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1 PASSOVER - PESACH APRIL 2016 - NISSAN 5776 2 Good Design is Good Business Call us today to upgrad you e r marketing materials. L A U R E N M A N N D E S I G N 323.774.3225 • [email protected] WWW.LAURENMANNDESIGN.COM BUSINES S GRAPHICS AND PRINTING & CU STOM INV ITATIONS 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,