (O/UP) Salsa - Emzee Salsa (O/UP), Gold’s (O/UP), Stool Softener - Adwe (O/UP) Manischewitz (O/UP), Season’s (O/UP) Sugar (Brown) - Domino (with O/KP), Domino Salt (Table) – Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s Demerara (O/KP), Hadar (KAJ), Spreckles (O/UP), (KAJ), Goya (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), HimalaSalt (O/KP), Trader Joe’s Light Brown Pure Cane Sugar (O/KP), Kroger (O/UP), Laish Sea Salt (Badatz p), Season Winn-Dixie Pure Cane Light Brown Sugar (O/KP) (O/UP), Sysco (O/UP) Sugar (White) – Domino Sugar and Sugar Packets Salt (Substitute) - Freeda Free Salt, no salt, (O/KP), Domino Demerare Sugar (O/KP), Gefen unseasoned, Spice of Life - no salt/no sugar (O/KP), Haddar (cRc & KAJ), Lieber’s (Weissmanel), Sauces - Blanchard & Blanchard Caribbean Hot Lucky Brand (O/UP), Quaker Diamond Pure Sauce (O/UP), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s Cane Extra Fine (O/KP), Spreckles (O/UP), Sweet (KAJ), Gold’s (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Kedem Steak Additions Organic Can Sugar (OKP), Trader Joe’s Sauce (O/UP), Laish Hot Red Pepper Sauce (O/ Pure Cane Granulated Sugar (O/KP), US Foods Pure UP), Mrs. Adlers (O/UP), Manischewitz (O/UP), Cane Granulated Sugar (O/KP) Mishpacha Bar-b-Que Sauce (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Sugar Substitutes – DS Sucralose –Splenda Rokeach Marinara Sauce (O/UP), Savion (O/UP), type (Star KP), California Delight Surcralis (Star Season Marinara & Duck Sauces (O/UP), Simcha 25 KP), Gefen (O/UP), Health Garden Xylitol – plain & Vinegar - Bartenura (O/UP), Carmel vanilla (O/UP), Kojel (O/UP), Master (O/UP), Sucrazit (O/UP), Glick’s (KAJ), Hadar (KAJ), Heinz (Badatz Aida Charaidis), Sweet ‘N Low (O/UP), V.I.P., (O/UP), Kedem (O/UP), Manischewitz (Balsamic and Vthal Isomaltulose #1 Sweetener – 16 oz. (O/KP) White O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Season (O/UP) Sushi Nori Sheets - Mizrach U’Maariv (Star KP) Vinegar - Balsamic – Bartenura (O/UP – Rabbi Garelick), Kedem (O/UP), Mazetti (Rabbi Gerelick), - Adirondack Syrup (also see Chocolate Syrup) Zehlemer Rav), Unger’s (Star KP) Maple Syrup (Kof-KP), Bosco (O/UP), Fox’s U-Bet (Rabbi Schapiro), Haddar (KAJP), Harrison’s Vitamins and Supplements – Floraheal Kosher (O/K), Kedem (O/UP), Manischewitz - Chocolate Cholesto-Manage and Gentle Laxatives (Badatz), and Pancake (O/UP), Osem (O/UP), Savion (O/UP), Landau Vitamin C Liquid (Rabbi Teitelbaum Season (O/UP), Silan Date Syrup (Rabbi Didi) the Volver Rav), Natures Cure Natures Cal Plus – Calcium (Star D), or look on the Koshervitamins – Gefen (O/UP), Festive (O/UP), Haddar Tea Bags website - www.koshervitamins.com (KAJP), Lipton Decaffeinated Unflavored Tea Bags (O/U w/or without Pesach designation), Lipton Waffles - Bernies Foods (O/UP) (O/UP), Sweet-Touch Tea (including 97 1/2% caffeine free) (O/UP), Wissotzky (O/UP) Walnut Oil – Gefen (O/UP), Haddar (KAJ), Kedem (O/UP), Nut-Ola (O/UP), Shufra Tea (Herbal) – Bigelow (Green Tea, Cinnamon Stick Tea, English Breakfast Tea, Peppermint Tea Water - Evian (O/UP), Voluic (O/UP), S. Pelegrino etc.) Good Earth (O/UP), G’Day Herbal Teas (Star-K), Spring Water (O/UP), Valley Spring Water (O/UP) Senna and Mint Tea, Taanug Chamomille, Wissotzky Whip Topping - Kineret (Kof-KP only) (O/UP) Wines & Liquors – Abarbanel, Amiad (O/KP), Tea (Instant) - Nestea Unflavored (regular - Decaf Baron Herzog California Wine Bartenura (O/UP – not approved for Pesach use) Mevushal), Carmel (all are O/UP and Mevushal), Toothpaste - Adwe (Kof KP), Crest (from England Arak, Citron Liquor, Clovis Lesieutre (O/UP), Cuvee with MKP) Leon (O/UP), De La Rosa Vineyards (Star K required), Embassy Wine (Star Kp), Gamla (O/UP – not all Vanilla Sugar - Haddar (KAJP) are Mevushal), Gan Eden (O/UP), Hagafen (O/UP - Mevushal), Herzog French (O/UP), J Furst (O/UP), – BenZ’s (Star KP), Vegetables (Canned & Jarred) Kedem Vermouth Savion (O/UP), Kedem (note: 1 Bloomy’s Pickled Beets (O/UP), California Delight ½ Liter are NOT Mevushal), Kesser Rashi (O/Kp), (Star KP), Festive (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Glick’s Korbel (O/UP only), Manischewitz (O/UP), Recanti Yams in Syrup and Mushrooms (KAJ), Hadar (KAJ), Wines (O/UP), Star White (O/UP), Tam Pri Weinstock Lieber’s (Weissmandl), Manischewitz (O/UP), California Wines (O/UP), Teal Lake (O/Kp -Chug Mishpacha (O/UP), Rokeach (O/UP), Roland Heart of Chasam Sofer) Palm (O/KP), Season (O/UP), Unger’s (Star KP) Wine (Cooking) - Kedem (O/U Zehlemer Rav), - Fresh peeled Vegetable/Carrots, Fresh Peeled Kedem Balsamic & White Vinegar (O/UP), Heinz carrots, whole, cut or shredded require KFP (O/UP), Savion (O/UP) certification. The following are certified for Pesach by the Star K: Cooseman’s (Star KP), Del Monte Wines With Pesach Certification from the (Star KP), Dole (Star KP), Sheetz M. T. Go (Star KP), Following Rabbis & Kashrus Agencies Are Wegman’s (Star KP) Recommended: Vegetables/Other Fresh Peeled - Del Monte Rav Babad (Tartikover Rav), Bedatz (Yerushalayim), (Butternut & Yellow Squash, Yams, Zucchini) (Star Rav Belinow, Rav Chazan, Chug Chasam Sofer KP), Lucinda’s (Squash & Zucchini) (Star KP), The (Petach Tikvah), Rabbi Frankfurter, Rav Gorelick, Farmer’s Market (Butternut Squash & Yams) (Star Rabbi Hoffman (Hungary), Lubavitch Beis Din, New KP) Square, Rabbi Oyerbach, Rav Teitelbaum (Nirbatur Rav), Tzelemer Rav, Rabbi Hillel Weinberger, Rabbi – B-Tam (Star KP), Bodek Vegetables (Frozen) Weissmandel, Rabbi Zelbach, Rabbi Zushe Blech (O/UP), Eden (Star KP), Garden Pure (O/UP), Gefen (O/UP), Meitav (O/UP), Shneider’s (Star KP) Xylitol – Health Garden (O/UP) Vegetables (Fresh) - Bodek Yogurt - Breyers (O/UPd), Crowley Nonfat & Lowfat Plain Yogurt (O/UPd), Dannon (only when bearing Vegetables (Sundried Tomatoes) L’esprit De O/UPd – coffee, & vanilla flavors), J&J Yogurt Campagne Carb Chicken & Turkey Sausages (O/UPd), Mehadrin Authentic Greek Nonfat Yogurt Peach (O/UPd), My Essentials Nonfat Plain Yogurt 26 (O/UPd), Norman’s (O/UP) (black cherry, processed on Chometz machinery. strawberry, peach, vanilla, pomegranate, coffee light, strawberry light, vanilla light), Slim Coffee Substitutes/Alternatives - (i.e. Pero, (O/UP) Postum and others) contain grain. ITEMS TO BE CAUTIOUS OF Coffee (Decaffeinated) - May have been processed with ethyl acetate (derived of grain FOR PASSOVER ( 5776-2016) alcohol), coffee flavoring may contain Chometz alcohol, as well as non- Kosher flavoring. Airline Meals - Chometz meals are sometimes served by mistake. Condensed Milk - Sugar, preservatives and oil to Ant and Roach Traps - Often use Chometz bait. reconstitute Apple Juice - Nutrients (sometimes processed on Confectionery Sugar - Corn starch (for instance, vinegar equipment), enzymes, clarifying agents. three percent in C&H) may contain wheat starch Applesauce - Corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, flavoring Creamer (Non-dairy) - Whey, emulsifiers which are dairy and Kitniyos, some contain corn syrup Baby Cereals & Baby Food - May contain wheat, sugar, and can be made on Chometz equipment Dairy Foods - Enzymes, stabilizers, flavors & vitamins Baby Powder - May contain Chometz Dextrose - Corn derivative Bath Treatments - Brands like Aura Cacia, Aveeno, Relief MD and Wild Carrot Herbals all contain Dishwashing Detergent - Cetyl alcohol (not oatmeal, which is actual edible Chometz. They Kosher), grain alcohol must be sold or disposed of before Pesach Dog Food - Barley, oats, wheat, Brewer’s Yeast, Bird Food - Many contain grain Xanthan Gum, cheese or whey and meat together (see listing under “Pet Foods”) Brown Sugar - Culture, yeast, corn starch, may contain wheat starch, machinery Dried Fruits and Raisins - Dried in Chometz ovens, may contain Kitniyos oil, flour Butter - Salt, coloring, preservatives, nutrients, culture, lactic acid from corn Emulsifiers - Can contain glucose Candied Fruit - Dextrose, may contain powdered Fish Food - Wheat (see listing) sugar, flour Fish Frozen –may have been frozen in corn syrup Canned & Frozen Fruit, Vegetables with Syrup brine - May be iodized with flour, dextrose (dietetic may Fish Raw – may be coated with corn syrup glaze contain grape juice), corn syrup Flour - Has been bleached and washed, therefore Cat Food - Wheat, cheese or whey together with Chometz meat/chicken, oats and barley, Xanthan Gum, Brewer’s Yeast (see listing under “Pet Foods”) Frozen Fruit Drink - Usually contain corn syrup, flavoring Cheese & Cottage Cheese - Stabilizers, corn sugar, coagulating agent, microbial rennet from real Gelatin (Beef) - From all over the world, including Chometz, dextrose, cultures Israel, not acceptable unless it has reliable certification, as it usually is processed from non- Chewing Gum - Corn syrup, flavoring Kosher slaughtered animals Cigars (Flavored) - Chometz alcohol Glucose - Corn or wheat derivative Chocolate & Chocolate Milk - Malt (real Chometz), Honey - Corn syrup, coloring (even if not listed). glucose Extra caution needed if it is from Turkey or China Chocolate Spread - From Israel may contain Horseradish - Vinegar, sweeteners, hydrolyzed Kitniyos. Note: even though some chocolate vegetable protein, wheat gluten spreads with Kitniyos may state on the label K.F.P., it is acceptable only for Sephardim who eat Kitniyos Hydrolized Vegetable Protein (HVP) - Often is Chometz Cider Vinegar - May contain yeast that is real Chometz Ice Cream - Sugar, flavorings, stabilizers Coffee - General Foods International currently is Ingredients - Ascorbic Acid, Caramel, Citric Acid 27 (often derived from glucose), Glucose (can be Play Dough - Edible flour (must be derived from wheat fermentation), HVP (hydrolized discarded before Pesach) vegetable protein), Vitamin C Powdered Cocoa (Sweetened) - Powdered milk, Israeli Products - Teruma, Maaser, Shemita: must corn sweetener have reliable certification Products from Rabbanut of Israel - May contain Ketchup - Stabilizers, oil, dextrose, vinegar (real Kitniyos chometz), flavorings Quinoa – Requires verification that it is not mixed Kitniyos - Includes: beans, rice, citric acid, corn, with Chometz. (Star-Kp available) dextrose, some types of flavoring, hydrolized vegetable protein, soy, peanuts, sesame seeds, Rice - Ashkenazim do not use rice on Pesach sorbitol, starch because it is considered Kitniyos. Sepharadim (who eat rice on Pesach) must use additive - free rice. Lactaid - Tablets may contain Chometz. Lactaid (See article) Milk may be used if purchased before Pesach (non Cholov Yisroel) Roach Poison - Combat brand (edible Chometz bait) Lecithin – Kitniyos Rubber Gloves (Powdered) - Chometz powder Lemon Juice - Chometz equipment Salads (Prepared in Bags) - May contain citric acid Liquor - May have grain alcohol base, wine, or grain alcohol, or wine alcohol Salt - Table salt often contains dextrose and polysorbate, especially when iodized MSG - Wheat Snacks - Bomba Snacks from Osem (Israel) is made Maple Syrup – De-foaming agents with corn and peanuts. This product is considered to be Kitniyos even though some of the packages - Emulsifiers, artificial flavor, salt, sugar, Margarine mistakenly bear an O/UP. oil Soda - Flavorings, dextrose, corn sugar Maraschino Cherries - Glucose, dextrose (cut cherries usually are colored red with carmine, an Soup cubes – Telma and others regularly contain insect derivative) Chometz Yeast. Mayonnaise - MSG from hydrolyzed protein, oil, Soy Oil, Corn Oil - Corn syrup, soy lecithin all are flavorings, sweeteners, vinegar Kitniyos Milk - Must be bought before Pesach and Spices (Processed or Flavored) - Dextrose, processed by a dairy that does not make chocolate flavoring, machinery milk (see section on milk) Splenda - Contains Kitniyos Mustard - Kitniyos. Some may even contain actual Chometz. (not to be confused with Kosher for Sugar - Many sugars are produced from corn and Passover imitation mustard) are Kitniyos Nuts - BHA, BHT, sprayed with Kitniyos (corn oil) Sunflower Seeds - Kitniyos Oil - Kitniyos Tea (Instant) - May contain Kitniyos sweetener Paper Plates (inexpensive) - Coated with starch Tea Bags - All decaffeinated tea bags without Pesach certification are considered not proper for Peanuts - Considered Kitniyos by most traditions use on Pesach. Pecan Pieces or Midget - Chometz processing Tea (Herbal) - Chometz or non-Kosher flavoring Peeled Vegetables - i.e. Carrots, potatoes (may be Tofu - Often processed using grain Alcohol washed and preserved with citric acid or dextrose (Chometz). anti-oxident) Tomato Products - Vinegar (Chometz), nutrients, Pet Food - Wheat, milk, cheese or whey mixed with salt, sugar, Chometz machinery meat (which is not acceptable year-round), (see listing) Tonic Water - Corn syrup Pickles - Vinegar (Chometz), flavorings Tuna - Hydrolyzed protein, oil 28 Vanilla Extract - Corn syrup, alcohol Vegetable wash – Kitniyos/Chometz Vegetables (Frozen) - Can be processed on Chometz machinery – can be processed on NEW PRODUCTS (5776 – 2016) Chometz machinery or use not Pesach approved anti-foaming agents. Blanchard & Blanchard (Star K): Capers in Brine Vegetables from Israel (often Peppers) - : Terumah, Maaser, Shemita Blue Agave Nectar - All natural Vegan and Gluten Free Sweetener Vitamins - Yeast, starch, corn dextrose, wheat (note: Freeda vitamins are Chometz-free) Casablanca Foods (Kof KP): Wine - Corn sugar, Chometz alcohol. Note: not all Mina Harissa, Mina Mild Harissa, Mina Green Harissa, Mina Shakshuka Sauce Kosher wines are Kosher for Pesach, also many are not Mevushal (cooked) (Check the label). Shemitah. Chantilly Bakery (O/KP): Bagels (for Pesach) Yogurt - Milk powder, enzymes, flavoring, sugar Burger and Frankfurter Buns (for Pesach) Chilla: UPDATES (5776/2016) Beverage Frappe & Latte Mixes (5 flavors) (Chasam COKE AND DIET COKE are being produced Sofer) in Los Angeles again and will be available at local markets. The Coke designated for Pesach use will Gefen (O/UP): have a distinctive yellow cap along with the O/UP Kartofele Snacks (Couscous & Gal Crackers in designation. Original, Onion, & Gluten Free Shehakol Matzo Crackers) FROM THE STAR K: Chopped Garlic Sauteed Onions The Star-K Hadar Machine Matzohs will be available only as 18 minute Chabura Matzohs. These are the Organic Beets (peeled & ready to eat) Frozen Mashed Potatoes (also Sweet Potatoes) & only Star-K machine Matzohs available this year. Herbs Star-K pre-packaged bags of salad require the Star- Couscous (Gluten-Free, Mediterranean-style – 3 Kp symbol for Passover use flavors) Spices FROM THE KOF-K: Chunk Lite Tuna in water pouches Squeeze Mayo in Original and Lite All Streit’s products produced in the United States Dark Chocolate Bark with Almonds are under the duel Hechsher of Rabbi Moshe Dark Chocolate Bark with Hazelnuts Soloveitchik and the Kof K. Dark Chocolate Bark with Coffee Beans FROM THE O/U: Dark Chocolate Bark with Mango Slices (dried) The O/U’s policy is that all regular tea bags, that Glick’s (KJP): are not flavored or decaffeinated, are acceptable Cocoa Canister and Vanilla Sugar for Pesach without special Pesach supervision. Salted Chocolate-Drizzled Macaroons (2 varieties) Starkist brand canned Tuna (O/UP) has a limited run of O/UP canned tuna that was prepared with Hadar (KAJ): Bishul Yisroel. Sweet Potato Chips Kirkland Signature Frozen Atlantic & Wild Salmon Harrison’s (O/K): is under the O/U and Kosher for Pesach. This product should first be rinsed with water before Sweet Shoppe Raspberry Syrup using for Pesach. Illinois Nut & Candy (cRc): Sodastream brand Carbon Dioxide Cylinders are Fantasia Confections brand will carry an extensive selection of Pareve bulk candy & nuts, gift baskets, now O/U certified for Pesach children’s items, all for Pesach this year. FROM ERETZ YISROEL: They can be reached at (800) 590-NUTS There is a restaurant in Ben Gurion airport called Kedem (O/UP): “Aroma Espresso Bar” under the Hashgacha Appleation Apple Cider (Dry Hard Cider and Sweet of Chug Chasam Sofer. This restaurant is closed Cider) during Pesach and is fine to eat in immediately Organic Grape Juice after Pesach. Manischewitz (O/UP): 29 Gluten Free Grab ‘n Go Chocolate Cookies etc. The symbol for this Sephardic Gluten Free Gran ‘n Go Chocolate Chip Cookies division is “Star-S P” and is under the Gluten Free Cake and Matzo Meal direction of Rav Emanuel Goldfeiz Gluten Free Matzo PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN KITNIYOT… Gluten Free Noodles (Tri-Color) Hazelnut Chocolate Macaroons Canned Goods Imported Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Italy Magic Max’s Chocolate Crunch Puffs (Gluten Free California Delight (Star-S p Kitniyot symbol Cereal) required for use for Sephardim on Passover) Magic Max’s Vanilla Crunch Puffs (Gluten Free Baby Corn (Whole Spears), Cut Baby Corn, Whole Cereal) Kernel Corn Thin Potato Chips & Ripple Potato Chips (with 9 snack-sized bags in a multipack tray) Frozen Beans Noam (Star Kp): Yerek Brand (Star-S P Kitniyot symbol required for Gourmet Passover Gluten-Free Onion Bagels use for Sephardim on Passover) Gourmet Gefilte Fish Green Beans, Cut Green Beans, French Cut Green Beans, Green Peas, Peas & Carrots, Cut Corn, Mixed Paskesz: Vegetables, Baby Lima Beans Mini Bits Bite Size Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten free) Rice - (Note: Despite the fact that these rice Mini Bits Bite Size Double Fudge Chocolate Chip products are meticulously cleaned in the factories Cookies with advanced machines, the Gedolei Haposkimof Pererg (O/UP): the Sephardic Kehillot feel that the established Gourmet Coconut Flour in Slider Bag custom of checking the rice, grain by grain, three Almond Meal/Flour in Slider Bag times is still required. Therefore, Star-S P certified Gourmet Classic Flavored Matzo Crumbs and Full rice products should be checked, grain by grain, Flavored Matzo Crumbs three times prior to its usage on Pesach by those Gourmet White, Red & Tri-Color Quinoa Sephardim who eat rice on Pesach) Spices and Seasonings (Bar-B-Q Mix, Basil, Black Pepper, Fine Sea Salt) Carolina Mehadrin – Long Grain White Rice (Star-S P Kitniyot required) Prigat (O/KP): Long Grain White Rice Juices Conrad Rice Mill (Star-SP Kitniyot required) Wild Pecan Rice Quality: Hasadeh (Star-SP Kiyniyot required) Frozen Fish Organic Black Rice Noodles Sabra: Babaganoush, Classic Guacamole, Hot Organic Thai Rice Noodles Pepper Mix, Moroccan Matbucha, Spanish Himalayan Pride (No Star-S P symbol required, only Eggplant, Spicy Guacamole regular Star-K – Product is Kitniyot) Shefa (O/UP): Good II Go Guava Nut & Apricot Bars Basmati Brown & White Konriko (Star-SP Kitniyot required) Sungoods (O/KP): Hol Grain Gravy Thickener (Rice Starch) Raw Natural Almonds, Pistachios (salted & Hol Grain Brown Rice Bread Crumbs unsalted), Cashews (salted & unsalted), Cranberries, Hol Grain Brown Rice Crackers – Light & No Salt Guava Super Lucky Elephant (No Star-S P symbol required, Welch’s (manufactured by Manischewitz) (O/UP): only regular Star-K – Product is Kitniyot) 100% Grape Juice Jasmine Rice (available in Costco, Walmart, Sam’s Wissotsky: Club etc.) Nana Mint Tea Salads Yehuda (O/U): Unsalted Gluten Free Matzo-Style Pikante Salads (When bearing Star-S and Kosher Squares L’Pesach L’ochlei Kitniyot INKJETTED in Hebrew on the label) STAR-S P PRODUCTS Babaganoush, Caponata Italian Eggplant Cuisine, (FOR SEPHARDIM – KITNIYOS) Chinese Eggplant, Grilled Eggplant, Hummus The following are Passover products for 5775 from & Turkish Salad, Hummus Abu-Gosh, Hummus a division of the Star K that caters to the specific Classic, Hummus Galilee, Hummus Jalapeno & needs of Sepharadim. Items bearing the Star-S p Herbs, Hummus Jerusalem, Hummus Marrakech, may include Kitniyos. These foods will also follow Hummus Mosabacha Jalapeno & Herbs, Hummus the Beis Yosef standards regarding Bishul Yisroel Moroccan Salsa (Matbucha), Indian Eggplant, 30 Matbucha Moroccan, Moroccan Long Manischewitz (O/UP): Egg Matzos (chocolate Hot Pepper, Red Cabbage, Red Cabbage covered, yolk free, Tams) Salad, Romanian Eggplant, Sliced Spanish Eggplant, Matzot Carmel (O/UP): Egg and Honey Matzoh Spanish Eggplant, Tahini Baladi (original) with Soft Osem (O/UP): Egg Matzo Chick Peas, Tahini Dip & Spread, Tehina, Thai Salad Rishon (O/UP): Egg Matzo Spicy, Turkish Salad, Vegetarian Liver Shibolim (O/UP): Egg Matzo Shoprite (O/UP): Egg Matzo For more information on the Star-S P program Yanovsky (O/UP): Matzo call (410) 484-4110 (extension 217) or email at Crackers Sweet, Matzo Dulce [email protected] Yehuda (O/UP): Egg & Honey Matzo PRODUCTS FOR PESACH 5776 - 2016 GLUTEN-FREE/NON- FROM THE O/U - KITNIYOS GEBROKTS PRODUCTS FOR (FOR SEPHARDIM WHOSE MINHAG IS TO EAT KITNIYOS) PESACH (5776-2016) Ferrero (Italy) (O/UP): Nutella Spread Absolutely (O/UP): Kinder Chocolate Flat Breads and Crackers Galil (O/UP): Cookies Hagada (O/UP): Cookies Goldbaum (O/UP): Kitni (O/UP): Crackers Chick Peas (O/UP Kitniyot) Flatbread Crisps Corn Kernels (O/UP Kitniyot) Matzah style Shehakol Matzah Lentil and Rice Mix (O/UP Kitniyot) Mediterranean Rice Mix (O/UP Kitniyot) Jeff Nathan Panko Flakes (O/UP) Mini Rice Cakes (O/UP Kitniyot) Popcorn (O/UP Kitniyot) Kedem (O/UP): Tahini (O/UP Kitniyot) Crispy O’s Gluten Free Frosted Cereal Manishewitz - Kitni (O/UP): Absolutely Brand Crackers & Flatbread Kitni Mini Rice Cakes Kitni Canned Sweet Corn (Whole Kernels) Kosherific (O/UP) Cauliflower Cheesy Pie Chick Peas Lieber’s (O/UP): Lentil Mix Peanut Butter Gluten Free Confetti Cookies (vanilla & lemon) Popcorn Manischewitz (O/UP): Tahina Brownie Mix Neptune (O/UP): Carrot Cake Macaroons Cooked Fish Seasoning Mix (O/UP Kitniyot) Cookies - Raisins & Spice Hawaij (for coffee) (O/UP Kitniyot) Gluten Free Matzo-Style Squares Mixes, Seasonings and Spices (O/UP Kitniyot) Gluten Free Crackers Osem (O/UP): Bamba Snacks, Corn Snacks (plain, and Halva filled), Peanut Corn Snacks (Strawberry, Cake Mixes – Chocolate/Vanilla/Yellow Popco (flavored Corn Snacks), Pretzels Noodle Soup Mix Shkedia (O/UP): Israeli Sunflower Seeds Coconut Crisp Cookies Super Snacks (O/UP): Falafel Snacks Pistachio Orange Macaroons Ta’am Vareach Spices (O/UP): Cardamom Spiral Shaped Noodles Shell Shaped Noodles O/U PRODUCTS THAT ARE BOTH KITNIYOS & Yolk Free Medium Egg Noodles O/U MATZA ASHIRA: Wide Egg Noodles Hagada (O/UP): Cookies Passover Noodles Fine Egg Noodles Papouchado (O/UP): Coated Matza Ashira, Rich Hazelnut Truffles Matza Squares, Cinnamon Rich Matza, Rich Matza Viennese Crunch Cakes, Grape Juice Matza Biscottis Pie Shell O/U MATZA ASHIRA PRODUCTS: Veggie Potato Pancake Mix Aviv (O/UP): Egg & Honey Matzo Chicken Broth (natural & Gluten Free) Hagada (O/UP): Egg Matzo Osem (O/UP): Holiday (O/UP): Chocolate Egg Matzo Pretzel Thins – Sea Salt and Sesame Horowitz Margareten (O/UP): Egg Matzo Jerusalem Matzos (O/UP): Egg Matzo Paskesz: King Star Foods (O/UP): Egg Matzo Cluster Crunch Cereal 31 Cracker Flats • Ant and Roach traps often use Chometz Crispits (original, onion, garlic & everything) bait. Soft Crunch Honey Granola Style Bar (Honey/ Almond and Chocolate Drizzle) (pareve) • All ground processed spices need Hashgacha for Pesach (even pure spices). Yehuda (O/UP): Gluten Free Chocolate Covered Crackers • Be alert for products on the shelf this year that Unsalted Matzo-Style Squares bear a Hashgacha for Pesach that include Kitniyos. Soup Crackers The O/U and the Star-K among others have given Cake Meal & Fine Meal Hashgacha to many Kitniyos products. The symbol Marble Cake is “O/UP – Kitniyot” or Star-S. Ashkenazic Jews Farfel and Sephardim, whose minhag it is to NOT eat Kitniyos, should be aware of the growing number ALERTS of Pesach products available that contain Kitniyos and are reserved only for those Sephardic Jews • Be careful to check packages of Kosher-for-Pesach whose minhag it is to eat Kitniyos on Pesach. items for the Pesach certification. Some non- Pesach Kosher products have similar packaging to • Be aware that some Pet Foods can change their those products that are Kosher for Pesach and can ingredients from year to year. Be sure to check the be easily confused. ingredient panel on your pet’s food each new year before Pesach for Chometz. See “Pet Foods” article • Not all Elite products bear recommended for a list of Chometz ingredients to look out for. Hashgachos. Check the label for proper This year the Dog food brands that often contain Hashgacha. Chometz are Science Diet, Beneful, Pedigree, Purina and Alpo. • Caution should be used when buying Matzos to be sure that they are not in the category of • Be aware to check the source of wine carefully as some are from Eretz Yisroel have Shmittah “Matzah Ashira”. Some examples of this are prohibitions. This is a problem for Pesach and year- Manischewitz White Grape Matzo, Grape Bit round. Crackers, Egg Matzo, Egg Matzo Crackers, Egg Matzo Snack Bits, Chocolate Covered Egg Matzo • Flowers from Israel often have an issue of Smittah and Tam Tam crackers. These items are only as well. permissible for the elderly, ill, or young children FROM THE STAR-K: who are not able to properly digest regular Matzah. Yehuda Matzah Co. from Israel as well as Glick Quinoa is Kosher L’Pesach and is not related Matzos also makes a Matzah look alike as well as to the five types of Chometz grains, millet or crackers from tapioca starch. It is properly certified rice. However, because there is a possibility that O/UP however keep in mind that the Bracha is quinoa grows in proximity of Chometz grains Shehakol and that they are not real Matzah for any and processed in facilities that compromise its time that Matza is needed. Kosher-for-Passover status, quinoa should only be accepted with a reliable Kosher for Passover • Many Kitniyos products in the market are supervision. The Star K supervises a run of quinoa certified as Kosher for Pesach, especially from which bears the Star-Kp, under the brand names of France and other European countries. Some large Natural Earth (16 oz. box) and Setton Farms (12 oz. American Kashrus agencies now certify such containers). The O/UP also certifies the quinoa products as well. Those products that are only fit brands of Goobaums and Pereg for Passover use. It for those whose Minhag allow them to eat Kitniyos is important to confirm that this Hechscher appears are clearly marked as such. These Kitniyos products on the package. Furthermore, it is advisable that are often in the form of candy. Many, but not all before Passover, one check through the grains of these products will say “LeOchlay Kitniyos”. For for extraneous matter (e.g. barley) by placing the instance, Affula Sunflower Seeds just say “Kosher quinoa on a plate and looking through the grains. for Pesach”. These are meant only for those Check www.star-k.org/quinoa for updates of Sephardim who have the Minhag to eat Kitniyos. wholesale and retail suppliers. • “Pure Honey” from China has been found to be FROM THE KOF K: adulterated with corn and rice syrup. One brand was found to not even contain honey. The Kof K provides its Kosher certification to all products manufactured by Joyva for year-round • Zoo Alert: Be careful when visiting a zoo use EXCEPT for Pesach. The Kof K does not certify during Pesach not to purchase animal food to feed or supervise anything manufactured by Joyva the animals from the zoo, as most of them contain as Kosher for Passover because of their use of Chometz. cornstarch and corn syrup in their products. The 32 Kp on the Passover run is under the issue bottles of Vodka were distributed by a third certification and supervision of Rabbi party bearing the O/K logo and a sticker with the Sheinkop. We recommend Joyva products on words “Kosher For Passover” on them. These were Passover only for those who are allowed to eat not produced under the supervision of the O/K and Kitniyos. are NOT certified by the O/K. FROM THE O/U: WHISKEY ALERT (concerning Chometz She’Ovar Alav HaPesach) “Resource Benefiber” is – Kosher for Pesach when ordered specially from Nestle Nutrition and made AKO: ASSOCIATION OF KASHRUS from guar gum. The regular Benefiber product, ORGANIZATIONS produced by Novartis, is made from wheat dextrin We recommend that Kashrus Agencies and and is Chometz. consumers change their policies and only consume FROM THE O/K: those alcoholic beverages which [are free of standard Kosher concerns and] are known to Fresh Direct brand freshly ground smooth peanut (a) Be produced by a non-Jewish company or a butter and freshly ground smooth almond butter Jewish-owned company which arranged for the mistakenly bear the O/KP symbol. This product is sale of their Chometz Kosher Pareve, but is NOT Kosher for Passover. (b) Not contain any Chometz, including not having Super Premium Vodka – A limited amount of 2015 Chometz secondary grains or malted barley (bourbon and cordials are examples of items that may have these forbidden items), and/or (c) Were not aged over Pesach (e.g. vodka). For a Current List Of Possibly Problematic Liquors Due to Chometz She’Avar Alav HaPesach According to the cRc Please check www.crcweb.org

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TIMES TO REMEMBER FOR PESACH 2016 - 5776 (IN THE L.A. AREA)

Thursday, April 21 Bedikas Chometz: in the evening Friday, April 22 Fast of Firstborn: firstborn attend a siyum to avoid fasting Last Time to Eat Chometz: 10:14 a.m. (M.A.) / 10:38 a.m. (GRA) Biur Chometz: 11:33 a.m. (M.A.) / 11:45 (GRA) Candle Lighting 1st night: 7:12 p.m. Midnight (Chatzos): 12:52 a.m. Shabbos, April 23 Candle Lighting 2nd night: after 8:10 p.m. (45 min.) / 8:43 p.m. (72 min.) Motzei Yom Tov: 8:11 p.m. (45 min.) / 8:44 p.m. (72 min.) Thursday, April 28 Eruv Tavshilin: Before Hadlakah Candle Lighting Y.T.: 7:16 p.m. Friday, April 29 Candle Lighting Last Day Y.T./ Shabbos: 7:17 p.m. Shabbos, April 30 Motzei Yom Tov: 8:21 p.m. (45 min.) / 8:49 p.m. (72 min.) 35 36

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