MARCH 2013 I d"ga, ixhb COR - KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA
PASSOVER GUIDE 2013 PASSOVER GUIDE 2013
Welcome
COR PRE-PESACH COMMUNITY EVENTS...... 4 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN...... 5 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO...... 5 MESSAGE FROM RABBI YACOV FELDER...... 7 NISAN CALENDAR...... 8 IMPORTANT PESACH DATES AND TIMES...... 9 Laws and Guidelines
ESTABLISHMENTS AND SERVICES...... 11 PRODUCT GUIDE...... 13 WHAT IS KITNIYOT...... 16 COR KOSHER FOR PASSOVER FOR SEPHARDIM...... 17 WHAT FOODS ARE KITNIYOT...... 17 GUIDELINES FOR USE OF MEDICATIONS ON PASSOVER...... 18 CHAMETZ FREE MEDICATIONS...... 19 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS...... 21 KASHERING FOR PESACH...... 24 TEVILAT KEILIM OVERVIEW...... 29 SHAIMOS GUIDELINES...... 31 PET FOOD ON PASSOVER...... 32 PASSOVER TRAVELER CHECKLIST...... 33 Articles of Faith
FULFILLING THE MITZVOS OF MATZAH AND MAROR...... 35 IS YOUR HOME CHAMETZ FREE?...... 37 WHY DO WE REALLY TELL THE STORY...... 39 What’s Cooking
MY KOSHER KITCHEN @ COR: PASSOVER RECIPES...... 41 PASSOVER DO’S AND DON’TS...... 49 A BRIEF HISTORY OF MACAROONS...... 52 Info and Updates
COR COMPANY UPDATES...... 55 COR@60: THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE...... 57 PROHIBITED CHAMETZ AFTER PASSOVER...... 58 KASHRUTH COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ira Marder, Chair Jack Feintuch,Welcome Vice chair Welcome Shimshon Gross, Vice chair Naftali Winter, Vice chair Ronald Rutman, Treasurer Ari Messinger, Secretary Message from the Chairman Moshe Sigler, Assistant Treasurer COR Pre-Pesach Michoel Klugmann, Assistant Secretary nce again, I take great pride in extending greetings on behalf of the Executive and Board of the Kashruth Nathan Bleeman, Executive Meyer Feldman, Executive OCouncil of Canada (COR). We enjoyed a productive year and were privileged to reach a significant Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, Executive Community Events milestone; the 60th anniversary of the founding of COR. Our humble beginnings, our early founders David Kleiner, Executive and the many men and women who played prominent roles in our growth and success were documented in our Marvin Sigler, Executive special commemorative journal, COR@60. This fascinating booklet was circulated throughout the community David Woolf, Executive and generated much positive feedback. Special thanks go to Richard Rabkin and the stellar staff at COR for Robert Benmergui producing this wonderful keepsake of our first 60 years. If you haven’t yet seen the journal, please contact our Mark Berenblut COMMUNITY KASHERING COR office for a copy, or for a digital version, please visit our website, www.cor.ca. David Bitton We now focus on our next 60 years and begin by offering expanded services and resources to the community. Neil Cohen FOR PESACH AT THE BAYT The new Halacha Institute is beginning its operations and will include numerous areas to assist consumers with Yehoshua Czermak We invite you to bring your utensils and small-ware for kashering Shlome Goldreich their halachic inquiries and challenges. We will be offering aHalacha Hotline, mediation and arbitration services Allan Gutenberg prior to Pesach and assistance with business-related halachic issues such as contracts, partnerships, Heter Iska, Chametz, etc. Mark Halpern Items may not be used 24 hours prior to kashering Please watch for our upcoming notices as we roll out the new services of our Halacha Institute. Paul Jacobs As always, the Pesach season heralds extra effort and care for all of us at home as well as for our staff at David Kadoch Tuesday March 19th, 2013 6pm COR – selling of Chametz, Kashering all necessary equipment and locations and preparing ingredient, food and Irving Karoly medication lists. Thank you to our Mashgichim, RCs, office staff and senior administration for all their hard work Lorne Katz BAYT, 613 Clark Ave. (meat kitchen on the mail level) in this regard. Brian Lass Finally, a special thank you to our incredible team at COR as well as all the contributors and editors for another Isaac E Oziel outstanding publication of the Passover Kosher CORner. I hope you enjoy reading it and find the many articles David Plonka Sheldon Salcman and information both useful and interesting. I close by offering my personal wishes to the entire community for Simon Schonblum FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: a Chag Pesach Kasher VeSameach. Avrum Waisbrod A PRE-PESACH COMMUNITY Gilbert Weinstock Dr. Ira Marder, Chairman Meyer Zeifman EDUCATIONAL EVENT Kashruth Council of Canada (COR) Shmuel Zimmerman Tuesday March 5th, 2013 8:00 pm KASHRUTH COUNCIL STAFF Rabbi Yacov Felder, Vice Chairman, Rabbinical Vaad Hakashruth Clanton Park Synagogue, 11 Lowesmoor Ave. Rabbi Tuvia Basser, CEO Rabbi Sholom H. Adler, Director of RENOWNED GUEST SPEAKERS: Message from the CEO Industrial Kosher Kashrus Administrator Rabbi Shloimie Bixenspanner, Rabbi Dovid Heber t"yhka Shechita Division Kashrus Administrator Star-K Kosher and Rav of Khal Ahavas Yisroel reetings to the COR community! Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Tzemech Tzedek G I am delighted to present you with the 2013 edition of the Passover Kosher CORner. Director of Community Kosher The broadest common denominator among Jews, at Passover time, is surely cultural and social. We join Rabbi Yosef Oziel, Rabbinic Liaison Rabbi Yehuda Simes t"yhka with family and friends, of course, to celebrate the Seder, and deeply embedded in our culture is the custom of Rabbi Meyer Gross, Dean, Ottawa Torah High inviting guests, to ensure that everyone has a seat at the Seder. Likewise, this is a time for COR to engage with the Rabbinic Coordinator community and facilitate Passover celebration and observance. Rabbi Avrohom Lowinger, Despite a tragic accident which left him paralyzed, Rabbi Simes will share Rabbinic Coordinator his uplifting story At Passover, COR moves into high gear to serve the community in a number of different ways: A Passover Rabbi Joshua Norman, educational and inspirational presentation at Clanton Park Synagogue; the specially staffed Passover Hotline, Rabbinic Coordinator COR Rabbis will be available 416-635-9550 ext 100, to address literally thousands of questions that arise at this time of year; support for those Rabbi Nachman Ribiat, for Kashrut questions who request assistance in making their kitchen kosher for Passover; and of course, this Passover journal to make Rabbinic Coordinator following the program Passover 2013 a little easier and more meaningful. Rabbi Dovid Rosen, Rabbinic Coordinator COR is engaged with the community all year round. We are especially proud of our new program “My Kosher Rabbi Yechiel Teichman, Kitchen @ COR”, a culinary education initiative led by Mrs. Nancy Weisbrod, a Cordon Bleu graduate. Mrs. Rabbinic Coordinator Weisbrod’s blog is accessible from the COR website at www.COR.ca by clicking “My Kosher Kitchen”. Mrs. Richard Rabkin, Director of Marketing Weisbrod has also provided the outstanding recipes in this journal and I hope you try them and enjoy them. & Business Development Our rabbis are of course available to answer your kashrut questions all year long at [email protected], and I Jay Spitzer, Director of Operations personally welcome your comments and insights addressed to [email protected] Sheryn Weber, Administrator I hope you find this Passover Guide a useful and convenient reference, and I hope you enjoy the festival in Chaim Ribiat, Scheduling Coordinator Olga Sekiritsky, Accountant good health, with family and friends. Albina Aminob, Administrative Assistant & Customer Service Rabbi Tuvia Basser Representative Barbara Bar-Dayan, Office Support Judy Pister, Executive Assistant & New Client Representative Suri Ervin, Account Specialist Are you getting our emails? Esther Scheer, Administrative Assistant Sign up for our kosher alerts, community news and & Customer Service other important information at www.cor.ca or Representative Julia Zaidenberg, Office Support send your email address to [email protected] COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 5 Design & Layout: RB Creative Welcome
Message from Rabbi Yacov Felder Vice Chairman, Rabbinical Vaad Hakashruth
egillas Esther opens with a description of the Pesach is a very special Yom Tov. The multitude of customs grandiose v,an (party) Achashverosh threw for that are observed during these seven days (if we live in Eretz Mthe residents of Shushan. Rav Shlomo Alkabitz Yisroel) or eight days are countless. But many of our practices k"mz, the famous Kabbalist and author of hsus vfk, on Pesach are rooted in vruxn, not found written in a rpx writes in his hukv ,ubn rpo on the Megillah that Achashverosh (holy book), rather, they stem from what we learned and designed his v,an to have a variety of elements that would experienced in our parents’ or grandparents’ homes, or in the affect the senses of the Jewish people. The scents from the homes of others who taught us the beauty of this Yom Tov. garden and orchard where the v,an was held would address Kashrus is integral to preserving the innate sensitivities the sense of smell, the variety of colours for the sense of sight, of the Jew. As our sages teach, the consumption of forbidden the couches made of different materials foods dulls one’s spiritual potential and for the sense of touch, the choice of impacts one’s ability to truly carry out wine and delicacies for the sense of Hashem’s will. taste. Each person in attendance would ...many of our practices The Torah in hbhna ,arp details the be able to enjoy and indulge, satisfying on Pesach are rooted in vruxn, laws of kosher food. The concluding him or herself in the most pleasurable euxp (verse) of this varp (portion) manner that would suit each person’s not found written in a rpx states, rvyv ihcu tnyv ihc khscvk, to own unique senses. Interestingly, the distinguish between the impure and only sense that Achashverosh could (holy book), rather, the pure. The Torah is teaching that not address was the sense of hearing we must learn to make the delicate and because he could obviously not play a they stem from what difficult distinctions between things specific type of music for each attendee that may appear to be similar, yet are simultaneously. we learned and experienced vastly different. What was Achashverosh’s objective This year at COR, we are celebrating in trying to appeal to the senses of the in our parents’ our 60th anniversary and we received Jewish people? or grandparents’ homes, much positive feedback concerning our As practicing Jews who try to commemorative journal, COR @ 60. For observe the laws and customs of the or in the homes of others six decades, COR has been servicing our Torah, we can appreciate that not community through the supervision everything we do or refrain from doing who taught us the beauty of the many food services establish- can be found written in black or white. ments in the Greater Toronto Area, as Many of our practices are rooted in of this Yom Tov. well as providing supervision for tens of the vruxn (tradition) that has been thousands of kosher products manu- transmitted to us through our parents, factured at industrial plants across rabbis and teachers. In explaining our conduct or attitude, we Canada. often find ourselves saying, “This does not have aogy gahsht; COR is continuously looking to expand its services to meet it doesn’t smell or feel right; I don’t see it.” We possess an the ever-changing requirements and desires of the kosher innate ability to sense if something is appropriate for leading a consumer. Some of these new services are outlined elsewhere Torah lifestyle. However when our senses are affected by the in this Passover Guide. COR is privileged to have prominent atmosphere and culture in which we live, we run the risk of rabbinic and lay leaders, as well as devoted and talented staff, losing this sensitivity. Achashverosh understood this integral who work tirelessly to accomplish these goals to benefit the dimension of Jewish life and recognized that if he wanted the kosher community. Jewish people to integrate into the lifestyle and practices of his On behalf of Rabbi Yitzchok Kerzner and the Rabbinical Persian Kingdom, he would have to impact their sensitivities Va’ad Hakashruth, I would like to extend you our best wishes through their senses. for a jnau raf dj.
COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 7 Welcome Welcome
IMPORTANT PESACH DATES AND TIMES
d"ga, ixhb TORONTO CALGARY EDMONTON HALIFAX MONTREAL OTTAWA VANCOUVER WINNIPEG MARCH / APRIL 2013 Bedikat Chametz SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 24
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SHABBAT Latest time to eat chametz 10:56 AM 11:13 AM 11:11 AM 10:52 AM 10:32 AM 10:41 AM 10:50 AM 11:06 AM MON, MARCH 25 Latest time to burn chametz 12:10 PM 12:28 PM 12:26 PM 12:07 PM 11:46 AM 11:55 AM 12:04 PM 12:20 PM 12 t 13 c 14 d 15 s 16 v EREV PESACH / Candle Lighting 7:18 PM 7:40 PM 7:39 PM 7:15 PM 6:56 PM 7:04 PM 7:16 PM 7:32 PM FIRST NIGHT OF PESACH Shkia 7:36 PM 7:58 PM 7:57 PM 7:33 PM 7:14 PM 7:22 PM 7:34 PM 7:50 PM Chatzot 1:24 AM 1:42 AM 1:40 AM 1:20 AM 1:00 AM 1:09 AM 1:19 AM 1:35 AM
TUES, MARCH 26 FIRST DAY Shkia 7:38 PM 8:00 PM 7:59 PM 7:35 PM 7:15 PM 7:23 PM 7:35 PM 7:52 PM Candlelighting After 8:23 PM 8:45 PM 8:44 PM 8:20 PM 8:00 PM 8:08 PM 8:20 PM 8:37 PM 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 OF PESACH / u z j y h th ch SECOND NIGHT Chatzot 1:23 AM 1:42 AM 1:40AM 1:20 AM 1:00 AM 1:08 AM 1:18 AM 1:34 AM OF PESACH Shabbat Hagadol WED, MARCH 27 Shkia 7:39 PM 8:02 PM 8:01 PM 7:36 PM 7:16 PM 7:25 PM 7:37 PM 7:53 PM SECOND DAY Yom Tov Ends 8:24 PM 8:47 PM 8:46 PM 8:21 PM 8:01 PM 8:10 PM 8:22 PM 8:38 PM OF PESACH
24 dh 25 sh 26 uy 27 zy 28 zh 29 jh 30 yh FRI, MARCH 29 Candlelighting 7:23 PM 7:47 PM 7:47 PM 7:20 PM 7:01 PM 7:09 PM 7:22 PM 7:38 PM EREV SHABBAT Shkia 7:41 PM 8:05 PM 8:05 PM 7:38 PM 7:19 PM 7:27 PM 7:40 PM 7:56 PM Bedikat Chametz Erev Pesach Pesach 1st day 2nd day Chol Hamoed Chol Hamoed Shabbat CHOL HAMOED Taanit Bechorot Chol Hamoed SHABBAT, Sefira 1 Sefira 2 Sefira 3 Sefira 4 MARCH 30 Shkia 7:42 PM 8:07 PM 8:07 PM 7:40 PM 7:20 PM 7:29 PM 7:41 PM 7:58 PM SHABBAT Shabbat Ends 8:27 PM 8:52 PM 8:52 PM 8:25 PM 8:05 PM 8:14 PM 8:26 PM 8:43 PM 31 f 1 tf 2 cf 3 df 4 sf 5 vf 6 uf CHOL HAMOED
Candle Lighting 7:26 PM 7:50 PM 7:50 PM 7:23 PM 7:03 PM 7:12 PM 7:25 PM 7:41 PM Chol Hamoed 7th day 8th day SUN, MARCH 31 Yizkor EREV YOM TOV Shkia 7:44 PM 8:08 PM 8:08 PM 7:41 PM 7:21 PM 7:30 PM 7:43 PM 7:59 PM
Sefira 5 Sefira 6 Sefira 7 Sefira 8 Sefira 9 Sefira 10 Sefira 11 MON, APRIL 1 7TH DAY PEASCAH / Shkia 7:45 PM 8:10 PM 8:10 PM 7:42 PM 7:23 PM 7:31 PM 7:44 PM 8:01 PM 7 zf 8 jf 9 yf 10 k 8TH NIGHT Candlelighting After 8:30 PM 8:55 PM 8:55 PM 8:27 PM 8:08 PM 8:16 PM 8:29 PM 8:46 PM OF PESACH
TUES, APRIL 2 Shkia 7:46 PM 8:12 PM 8:12 PM 7:43 PM 7:24 PM 7:32 PM 7:46 PM 8:03 PM 8TH DAY Yom Tov Ends 8:31 PM 8:57 PM 8:57 PM 8:28 PM 8:09 PM 8:17 PM 8:31 PM 8:48 PM Sefira 12 Sefira 13 Sefira 14 Sefira 15 OF PESACH
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Establishments MAZEL WINES ESTABLISHED 1966 and Services
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SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS 230136 Castle Spirits Taam Pree Slivovitz 230169 Castle Spirits Cranberry Liqueur AIRLINE MEALS ITALY You must request Kosher for Passover meals in advance from your travel agent or the airline. Meals 230144 Castle Spirits Cherry Wishniak prepared for Passover are specially sealed and stamped “COR Kosher L’Pesach”. 230151 Castle Spirits Orange Liqueur 272096 Les Floreales Moscato 220665 Armon Vodka Style Spirit NEW!!298471 Les Floreales Sangiovese Lechaim ...... 416.650.5440 111534 Cantina Gabriele Chianti 133330 Cantina Gabriele Dolcemente BAKERIES NEW YORK 066571 Cantina Gabriele Pinot Grigio Hermes Bakery...... 416.787.1234 222562 Armon Cream Rose BUTCHER SHOPS 145821 Armon Cream Malaga Glatt Kosher Centre...... 905.597.7571 145847 Armon Sparkling Wine Hartmans Kosher Meats...... 416.663.7779 AUSTRIA Hartmans Marketplace...... 416.663.7779 896043 Hafner Zweigelt Real Canadian Superstore...... 416.665.3209 ISRAEL Sobeys (Clark)...... ……905.764.3770 218370 Hafner Blaufrankisch LH Velvet Toronto Kosher...... ……416.633.9642 141663 Efrat Merlot 305417 Hafner Gewurztraminer Icewine 613083 Efrat Israeli Shiraz 189302 Hafner Chardonnay Classique CATERERS & TAKE-OUT FOODS 156984 Teperberg Riesling 157503 Hafner Pinot Noir Reserve Caterers York ...... 416.783.4293 270108 Teperberg Red Moscato 157511 Hafner Gruner Veltliner Ely’s Fine Foods...... 416.782.3231 Glatt Kosher Centre...... 905.597.7571 156976 Teperberg Chardonna Hartmans Kosher Meats...... 416.663.7779 132583 Teperberg Judean Hills Hartmans Marketplace...... 416.663.7779 157024 Ninve Muscat Hamburgy NEW!! Lechaim Caterers...... 416.650.5440 PR Creative Caterers...... 416.787.9889 652826 Saslove Cabernet Sauvignon Aviv 613091 Efrat Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot Real Canadian Superstore...... 416.665.3209 Sobeys (Clark)...... 905.764.3770 חג כשר ושמח 156596 Teperberg Silver LH White Riesling The Kosher Gourmet...... 416.781.9900 218453 Ella Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Toronto Kosher...... 416.633.9642 217620 Ella Valley Sauvignon Blank Uptown Gourmet...... 416.636.9000 Zuchter Berk Meat & Dairy Caterers ...... 416.386.1086 EXCLUSIVE AGENTS T: 416.631.8071 F:416.631.9144 E: [email protected] COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 11 Laws & Guidelines Laws & Guidelines
FISH MARKETS Friedmans Fresh Fish...... 416.782.6056 Hartmans Marketplace...... 416.663.7779 Sobeys (Clark)...... ……905.764.3770 The King of Fish...... 905-881-3474
KOSHER FOOD & NOVELTY STORES Baskets ‘n Stuf...... 416.250.9116 Chocolate Charm...... 416.787.4256 Kosher n Natural The Candy Man...... 416.789.7173 PASSOVER PRODUCT GUIDE Kosher City Plus...... 416.782.6788 Kosher Food Warehouse...... 905.764.7575 No Passover Certification Required Praline Chocolate Creations...... 905.881.9301 The Chocolate Moose...... 416.784.9092 Requires Passover Certification The Kosher Grocer...... 416.785.3001 Kitniyot MEAT/POULTRY WHOLESALE SERVICES Chai Kosher Poultry Inc ALMOND MILK see soy milk CHICKEN see poultry Lazar Yitzchok Glatt Kosher Meats/Lazar Gourmet Foods Marvid Poultry Inc ALUMINUM PRODUCTS No Passover Certification Required CHICKPEAS Kitniyot Perl’s Fine Foods APPLE JUICE Requires Passover Certification CLEANSERS & POLISHES: Shefa Meats & Delicatessan APPLE SAUCE Requires Passover Certification ammonia, bowl and tub cleaner, carpet cleaner, PUBLIC/PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS BABY CARROTS, RAW No Passover Certification Required drain/pipe opener, glass Kitchens of the institutions listed below have been prepared for Passover by mashgichim under the direction and BABY FOOD Requires Passover Certification cleaner, javax, clorox, Mr. Clean, Murphy Oil, instruction of the Rabbinical Vaad Hakashruth in accordance with the requirements for Passover. BABY FORMULA The following baby formulas are oven cleaner, sanitizers No Passover Certification Required produced in chametz-free facilities and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care are acceptable when bearing the OU. COCOA POWDER Requires Passover Certification Baycrest Terrace They are kitniyot and should be pre- Hershey’s cocoa powder No Passover Certification Required Bernard Betel Centre: Assoc. of Jewish Seniors is providing a first Seder on Friday, April 6, 2012. pared with designated utensils. COCONUT (SHREDDED) Requires Passover Certification Cedarvale Terrace Enfamil, Enfapro, Isomil, Kirkland Signature , Life Brand, Nestle Good COFFEE Kensington Place Retirement Residence • all flavoured Terrace Gardens Start, Next Step, Parent’s Choice, President’s Choice, Similac beans, instant, decaf Requires Passover Certification • all decaf beans or instant Requires Passover Certification WINES BAGS, PLASTIC No Passover Certification Required • regular beans, Wines, brandies, liqueurs and other such beverages certified by recognized rabbinic authorities are permissible. BAKING POWDER Requires Passover Certification whole or ground No Passover Certification Required • regular instant Requires Passover Certification The label must indicate that the bottle has been prepared “Kosher L’Pesach”. BAKING SODA No Passover Certification Required • Folger’s Instant and Taster’s Grafstein Wines...... 416.256.0440 BALLOONS Without Powder Choice instant regular No Passover Certification Required No Passover Certification Required LoracWine...... 416.783.2516 COFFEE FILTERS No Passover Certification Required BLEACH No Passover Certification Required Mazel Wines...... 416.631.8071 COFFEE WHITENER/ Simcha Wine Corp...... 905.761.9022 BROWN SUGAR Requires Passover Certification NON-DAIRY CREAMER Requires Passover Certification BUCKWHEAT Kitniyot CONFECTIONARY SUGAR Requires Passover Certification BUTTER Requires Passover Certification CONTACT PAPER No Passover Certification Required Please visit our Passover Information online for updates to this list CANDLES No Passover Certification Required COOKING OIL SPRAY Requires Passover Certification www.cor.ca CANNED FRUITS CORIANDER, SEED/POWDER Kitniyot AND VEGETABLES Requires Passover Certification CORN & CORN PRODUCTS Kitniyot CANOLA OIL Kitniyot CROCKPOT LINER No Passover Certification Required CARROTS, CUMIN Kitniyot Questions? FROZEN/CANNED Requires Passover Certification Call the Kosher Hotline at 416.635.9550 x100 DATES Requires Passover Certification or email us at [email protected] CHARCOAL No Passover Certification Required We have answers. CHEESE Requires Passover Certification 12 KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA | 416-635-9550 | WWW.COR.CA COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 13 Laws & Guidelines Laws & Guidelines
DESSERT GELS & PUDDINGS Requires Passover Certification INSECTICIDE POPCORN Kitniyot VINEGAR Requires Passover Certification DETERGENT: • sprays No Passover Certification Required POPPY SEEDS Kitniyot WATER, Bottled Unflavoured No Passover Certification Required • traps some baits contain chametz dish, liquid POTATO CHIPS Requires Passover Certification WAX PAPER No Passover Certification Required dish, powder JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES Requires Passover Certification POULTRY All raw unprocessed poultry in WILD RICE Kitniyot laundry No Passover Certification Required KASHA Kitniyot packaging from Chai or Marvid are WINE Requires Passover Certification DISPOSABLES: KETCHUP Requires Passover Certification kosher for Passover all year round • paper, plastic, styrofoam: YOGURT Requires Passover Certification plates, cutlery, cups No Passover Certification Required LACTAID PRUNES Requires Passover Certification • napkins, paper towels No Passover Certification Required CAPLETS,DROPS,TABLETS May contain Chamtez QUINOA Kitniyot Note: LACTAID MILK If needed, purchase before Passover RAISINS Requires Passover Certification •Many paper plates, napkins and papertowels contain corn starch, therefore it is *SOY MILK & RICE MILK LEMON JUICE Requires Passover Certification recommended not to use these products for hot or moist foods unless they have RICE Kitniyot The following COR certified products are produced in a chametz-free Passover certification. LENTILS Kitniyot RICE MILK see soy milk facility. They are kitniyot and are recommended for Sephardim only. It is preferable to purchase them before Pesach. • Papertowels: some companies use a corn based glue to produce the rolls, therefore MARGARINE Requires Passover Certification the first three sheets and the last sheet should not be used. SALADS, bagged No Passover Certification Required MATZAH Requires Passover Certification PRESIDENTS CHOICE BLUE MENU • Paper cups: recommended for cold drinks only SALT - Almond Original MAYONNAISE Requires Passover Certification • iodized Requires Passover Certification DRIED FRUIT Requires Passover Certification - Original Soymilk Beverage • non-iodized / sea salt No Passover Certification Required EDAMAME Kitniyot MILK Preferable with Passover Certification if certified milk is unavailable, SELTZER / CLUB SODA PRESIDENTS CHOICE ORGANICS EGGS No Passover Certification Required purchase regular milk before Passover unflavoured No Passover Certification Required - Original Soymilk Beverage FABRIC PROTECTOR No Passover Certification Required MSG, monosodium glutamate Kitniyot SESAME SEEDS Kitniyot SO NICE UHT FABRIC SOFTENER No Passover Certification Required MUSHROOMS SNOW PEAS Kitniyot - Original Fortified Soy Beverage - Natural Fortified Soy Beverage FISH • canned Requires Passover Certification SODA, SOFT DRINKS, POP Requires Passover Certification • fresh: with no added • fresh, dried No Passover Certification Required SOUP MIX Requires Passover Certification SO NICE PRISMA UHT ingredients besides salt No Passover Certification Required MUSTARD Kitniyot - Original Fortified Soy Beverage • frozen Requires Passover Certification SOY MILK & RICE MILK* Kitniyot And May Contain Chametz NUTS Almond Milk May Contain Chametz SO NICE ESL FOIL, ALUMINUM No Passover Certification Required • in shell No Passover Certification Required SOY PRODUCTS Kitniyot - Original Fortified Soy Beverage FOOD COLOURING Requires Passover Certification • shelled Requires Passover Certification - Unsweetened Fortified Soy Beverage FRUIT, FROZEN: unsweetened, OLIVE OIL SPICES Requires Passover Certification without additives (i.e. syrup, • extra virgin No Passover Certification Required SUGAR, white granulated No Passover Certification Required SO NICE PLUS ESL • all other olive oil varieties - Original Fortified Soy Beverage citric acid, ascorbic acid, SUGAR SUBSTITUTE, including pure olive oil and vitimin C) No Passover Certification Required ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS Requires Passover Certification extra light Requires Passover Certification SO GOOD FRUIT JUICE Requires Passover Certification SUNFLOWER SEEDS Kitniyot - Original ESL Fortified Soy Beverage ORANGE JUICE GARLIC - Original Fat Free ESL Fortified Soy Beverage • fresh Requires Passover Certification TEA - Omega Original ESL Fortified Soy Beverage • fresh No Passover Certification Required • frozen concentrate, • instant, decaffeinated, - Original No Sugar Added ESL Fortified Soy Beverage • peeled Requires Passover Certification grade A 100% pure without flavoured, and herbal Requires Passover Certification GLOVES (DISPOSABLE) Without Powder additives or enrichments • pure black, green, and SO GOOD UHT No Passover Certification Required (e.g. calcium) No Passover Certification Required white leaves or bags No Passover Certification Required - Original Fortified Soy Beverage • Lipton decaf tea bags No Passover Certification Required - Fat Free Original Fortified Soy Beverage GRAPE JUICE Requires Passover Certification PAPER PRODUCTS see disposables • Nestea unflavoured instant SO NICE RYZA (UHT & ESL) GREEN BEANS Kitniyot PARCHMENT PAPER Requires Passover Certification regular and decaf No Passover Certification Required - Original Fortified Rice Beverage GUM Requires Passover Certification PEANUTS Kitniyot TOFU Kitniyot EARTH’S OWN ALMOND FRESH HERBAL TEA Requires Passover Certification PEAS Kitniyot TOMATO PASTE, - Original HONEY Requires Passover Certification PICKLES Requires Passover Certification TOMATO SAUCE ETC. Requires Passover Certification - Almond Original HORSERADISH PINEAPPLE (canned) Requires Passover Certification TOOTHPICKS Without Colour - Original Fortified Almond Beverage • raw No Passover Certification Required No Passover Certification Required - Unsweetened Fresh Fortified Almond Beverage PLASTIC WRAP No Passover Certification Required • prepared Requires Passover Certification TUNA FISH Requires Passover Certification PLAY DOUGH Chametz ICE (bagged) No Passover Certification Required VEGETABLE OIL Requires Passover Certification POLISHES ICE CREAM, SHERBERT, ETC. Requires Passover Certification furniture polish, VEGETABLES, Frozen Requires Passover Certification jewelry polish, silver, copper, metal polish, shoe polish No Passover Certification Required 14 KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA | 416-635-9550 COR 2012-5772 PASSOVER GUIDE 15 Laws & Guidelines Laws & Guidelines
COR Kosher for Passover for Sephardim
he term “Sephardi” is related prohibitions and stringencies. Tgenerally applied to COR of course provides its services to the entire spectrum those communities that of the Jewish community. As such, COR certifies certain food are descendants of the Jews who products which are kosher for Passover for Sephardim only were expelled from the Iberian because they contain kitniyot. Those products are marked by Peninsula during the Spanish our special “Kosher for Passover for Sephardim Only” Inquisition. Sephardi Jews are symbol. What is “Kitniyot”? well known for their immeasur- In addition, COR’s rabbinic staff are not only available able contributions to the Jewish to answer general Passover related questions by email at world and beyond as well as their [email protected] but are available to answer Sephardic rich and long standing traditions. specific questions as well. he Torah instructs a Jew not to eat (or even possess) Amongst these traditions chametz during all seven days of Passover (Exodus are those that revolve around the Rabbi Yoseph Oziel, spiritual leader of Petah Tikvah, T13:3). consumption of kitniyot during Passover. Many Sephardic Ontario’s first Sephardic synagogue, is Rabbinic Liaison at “Chametz” is defined as any of the five grains communities did not accept the enactment with respect to COR and a member of COR’s management team. Sephardic -- wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye -- which have come into kitniyot and therefore, are not subject to the same kitniyot specific Passover questions will be answered by Rabbi Oziel. contact with water for more than 18 minutes. This is a serious Torah prohibition, and for that reason, we take extra protective measures on Passover to prevent mistakes. Which brings us to the category of prohibited Passover food called “kitniyot.” Sometimes referred to generically as “legumes”, this includes rice, corn, soy beans, string beans, peas, lentils, mustard, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds. The most common WHAT FOODS ARE KITNIYOT? The following products foods and their derivatives that are considered kitniyot are: contain kitniyot and are for rice, buckwheat/kasha, millet, beans, lentils, peas, sesame use only by the Sephardic seeds, mustard, corn, green beans, snow peas, sugar-snap peas, Ascorbic Acid* Lecithin String Beans Community. These items chickpeas, soybeans, sunflowers, and poppy seeds. Even though Aspartame** Lentils Sunflower Seeds bear the distinctive kitniyot cannot technically become chametz, Ashkenazi Jews do not eat these foods on Passover. Why? Bean sprouts Maltodextrin* Tofu Passover symbol displayed The Smak (Rabbi Yitzchak of Korbol) explained that kitniyot Beans Millet Vitamin C** below: products appear like chametz products. For example, it can be BHA MSG hard to distinguish between rice flour (kitniyot) and wheat flour BHT Mustard *Can be DIET COKE (chametz). Therefore, to prevent confusion, all kitniyot was Chametz prohibited. Buckwheat (kasha) Mustard Flour & Seeds KOSHER CITY PLUS QUINOA or Kitniyot The Beit Yosef (Rabbi Yosef Karo, 16th century, Israel) noted Calcium NutraSweet** Shenishtana KOSHER FOOD that since regular grains may become mixed together with Ascorbate** Peanuts ** Kitniyot WAREHOUSE QUINOA kitniyot (apparently due to changes in crop cycles), one may inad- Canola Oil vertently come to eat actual chametz. Peas Shenishtana Cardamom Many Sephardi Jewish communities never adopted the Poppy Seeds ***Visit cor.ca SAPORITO CANOLA OIL prohibition against kitniyot. Traditions vary in Sephardi Chick Peas Quinoa*** for an communities as to what, if any, types of kitniyot may be Citric Acid* Rapeseed article by consumed. Confectioners Sugar* Rabbi T. But Ashkenazi communities have held firm, efrainingr from Rice Heber Corn ,uhbye hkfutk er
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Guidelines CHAMETZ FREE MEDICATIONS
for use of The following is a list of basic over the counter products that are chametz-free but may contain kitniyot. In general, the medication should not be taken if there is only minor discomfort. If there is a need however, one should consult their rabbi or contact COR. We would like to thank Medications Mr. Murray Shore and Mrs. Shirley Marder for their invaluable assistance. PLEASE NOTE: Normal kashrut certification is only given when the manufacturing of the item has been strictly supervised. However, in the case of medications and personal care products on Passover, which is in itself a stringency, on Passover Rabbanim are of the opinion that enquiries to the companies will suffice.
CHAMETZ FREE MEDICATIONS • Medication which tastes bitter is permitted. However, some have the practice of being stringent and therefore find a substitute that does not contain chametz. ALLERGY AND • Aspirin with Stomacn Guard extra ANTI-DIARRHEA • If the medication is not bitter (and may contain chametz) one should consult one’s Rabbi COUGH + COLD RELIEF strength • Imodium caplets and doctor. • Advil Cold & Sinus Plus caplets • Aspirin – children’s • Pepto-Bismol caplets • Advil Cold and Sinus tablets • Midol PMS Complete, Midol • Pepto Bismol liquid • The above leniencies may not apply to vitamins and food supplements. • Aerius Menstrual Complete and Midol Teen • All liquid, chewable and coated medications that may have chametz should not be used. • Allegra 12/24 tablets Complete LAXATIVES • Motrin IB tablets • IMPORTANT: For more serious illnesses, it may be permissible and even obligatory to • Allegra D • Dulcolax take the medications. You must consult with your Rabbi and doctor. • Benadryl caplets • Motrin IB extra strength & super • Metamucil Fibre Therapy Smooth • Benadryl Extra Strength Nighttime strength • Metamucil Fibre Therapy Capsules • Liquid and chewable medications that have kitniyot may be consumed by one who is ill. Capsules • Tempra Syrup 80mg/5ml (Cherry • Metamucil Original Texture However, a healthy person with only slight discomfort should ascertain that it is kitniyot • Claritin Allergy and sinus regular or Flavour) or Tempra Syrup 160mg/5ml Unflavoured free. extra strength (Cherry or Banana) • Metamucil Smooth Texture Orange • Products that are only permitted for medical reasons should be used in • Claritin regular & extra strength • Tylenol tablet/caplets regular & extra Flavour reg/Sugar Free, Smooth separate utensils. • Coricidin strength Texture Berry Burst Flavour Sugar • Dristan tablets and Dristan extra • Tylenol w/ codeine tablets/caplets Free • The above does not address the question of consuming medicines on Shabbos or Yom Tov. strength caplets • Tylenol Suspension 160mg/5ml Dye • Metamucil Smooth Texture • Eltor Free Cherry Unflavoured Sugar Free If you have any questions concerning medications, products, etc, • Reactine tablets • Tylenol Suspension Drops Infants’ • Phillips Milk of Magnesia liq Original please call the COR Passover Hotline at 416-635-9550 ext 100 • Sudafed Decongestant 12 Hour 80mg/ml – Cherry and Dye Free or Fresh Mint • Sudafed Head Cold and Sinus Extra White Grape • Senokot tabs Strength • Senokot S tablets ANTACIDS ANALGESICS/ PAIN • Alka Seltzer SLEEP AIDS • Advil caplets/tablets • Gaviscon reg/xstr • Nytol regular/extra strength • Anacin • Gelusil • Aspirin – caplets/tablets • Pepcid AC OTHER • Aspirin extra stength caplets/tablets • Pepcid Complete • Anbesol Extra Strength Gel • Aspirin 81mg tablets • Tums (kitniyot) • Anbesol Extra Strength Liquid • Aspirin with Stomach Guard • Zantac • Anbesol Baby Grape Gel
18 KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA | 416-635-9550 | WWW.COR.CA COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 19 Laws & Guidelines Thank you for making us part of your Passover traditions. PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS You can find our Kosher for Passover granulated sugar in grocery stores • Many liquid deodorants, hairsprays, perfumes, • The information listed below has been provided by with this special symbol year round. colognes and shaving products that contain Rabbi Gershon Bess of Los Angeles, who is a known denatured alcohol and could conceivably expert on Passover medications and cosmetics. This be consumed should not be used (or kept in is only a partial list of the items listed in Rabbi Bess’s possession) on Passover unless they are chametz guide. The complete list is available for sale in local free. bookstores. • Lipstick, toothpaste, and mouthwash which contain chametz should not be used as they may be ingested. If you have any questions about products • Other personal care products, since they are not not listed, please call the COR’s Passover fit for consumption are permitted on Passover. However, some have the practice of being stringent Hotline at 416-635-9550 ext. 100. Crafting Sugar in Canada since 1854 not to use products that contain chametz which are applied to one’s body.
We are providing the following lists for your convenience as per the above guidelines.:
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The following are five methods of kashering: 1. Libun gamur 2. Libun kal 3. Hagola 4. Irui roschim 5. Milui v’irui Each method has a different level of capability in removing absorbed chametz. (Libun gamur has the greatest capability; Milui v’irui has the lowest.) The specific kashering method necessary for each item will depend on how the chametz was originally absorbed. If an item was used in a cooking process that absorbs chametz Kashering more intensely, a more intense kashering method is necessary, while an item that was used for a less intense cooking process, a less intense kashering method is required. With this being the case, if a specific item for requires a certain kashering method, one may use a more intense process. KASHERING OVERVIEW Pesach 1. LIBUN GAMUR (COMPLETE GLOWING): • Immerse each item, one at a time, in boiling water. If you Application: Items used directly on a stove top or grill or in are kashering several items, make certain that the water is the oven with food that does not contain liquid. still boiling before inserting each one. Examples: baking pan, roasting pan, grill. • When the water becomes murky, it must be changed. Method: The item must be heated e.g. by a blowtorch • If the entire item can’t fit into the kashering pot at one time, until every part of it becomes red hot. Note: It is highly it may be kashered in sections. recommended that only one with experience should use a • After kashering the item, it should be rinsed off in cold • Any kitchen items, utensils, and appliances that were used for chametz blowtorch for these purposes. water. during the year must be cleaned well in order to make them suitable • Once everything has been kashered, the kashering pot itself for Passover use. Since we are taught that chametz is absorbed into the 2. LIBUN KAL (MODIFIED GLOWING): should be kashered if it will be used for Pesach. (This can be utensils used during certain cooking processes, many times a thorough Application: This method can be used in place of hagola and done right away; no need to wait another 24 hours.) surface cleaning is insufficient. In order to remove this absorbed as well, can suffice in certain circumstances when libun is chametz, the utensil must go through a cleansing process known as required. 4. IRUI ROSCHIM (POURING HOT WATER): Examples: some types of ovens [see below]. Application: Items upon which hot chametz was poured. “kashering”. Method: The item must be heated until a piece of paper or Examples: sinks, counters • Not all items can be kashered. An item must be made from a material straw, touching the other side of it, will burn. Note: One can Method: that will extract absorbed chametz when it is kashered. Below is a list of test to see if the item reached the necessary heat for libun • Clean the item thoroughly [see Hagola, above] materials that can and cannot be kashered. kal by sprinkling water onto the item; if the water sizzles, the • The item should not be used for 24 hours [if this wasn’t item has been kashered with libun kal. done, ask your Rabbi] • Pour boiling water onto every part of the item by using a Items made of the following materials can be kashered: 3. HAGOLA (BOILING): kettle or a pot of water taken directly from the stove (see Application: Items used directly on a stove top or grill or in Hagola above concerning the type of pot). • Granite • Marble • Metal • Stone • Wood the oven with food that does contain liquid. Examples: pots, stirring utensils, flatware when used on 5. MILUI V’IRUI (SOAKING): Items made of the following materials cannot be kashered: the fire with liquid foods. (Regular flatware also generally Application: Items used only with cold chametz. requires Hagola.) Example: drinking glasses. • China • Corelle • Corian • Cork • Corningware Method: Note: If one is able to buy separate glasses for Pesach, this • Duralex • Earthenware • Enamel Coating • Formica • Clean the item thoroughly to remove all dirt, labels, glue type of kashering should be avoided. • Melmac • Nylon • Plastic • Porcelain • Pyrex and tangible rust. Any part of the item that can’t be accessed Method: • Synthetic Rubber • Teflon coating to clean properly e.g. crevices, needs libun kal. • Clean the item thoroughly • The item should not be used for hot for 24 hours [if this • Immerse the item in water e.g. in a tub or basin or fill the wasn’t done, ask your Rabbi]. item with water In addition, items cannot be kashered where there is concern that they • If the pot used for kashering is not a Pesach pot, the • Change the water every 24 hours, for a total of 72 hours. might break or get ruined due to the kashering process. The rationale is minhag is that the pot itself should first be kashered. This is that a person may not kasher an item properly if they fear it might break done as follows: or get damaged. A. make sure that the pot is clean and do not use it for 24 hours B. fill the pot to the brim with water and heat it up to a rolling boil;
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KASHERING NOTES properly (e.g. crevices), then the microwave cannot be walls, however, because of the various issues that are involved, kashered. this should only be done after consulting with, and under the • Kashering (with the exception of libun gamur) should be done before the latest time to eat • The oven should not be used for 24 hours. direction of, your Rabbi. chametz. If this was not done, ask your Rabbi or contact COR. • Place a container(s) of water in the oven and boil it until the oven fills with thick steam. Sinks • Typically, it is not permitted to kasher a meat item in order to use it for dairy, or vice versa. • The glass tray should either be changed or be completely However, once an item has been kashered for Pesach, it may be designated for either one. covered with a material that is microwave safe. A. Stainless Steel Sinks • Some people also either cover the 6 walls of the microwave • Clean every part thoroughly -- mainly basin, knobs, faucet, • Since kashering can involve boiling hot water, red-hot burners or even a blow torch, safety is [Caution – do not block any vents] or completely double drain area. Be sure to clean the spout on the faucet. an important concern. It’s best to use protective gloves and tongs while kashering. Children wrap any food before heating it. - Pour a strong chemical cleaner down the drain and into should be kept away from the area in which you are working. any crevices that cannot be properly cleaned. Stove Tops • Do not use the sink with hot chometz for 24 hours. • When in doubt, ask your Rabbi or contact COR. Although this is an important rule all year • Dry the sink prior to kashering. round, it’s crucial when it comes to Pesach when the laws are more complex and more stringent. A. Electric and Gas • Kasher with Irui Roschim by pouring boiling hot water on • These guidelines are for kashering chametz items for Pesach use only. To kasher items all year • Clean the entire surface of the stove top and all its parts -- every part of the sink, including the knobs and faucet. If the mainly grates, burners, chrome rings, drip trays and knobs. pot used for kashering is not a Pesach pot, the minhag is that round that may have become non-kosher (i.e. meat utensil that absorbed milk), consult your • Electric burners – Turn them on to the maximum setting the pot itself should first be kashered. (See above Hagola Rabbi or COR as there may be more leniencies. (until they are glowing red hot) for approximately 10 minutes. method, third step.) • Due to the complexities of the kashering process, to the extent that it is feasible, it is best to • Chrome rings should be immersed in a pot of boiling water. • Some people move a preheated stone or piece of metal Alternatively, one can place a wide pot (with water so as not to around the sink as the water is being poured. have separate items for Pesach. burn the pot) on the element while the burners are turned to • It may take a few refills of the kettle or pot to kasher the maximum heat in order to spread the heat to the chrome rings. entire sink. • Gas grates – Kasher them with libun kal by one of the • Extendable faucets - An alternative way of kashering this following methods: part of the sink is to quickly dip it into the kashering pot 1 Placing them in the oven while it is being kashered. [Caution – plastic parts could warp if kept in too long]. [Caution - if the oven is being kashered by using the self-clean- • Stoppers, strainers – replace for Pesach. (If necessary, they KASHERING & CLEANING GUIDE: ing cycle, verify that the grates can withstand the heat). may be cleaned well and kashered with boiling water) 2 Moving them around the flame until every part of them • Instant Hot Water Device - Pour boiling hot water over it has been heated to libun kal [Caution - use tongs and protective while letting hot water run from it. Ovens gloves]. Alternatively, one can place a wide pot (with water • Soap Dispenser – Empty it of all the soap, flush out any so as not to burn the pot) on the grate while the burners are remaining soap with water and pour boiling water over the A. Self-Cleaning Ovens turned to maximum heat in order to spread the heat to the entire dispenser. • Clean any parts of the oven where the heat of the self-clean- grates. • Some people cover the entire area of the sink after ing cycle doesn’t reach -- mainly edges and sides of the doors • Drip trays – Put them in the oven while it’s being kashered. kashering it or place an insert in the sink. and the gasket. •Knobs – Kasher them with hagola or cover them (if they could • Run the self-cleaning cycle for at least two hours. come into contact with food or steam from pots). B. Enamel, Porcelain, Corian Sinks • Don’t put any food during Pesach on the door unless • Surface – Cover the entire surface with heavy aluminum foil • Sinks made of these materials cannot be kashered. the door is covered. or a Pesach blech so that only the burners are exposed. • Clean them thoroughly and use a strong chemical cleaner B. Conventional Ovens • Backsplash – Cover with heavy aluminum foil. [Caution - be [see stainless steel sinks, above] • Use an oven cleaner to thoroughly clean the entire oven, careful not to block any vents]. • Place an insert in the sink; or including the racks and doors. • Oven hood – Clean thoroughly. The oven hood does not have • Line the walls and bottom of the sink with contact paper or • Turn the oven on to its highest setting for one and a half to be covered unless it is very low (to the point that the steam heavy aluminum foil. Then, place a rack on the bottom and hours [libun kal]. from the pot below yad soledet. 113˚ F) wash dishes in a dishpan placed on top of the rack. • Turn the oven on to broil for one half hour. • It is preferable to cover the racks with aluminum foil so that B. Glass-topped Range Countertops no pots or pans touch them directly (including Corning, Halogen, Ceran) C. Continuous Cleaning Ovens • Burners: Turn them onto their maximum setting (until they A. Materials that CAN be kashered: • Despite its name, don’t assume that this type of oven is are glowing red hot) for approximately 10 minutes. Granite / Marble / Metal / Stainless Steel / Wood always clean. • Cover the rest of the surface around and between the burners To kasher these counters: • Clean the oven thoroughly. [Caution - check the manual for with material that will not easily tear (Caution: do not cover the • Clean them thoroughly. what type of cleansers you should use]. stove with a Pesach blech as it can cause the glass to crack). • Do not put anything hot on them for 24 hours. • Kasher in the same way as a conventional oven. • Kasher with Irui Roschim by carefully pouring boiling D. Microwave Ovens Dishwashers water on entire area from a kettle or from a pot taken • It is best not to kasher a microwave oven. If it must be used, directly from the stove. If the pot used for kashering is not a it should be kashered as follows: A. Enamel interior Pesach pot, the minhag is that the pot itself should first be • Clean the oven thoroughly to remove all dirt, and food These types of dishwashers may not be kashered. kashered (see above Hagola method, third step). residue. If any part of the interior can’t be accessed to clean • Some people cover these types of counters even after B. Metal interior kashering them. Alternately, they move around a preheated It may be possible to kasher a dishwasher with stainless steel stone or hot iron as they pour the hot water.
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B. Materials that CANNOT be kashered: Utensils and Small Appliances Corian / Enamel / Formica / Plastic / Porcelain / Surrel Before using these counters: A. Tablecloths and Dish Towels • Clean them thoroughly. • Launder with soap and hot water. (Plastic tablecloths • Cover them with a thick waterproof material that won’t rip cannot be kashered.) easily while you are working on them. B. Highchairs • Some people kasher these counters as outlined above • Clean thoroughly and cover tray. TEVILAT KEILIM: before covering them. • Some pour hot water on the tray before covering it. C. Rings IMMERSING DISHES AND UTENSILS IN A MIKVAH Refrigerators and Freezers • Clean thoroughly and pour boiling water on them (Irui Roschim). By Rabbi Dovid Rosen • Clean every surface and all parts thoroughly using a cleanser D. Candlesticks and Tray that will render inedible any tiny crumbs that may have been Clean thoroughly and don’t wash in a Kosher for Pesach In a kosher kitchen, many types of dishes and utensils must be immersed in a missed. sink (the same applies for flower vases that were on the • Some have a custom to cover surfaces that will directly touch table during the year). mikvah before they may be used. Tevilat keilim is independent from kashering. food. The basic difference between the two is that kashering refers to various Items that CANNOT be kashered: methods of extracting or burning absorbed substances, while tevilat keilim is Cupboards, drawers and shelves Blech Bottles with narrow necks a ritual of sanctifying the utensil. Based on this discrepancy, tevilat keilim has • Clean thoroughly with a cleanser that will render inedible any Ceramic different applications, requirements, and guidelines than kashering. tiny crumbs that may have been missed. China • Some have a custom to cover surfaces that will directly touch Colander/Strainer/Sieve food. Crockpot Food Processor Flatware George Foreman Grill OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: BRACHAH:
Grater The function of tevilat keilim is to sanctify a vessel that is now Generally, one must make a brachah (blessing) before • Requires Hagola (see method above). Hot Plate owned by a Jew. Consequently, if an item was originally made performing the mitzvah of tevilat keilim. One should hold the Mixer by a Jew, and has always been owned by a Jew, the item would item, or one of the items that is to be toveled while making the Plastic Tablecloths not require tevilah (immersion in the mikvah). Conversely, if brachah. If one item is being toveled the brachah is “Baruch… Tables and Chairs Sifter an item is owned jointly or in a partnership with a non-Jew, asher kedishanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu al tevilat keli.” If many
Toaster / Toaster Oven it would also not need tevilah. If later the Jew becomes the items are to be toveled the brachah changes to “Baruch… asher Clean thoroughly. Cover tables with a thick material that won’t Warming Drawer exclusive owner, the item would then need tevilah. kedishanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu al tevilat keilim.” tear easily and through which spills won’t easily penetrate. Wooden Cutting Board There are a number of items that require tevilah however Covers should be fastened securely. UTENSIL REQUIREMENTS: a brachah is not said. This could be for a number of reasons. We are required to tovel (immerse in a mikvah) items that For example, if there is an uncertainty in halacha if an item come into direct contact with food during preparation or requires tevilah, then tevilah would be done without a brachah. mealtime. Oven racks generally do not come into direct contact Many of these items are listed in the chart below. with food, and would therefore not require tevilah, but the racks from a toaster oven which do directly touch food would TEVILAH PROCEDURE: require tevilah. It is preferable to wet one’s hand before tovelling the item, To require tevilah, items must be made of metal (aluminum, and if possible to do this before making the brachah. The brass, copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, steel, and tin) or glass item being tovelled must be totally immersed with the mikvah (including Pyrex, Duralex, and Corelle). Wood, plastic, rubber, waters touching the entire item both outside and inside. The and unglazed earthenware do not require tevilah. entire item must be under water at one time and may not be immersed in stages. One must be aware when tovelling many PREPARING THE UTENSIL: items simultaneously that the pile is not weighed down in a In order for the tevilah to be valid, the item must be immersed way that water cannot reach all the items. in the mikvah waters without any interference. The item must As with any matter in halacha, if a question arises or if you therefore be prepared accordingly. All labels and stickers that need further guidance, consult your Rabbi or contact COR. one plans to remove when using the item must be removed before tevilah. After the sticker is removed, any residual adhesive that is left on the item must be removed as well. On a practical note, WD-40 and nail polish remover are known to be effective in adhesive removal. Also, if there are many items to tovel, it is recommended to prepare the items before going to the mikvah. Questions? Call the Kosher Hotline at 416.635.9550 x100 or email us at [email protected] We have answers.
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ITEM TEVILAH REQUIREMENT BRACHAH REQUIREMENT Aluminum pans - to be used once No Tevilah Required - - to be used more than once Preferable to Tovel NO Blech No Tevilah Required - Blender Tevilah Required YES Can opener No Tevilah Required - Ceramic dishes (coffee mug) Preferable to Tovel NO China Preferable to Tovel NO SHAIMOS GUIDELINES: Cookie cutters Tevilah Required NO DISCARDING HOLY OBJECTS Cooling racks Tevilah Required NO Cork screw No Tevilah Required - By Rabbi Dovid Rosen Corningware Tevilah Required NO Crockpot: ceramic insert Preferable to Tovel NO metal insert Tevilah Required YES As we clean for Passover, we tend to use the opportunity to de-clutter our glass lid Tevilah Required YES homes as well. We find that over the course of the year we manage to collect Dish rack No Tevilah Required - a sizeable collection of Torah and mitzvah related material. Since the Torah Earthenware, non-glazed No Tevilah Required - requires us to treat holy writings and objects with dignity even when they won’t George Forman Grill Tevilah Required YES Glass Tevilah Required YES be used anymore, many of these items cannot be thrown out in the regular Hot water urn Tevilah Required YES garbage. These items, known colloquially as shaimos, must be discarded in the Meat tenderizer hammer Tevilah Required NO respectful manner that is outlined in halachah. Many cities have an organization Meat thermometer No Tevilah Required - that deals with shaimos burial. People collect their personal shaimos materials Microwave - turntable only Tevilah Required YES and place them either in a designated bin, or, as is the practice in Toronto, wait Mixer beaters for a city wide shaimos collection. Just as it is important to clarify which items - if to be used exclusively with not yet edible food (i.e. dough) Tevilah Required NO belong in shaimos, it is also important to know what is not considered shaimos, - if to be used at times with already edible food (i.e. ice cream) Tevilah Required YES Oven racks No Tevilah Required - since there are times that it is considered disrespectful to bury non-shaimos with Peeler Tevilah Required YES regular shaimos. Plastic No Tevilah Required - Popcorn popper Tevilah Required YES THE FOLLOWING ARE SPECIAL STATUS SHAIMOS AND THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DISCARDED RESPECTFULLY Porcelain enamel Preferable to Tovel NO SHOULD BE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BEFORE BEING BY WRAPPING THEM BEFORE PLACING THEM IN THE Sandwich maker Tevilah Required YES PLACED IN SHAIMOS: RECYCLING BIN (IF NOT ACCEPTED IN THE RECYCLING Spatula, metal Tevilah Required YES • Teffilin, mezuzot, and megilot BIN THEN PLACE THEM WRAPPED INTO THE REGULAR Stoneware, glazed Preferable to Tovel NO GARBAGE): Styrofoam No Tevilah Required - THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED SHAIMOS AND • Tzitzis, tzitzis strings, and talleisim Tea kettle Tevilah Required YES SHOULD NOT BE DISCARDED INTO THE REGULAR GAR- • Kippot Teflon coated pots Tevilah Required YES BAGE OR THE RECYCLING BIN: • Lulav, esrog, schach Toaster oven - racks & tray only Tevilah Required YES • Tallis bags, tallis and tefillin plastics • Chumashim, siddurim, benchers, mishnayot, gemara, Torah commentaries, Shulchan Aruch and Halacha seforim etc. THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT SHAIMOS AND SHOULD PREF- • Covers of the seforim mentioned above Some of the most common questions that arise pertaining to tevilat keilim concern tovelling small electrical appliances. Strictly • Mezuza covers, tefillinstraps, boxes and bags ERABLY BE DISCARDED IN THE RECYCLING BIN (IF NOT speaking many small appliances would require tevilah; however, there is often a fear that the appliance would be ruined if it is • Paper that contains Hashem’s name ACCEPTED IN THE RECYCLING BIN THEN PLACE THEM immersed in the mikvah. INTO THE REGULAR GARBAGE): Contrary to the warning label, experience has shown that simple electric appliances, such as sandwich makers, hot water kettles THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE PLACED IN SHAIMOS OR • CDs, DVDs, tapes, computer disks that contain Torah shiurim and urns, will work fine after tevilah if you let them dry out for a few days before using them. Discuss with your Rabbi or COR WHEN DIFFICULT IT SHOULD BE DISCARDED RESPECT- • Torah-themed projects and pictures – provided that no how to practically tovel these appliances. For example, how much of the appliance must be immersed? Does the cord have to be FULLY BY WRAPPING THEM BEFORE PLACING THEM IN pesukim (verses) are displayed immersed as well? THE RECYCLING BIN: • Invitations that contain only the standard Od Yeshama and When it comes to appliances with a digital panel, i.e. a Keurig coffee brewer, there is a greater concern that these items would no additional pesukim (verses) • Printed material which by their nature are not intended to be be ruined with tevilah. Taking this into account, there is a valid halachic claim that tevilah is not required. The best option in saved, i.e. weekly Divrei Torah flyers, Torah articles printed these situations is to free yourself of any question with regard to tovelling the appliance. As mentioned in the article, if an item in newspapers and magazines. (The rest of the newspaper or is partially owned by a non-Jew, it does not require tevilah. Therefore, under the circumstances, it would be advisable to sell a magazine is not shaimos, and should not be placed in shaimos.) percentage of the appliance to a non-Jew. To receive instructions how to properly administer such a transaction, talk to your • Children’s Lemudai kodesh homework and parsha sheets Rabbi or call the COR’s Halacha Institute at (416) 535-8008 where you can also obtain a contract which has been designed • Invitations that contain additional pesukim (verses) besides specifically for this purpose. the standard Od Yeshama
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PESACH TRAVELER CHECKLIST Below is a list that addresses common scenarios for those people who are not staying home for Pesach PET FOOD ON PASSOVER AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PRIMARY RESIDENCE: By Rabbi Dovid Rosen If leaving more than 30 days before Pesach (and not returning until after Pesach): • No bedika required • Must sell chametz and must declare Kol Chamira before the latest time for owning chametz on Erev Pesach Although one is allowed to feed pets non-kosher foods, there fowl, or meat from a non-kosher species (i.e. pork). Therefore, are still kashrut issues that one has to be aware of. Throughout if the label states “beef”, “lamb”, “meat”, or similar declaration If leaving less than 30 days before Pesach: the year, not only are we commanded not to eat foods that it cannot have dairy ingredients. “Animal fat” should be • Bedika required contain a meat and milk mixture, one is also not allowed to considered an ingredient that cannot mix with dairy. Whey and - Must be performed at night by candlelight before you leave this location derive benefit from them either. Feeding pets these foods is casein are some of the not-so-obvious dairy ingredients that - No bracha is said (unless the bedika is being done on Bedika Night) considered a derived benefit and, therefore, it is forbidden. On could be found in pet food. - Kol Chamira is said. If the bedika is not being done on Bedika Night, substitute bershusi (in my possession) with chametz Passover, not only are we commanded not to eat , we For Passover, pet food cannot have chametz ingredients. bebaisa hadain (in this house). chametz may not derive benefit from or own either. Having Ingredients made of wheat, barley, oats, rye, pasta, and - One could also appoint a shaliach (agent) to perform the bedika on their behalf on Erev Pesach chametz pet food in one’s possession during Passover, which contains brewer’s yeast are . Also, note that “starch” could be - It is more appropriate to perform a bedika rather than to absolve oneself of the requirement to have a bedika performed chametz , transgresses this prohibition. On the other hand, it wheat starch and should be avoided. by selling the entire house on the 13th of Nissan. In case of need, speak to your Rabbi. Kitniyot kitniyot is permitted to derive benefit from non-kosher and, therefore, ingredients are permitted. Common • Must sell chametz and must declare the regular Kol Chamira before the latest time for owning chametz on Erev Pesach one is allowed to feed pets non-kosher food. ingredients are: beans, buckwheat, corn, millet, peanuts, Ashkenazi Jews who do not eat kitniyot are peas, rice, sorghum and soybeans. DESTINATION (HOTEL): allowed to feed kitniyot to their pets on Be careful with pet foods that are “gluten Passover. The Torah’s prohibition of free” as they still might have chametz If you brought in chametz: Bedika with bracha required eating, owning, and deriving benefit I’m allowed to ingredients. “Grain free” pet foods seem not If chametz was not brought in: Bedika without bracha required from chametz is limited to the five to be a problem, but make sure to check the grains – wheat, barley, oats, rye, and feed my pets ingredient label. spelt. As an extra safeguard Ashkenazi non-kosher, so Jews have been instructed to avoid Fish, Birds, and Small Animals IF AT YOUR DESTINATION, PESACH WILL START AND END AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAN YOUR kitniyot as well. (See our article why can’t I feed Feeds for fish, birds, and small animals PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT YOU MUST BEAR IN MIND “What is ‘Kitniyot’?” in this guide.) them chametz? have their own unique challenges as many WHEN SELLING CHAMETZ. This safeguard, however, is limited to feeds are grain based. Since some people prohibit eating kitniyot, and does not have difficulty finding suitable pet food, there When selling chametz make sure that: forbid owning and deriving benefit are those who make their own homemade • the chametz will be sold before the latest time for owning chametz in the place that you are staying from kitniyot. Therefore, one may feed “Kosher for Passover” pet food. Also, • if the chametz being sold is not in the location where you are staying for Pesach, it is preferable to kitniyot to pets on Passover. and if I can’t feed beware that although some reptile foods also make sure that the chametz will be sold before the latest time for owning chametz in that location. them chametz why are not a problem, the feed might be What should one look out for when packaged with oatmeal or wheat flakes In regard to repossessing your chametz after Pesach: buying pet food? am I allowed to feed which is chametz. If the Rabbi will be buying back the chametz before Pesach is over for you at your destination: them kitniyot? While it seems like a good solution, • you should declare that you wish not to take possession of the “bought back” chametz until after Dogs and Cats it is not so simple to halachically avoid Pesach is over for you Throughout the year, one has to make sure the issue by giving your pet to a non-Jew for • it would be preferable to make this declaration to the Rabbi when you sell your chametz to him before that pet food with meat does not contain Passover. If you wish to do so, you must discuss Pesach dairy. Even though when it comes to regular food, we with your Rabbi how to go about this. are forbidden to have dairy mixed with any sort of meat or As always, if you have any questions about specific It is also preferable not to repossess “bought back” chametz if the chametz is in a location where it is poultry, with pet food it is only forbidden to have dairy mixed ingredients please call the COR and we would be pleased to still Pesach. with beef. It is not a problem if dairy is mixed with poultry, assist. With thanks to Rabbi Chaim Dovid Kulik. 32 KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA | 416-635-9550 | WWW.COR.CA COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 33 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTSLawsLAWS & Guidelines & GUIDELINES ARTICLES OF FAITH
Fulfilling the Mitzvos of Matzah and Maror
By Rabbi Dovid Pam
here is a mitzvah to eat Hagaddah; it is a remembrance of With this, the Gemora explains why one matzah and maror on the Hillel’s practice -- when the Bais cannot eat matzah and maror together, TSeder night of Pesach. The HaMikdash was standing, Hillel would as the maror that is only a rabbinic source for this mitzvah is eat matzah and maror together. mitzvah will nullify the matzah which is the verse uvukfth ohrurnu ,umn kg/ Hillel did not eat matzah and maror a biblical mitzvah. Shulchan Aruch (475:1) describes the separately before eating korech so why Tosafos (ibid) asks why one must order in which they are eaten. One eats do we? eat maror separately -- shouldn’t a kezayis volume of matzah followed The Gemora (Pesachim 115) brings a it suffice to eat matzah separately by a kezayis of maror. After eating both discussion whether one mitzvah related followed immediately by korech? the matzah and the maror separately, food can nullify another mitzvah related Tosafos answers: After one has eaten one eats korech- matzah and maror food if eaten together. The Gemora matzah he has fulfilled the mitzvah of together. states that even if one mitzvah does not matzah and the act of eating korech is The reason for eating korech nullify another mitzvah, this is only if merely a remembrance - a zecher, not T. 905.761.9022 | F. 905.761.9023 | [email protected] is explained in the both mitzvos are of equal status, that even a rabbinic mitzvah. Maror, on the they are both biblical obligations. In other hand, is a rabbinic mitzvah, so the our times, when the Bais HaMikdash matzah which is merely a remembrance is not standing, the mitzvah of and not a mitzvah will nullify the matzah remains a biblical rabbinic mitzvah of maror. Therefore, Exclusive Agents Representing Wines From 9 Countries obligation; we must first eat the matzah separately however, to fulfill the biblical mitzvah, then we eat the maror separately to fulfill the rabbinic obligation mitzvah of maror, and finally, we eat of maror the matzah and maror together as a Argentina | Australia | Chile | France is only remembrance of how Hillel ate matzah rabbinic and maror together in the time of the Israel | Italy | Portugal | South Africa | Spain in origin. Bais HaMikdash.
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What is the Halacha if one ate fulfilled their obligations and must eat korech before eating matzah and and drink again, while reclining. Mishna maror separately – has one fulfilled his Berurah (22) explains that an additional obligation after the fact? portion of matzah must be eaten. Pri Megadim (Aishel Avrohom Maharsham (vol 6:38) was asked, 475:8) writes, the mitzvah of maror “Since the mitzvah of reclining is only was fulfilled, but not the mitzvah of rabbinic in origin, and the biblical matzah. The reason is that maror -- mitzvah of matzah is fulfilled even when which is rabbinic -- nullifies the mitzvah not reclining, why is it not sufficient for of matzah. Although the individual is one who ate matzah without reclining, not currently fulfilling the mitzvah of to eat matzah with korech since both matzah, since he had not previously the matzah and the maror are now eaten matzah, the matzah is considered rabbinic, and two mitzvos of the same a mitzvah and we do not find that a status (rabbinic) do not nullify one biblical mitzvah nullifies a rabbinic another?” Maharsham writes, though mitzvah. Pri Megadim adds that the it is still preferable to fulfill the original mitzvah of korech was not fulfilled, since therefore, he must eat maror separately decree to eat each mitzvah separately, in the matzah was nullified. He must eat followed by korech. truth, in the above case, if one ate korech matzah separately followed by korech. There is a mitzvah to recline while while reclining he has fulfilled both the If one eats matzah separately, and eating matzah and drinking the four mitzvah of matzah and the mitzvah of then korech, he has not fulfilled the cups of wine on the Seder night. maror. mitzvah of maror. According to the Shulchan Aruch writes (472:7) that if Are our Homes anyone that is required to recline, ate or above mentioned Pri Megadim he has Rabbi Pam is the Rav of Congregation drank without reclining, they have not not fulfilled the mitzvah of korech either; Zichron Shneur Chametz Free?
By Rabbi Avraham Feigelstock
ews worldwide have been the Egyptian exile; but what were the the Jewish people were fruitful and preparing their homes for factors the led to the exile and in what multiplied and the earth was filled with JPesach for many weeks merit were we redeemed? them. Vatimalei haarets -ו When Yaakov Avinu brought his o,ut .rtv tkn,u already. Kosher organi- zations, in particular, have been busy family down to Egypt, they originally osom. for many months ensuring that the settled in the land of Goshen where they We can learn another insight from Vatimalei -וproducts you bring into your home are were shepherds and studied Torah. As the words o,ut .rtv tkn,u free of any kind of chametz. a matter of fact, even before arriving haarets osom; that the earthly and Extra mashgichim are employed to in Egypt, Yaakov sent his son, Yehuda, physical desires filled them. They began carry the heavy workload. Statistics ahead to Goshen to set up a Yeshiva to focus on the physical instead of the show that the kosher Pesach food of Torah study. Yaakov lived in Egypt spiritual path they had led up until this market runs about $1.8 billion. the last 17 years of his life and these point. Yet as we sit down to our seder were his best years. The Jewish people The Torah then tells us: tables, we must ask ourselves, are our lived peacefully in Goshen where they asj lkn oehu - vayokom melech homes truly “Chametz” free? remained separate from the Egyptians chadash asher lo yodah es Yosef, a new Our rabbis teach us that matzah and their immoral way of life. They were king arose who didn’t know Yosef. symbolizes humility, a sign of total sub- strong in their faith and shielded from When they forsook their way of life servience to G-d. The matzah brings outside influences. that was previously guided by Torah, they also chose new guidelines. They י תמיו: The Torah tells us awareness that our souls are a part of G-dliness and that we are not an entity tuvv rusv kfu uhjt kfu ;ouh ,nhu chose a new king who didn’t know or on our own but one with G-d. ‘Yosef died, as well as his brothers want to know the ways of Yosef and Conversely, chametz (leavened food) and all of his generation’ didn’t follow his principles. symbolizes our arrogance; a feeling of The new generation of Jews began That was when the actual physical having a separate identity of our own. to leave the spiritual safety of Goshen sh’ibud (slavery) began. We feel our ego and our animal drives and began to spread out in the land Adopting the Egyptian way of life separate us from G-d. of Egypt. They began to assimilate by the Jews aroused jealousy and fear We all know that the holiday of with Egyptians, adopting their ways among the Egyptians and they began to Pesach celebrates our exodus from and customs. The Torah tells us that enslave them.
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The Jews began by joining the symbolizes our ego and must be removed everywhere we turn, any kind of Egyptian work force voluntarily and completely and totally in order to allow information is available to us right in our eventually they were forced by the (matzah) total bitul and humility, to homes with the press of a button. Our Egyptians to work as slaves. Pharaoh connect us with G-d. This awareness will children have access to many Internet had the Jewish baby boys thrown into the help us to remain focused on the true sites which are time wasting at best but Nile River. This means that the boys were message of Pesach. more often than not, they are inundated physically in danger of being drowned in In our generation, in the current with the immorality that is part of our the Nile. But there is also a spiritual in- galus, we are experiencing a similar society. It has become the avodo zarah, terpretation of this decree. The Nile was problem that our ancestors experienced for our generation. Literally, avodo zarah a symbol of their avoda zarah (their idol before they left Egypt. means ‘strange worship’ and it refers worship). The Egyptians worshipped not only to actual idol worship, but the Nile since it was the source of their also to anything that we engage in that livelihood. Pharaoh wanted the boys separates us or estranges us from G-d. PESACH – to be immersed in the idol worship of As long as our minds and emotions Egypt. JUST AS are plugged into immorality, it is He decreed that the Jewish girls be extremely difficult to connect to the Why do we REALLY tell the story? raised in the ways of the Egyptians, Truth. not merely to be allowed to survive. BNEI YISROEL, When we decide to disconnect from By Rabbi Rafi Lipner We learn this from the words Pharaoh our subservience to negative technology told the Egyptians iuhj, ,cv kfu - PREPARING TO LEAVE and clean our homes from this type of vechol habas techayun, and all of the chametz we can then insulate our homes remember clearly sitting it because it is a tradition. Was that (tradition) handed down not by Maxwell daughters you shall cause to live. He EGYPT, HAD TO from their influence. at my Rebbe’s table, Rav reason in fact stronger than either of House Haggadas, but from parents to demanded that they be actively taught This is symbolized by the IBronspigel, for the 2nd seder the two reasons I had suggested? I was children, from grandparents to grand- the culture of the Egyptians. commandment of G-d to the Jewish while he and I were both confused. My rebbe saw that, and had children – a chain of merely 120 people. WITHDRAW FROM ofk ujku ufan - celebrating Pesach in Eretz Yisroel. As anticipated that reaction. Perhaps that is why my Rebbe After over 100 years of slavery, people, “ mishchu both spiritually and physically, Moshe ukechu lachem”, draw and take for Pesach is really a night of questions, Rav He continued, “Well actually, in opened with this discussion. All of the demanded that the Jews withdraw THE AVODA ZARAH yourselves. Bronspigel decided to be the first one truth, there’s more to it than that. My lessons and insights he was about to from the immoral ways of Egypt. G-d ordered the Jews to take the to ask a question of me, since I was the father told it to me, because, well, his impart, and that each of us will want Hashem commanded them to take a avodah zarah (idol worship of Egypt, youngest at the table between myself, father, my grandfather told it to him.” to impart around our tables, have to lamb and bring it as a sacrifice. This OF THEIR TIME which was the lamb) and slaughter it. him and his wife. I wondered if that was the end of the be built on the bedrock of understand- act demanded a full commitment from Rashi explains that mishchu means that “Nu, Refoel, why am I about to answer. It wasn’t. ing that this is our mesorah. Each of us the Jews since their Egyptian masters AND SLAUGHTER IT, we have to remove ourselves from the tell you about the story of Yetzias And my grandfather? My grandfather sitting around our tables is telling it for worshiped the lamb. They had to take avodah zarah of our time, which is any Mitzrayim?” At first I thought it to be a told it to my father because his father the same reason. True, it is a mitzvah, the idolatry of Egypt and slaughter it! SO TO WE HAVE TO BE foreign forms of worship, and immerse rhetorical question, but he motioned for They had to confront the yetzer ourselves in our relationship with me to answer. harah, the evil inclination, at its very Hashem. I gave it my best shot. “Well, Rebbe, ...and then it dawned on me. Wow – that is correct. root and humble it. PREPARED TO CLEAN Just as Bnei Yisroel, preparing to leave because, as the Ramban says in his It was only after they withdrew Egypt, had to withdraw from the avodah famous comments on Parshas Bo 13:16 Just a little more than 100 generations ago, from the influences of the immoral OUR HOMES FROM zarah of their time and slaughter it, so (a piece worth reading before Pesach!), Egyptian culture and humbled too we have to be prepared to clean our this is the source for our emunah and a my grandparents witnessed Yetzias Mitzrayim! themselves before Hashem, that they THIS AVODA ZARAH homes from this avodah zarah in order reminder that while we think the world were able to become free people by re- to draw near to G-d. runs according to nature, in reality, Eyn connecting themselves and becoming We have to make sure that our home Teva Ba’olam (there is no such thing as told it to him.” Then Rav Bronspigel true it is a foundational moment to be one with Hashem. IN ORDER TO DRAW is permeated with matzah, which simply nature) -- and Hashem does, and paused. “Do you see where I am going, mechazek, to strengthen, our emunah… The Torah teaches: symbolizes humility and a willingness to always will run the show.” Refoel? It’s one long continuous chain! but we are simply passing down that ,utkpb ubtrt ohrmn .rtn l,tm hnhf NEAR TO G-D. accept upon ourselves the mitzvot of the He did not accept that answer. And his father to him and his father to which we received from generation to kimei tzescha me’eretz mitrayim arenu Torah. Our sages teach: I tried again. “Perhaps what Rebbe him…and if you go back not so much as generation…and not that many people neflaos. vru,c exuga hn tkt ihruj ic lk iht - ain is looking for is that we do it simply 120 fathers, my ancestor told his son the ago. My great great…zaidy, and yours, In the future redemption, we too, lecho ben chorin elah me sheoseik batora. because it is a mitzvah, simply because story because, well, simply because he were walking out of Egypt together will merit to experience the wonders We can only be considered free if we Hashem told us to. Is that not the was there when it happened.” when the commandment came down to that our forefathers experienced during Just as they had to remove the barrier engage in Torah life and study. greatest level of mitzvah fulfillment?” I thought he was being dramatic, them that it is imperative to pass down the exodus from Egypt. But we will that separated them from the Almighty Only then can we truly connect to “No”. The response was quick in and then in my mind, I did a quick this story, and all of its implications. first have to attain the understanding before they merited the exodus, so we are Hashem and begin to experience true coming. “Refoel, do you want to know calculation of about 30-40 years per How? Simply – V’hegadota L’bincha - that they reached before the Egyptian faced with the challenge of eradicating freedom. why I am about to tell you this story?” I generation, and then it dawned on me. tell your children. Exodus and only then will we merit the the negativity from our generation in waited anxiously for his insight. “I am Wow – that is correct. Just a little more everlasting redemption. order to merit the redemption. Rabbi Avraham going to do so because my father used than 100 generations ago, my grandpar- Rabbi Lipner is seder We, like our forefathers, must As technology advances by leaps Feigelstock is the to sit me down for decades at his ents witnessed Yetzias Mitzrayim! Senior Rabbi of table and tell me the story.” So why am I writing this in the COR maintain an awareness that our neshama and bounds, we are faced with a new Kashruth Administra- Shaarei Tefillah and is part of Hashem and it is our ego (a set of challenges that we never had I was a little disappointed with that Pesach Guide? The reason is simple. tor at BC Kosher. Director of The answer…it almost sounded like he was This story that we are about to share feeling that we are an entity on our own) before. Whereas we were once able House that brings about a separation between to insulate our homes from outside suggesting we do it out of what I call around our table with our children is us and G-d. Chametz (rising dough) negative influences, today with Internet the “fiddler on the roof” cop out – do part of an amazing chain, a mesorah
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ALTHOUGH PASSOVER IS A HIGHLIGHT IN EVERY FAMILY’S CALENDAR, PUTTING IT ALL ”Passover is the TOGETHER CAN STILL BE A VERY OVERWHELMING PROCESS. LET’S WORK TO BUILD A birth of the KOSHER AND JOYFUL PASSOVER, ONE FROM WHICH MEMORIES ARE CREATED. Jewish nation. When beginning to plan your Passover shopping list, consider buying only what you enjoy In bringing this using year round. awareness into An overview of pantry essentials for your cooking includes: matzah meal and farfel, cake CARAMELIZED ONIONS meal and potato starch, olive oil, vinegar (balsamic and red wine), kosher salt, table salt, The following is an onion marmalade that adds a savoury our lives, we your favourite spices and herbs, sugar, brown sugar and honey and an assortment of nuts sweetness to so many dishes. Use it as a spread, omelette and dried fruits (especially apricots and prunes for our Chicken with Olives and Dried Fruit). realize that filling, topping for grilled fish and more. setting up our Recommended also are cans of chopped tomatoes for soups and cooking sauces. Makes 2 – 3 cups Once your Passover kitchen is set up, it’s a great idea to have a tray with your basic ingredi- Passover kitchen ents such as olive oil, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper close at hand to your cooking station. calls for plan- This is how the professional chefs do it. ¼ cup olive oil 5 pounds cooking onions, peeled, halved ning, discipline Let’s look at some simple tips that, although they require a bit of preparation, are worth the PESTO WITH HERBS AND WALNUTS and cut into thin slices and resource- effort. Practicing these suggestions will help your creative juices flow when you begin your cooking. Pesto, from the verb pestare, means to pound or crush (as in 2 tablespoons sugar fulness. The mortar and pestle). Traditionally, a paste of basil, oil, pine nuts 1 teaspoon salt correct mindset • Mince garlic, lots. This step will be appreciated when you begin to make your soups, stews and garlic are pounded into a cream and then thinned with ½ teaspoon pepper and meat dishes. Store the garlic in a glass jar covered with some olive oil in the refrigera- a little olive oil. You can use different herbs including Italian and skills are tor. (This flavoured oil is a bonus to cook with.) parsley or mint. This is a very special sauce that can be used • Herbs, washed, checked and ready to go (Italian parsley, basil, and mint are my staples). in the Savoury Matzah Crunch (recipe follows), as a sauce for In a large, heavy bottomed pot, heat the oil. On vital, but know- • Lemons zested and juiced. Mince the zest and mix with a tablespoon of sugar and store baking chicken, or simply as a spread. It helps to have a food medium heat, add the onions and do not stir for about ing our limits is in the fridge. (This provides a delicate flavour to many baked goods, in particular sponge processor or hand blender to prepare this unless you want to go 20 minutes. You will find that the onions have started to cakes.) I usually prepare at least 12 lemons. old school and pull out your Passover mortar and pestle. brown (but make sure they don’t burn). Mix the onions, essential too.” • Fresh ginger, peeled and grated. (This adds a zip to your cooking.) add the sugar and seasonings. Allow the onions to cook • Toast all nuts. This small step freshens their taste and brings out their flavour. Makes about 2 cups for about 45 minutes to 1 hour in total. They will have • Caramelized onions* softened and reduced in volume. When cool, store in a • Pesto* glass jar in the refrigerator. • Peeled and sectioned grapefruit and oranges (their juice, when reduced with a little honey 2-3 garlic cloves, peeled and seasoned with salt and pepper, make a delightful addition to any vinaigrette ½ cup walnuts, toasted • Make that vinaigrette that will be your go-to for salad dressings 1 bunch flat parsley, washed, stemmed and checked • Finely chopped red onion for salads 1 bunch basil, washed, stemmed and checked • Tea essence* (forms the basis of our hot and cold drinks) 1 cup olive oil In terms of equipment, begin a collection of glass jars of all sizes, to store your preparations ½ teaspoon salt in. Whatever little culinary treasures you make, they last better, and longer, when stored in ¼ teaspoon pepper glass.
A hand blender to puree soups, emulsify dressings and make smoothies is a great tool. I also Process the garlic first to make sure it is finely chopped. rely on a couple of good quality baking sheets for cookies and roasting vegetables. A good Add the nuts next. knife and solid chopping board also go a long way to making the cook happy. You might Add the herbs and with the motor running add the olive want to purchase a small spring loaded ice cream scoop. Aside from making an elegant oil through the feed tube. presentation for frozen desserts, it helps to shape your cookies and macaroons. Stock up on parchment paper. I find using it helps make clean up so much easier and improves the way Season with salt and pepper. many foods taste when roasted and baked.
*Recipes follow
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SWEET AND SOUR SALMON SAVOURY MATZAH CRISPS I treat salmon to this sublime presentation twice a year and shared This snack is simply addictive and is so easy to prepare according to your own signature the recipe on our blog www.mykosherkitchen.wordpress.com at seasonings. If you make pesto, you can brush it alone on the matzah and go right to Rosh Hashana. I guarantee the anticipation of its flavour by Pesach. baking. Store in an airtight container when cool. It is adapted from the dish, Alsatian Sweet and Sour Salmon, by Joan Nathan. Makes approximately 8 cups SALAD WITH BELGIAN ENDIVE, Serves 8 -10 FENNEL AND RADICCHIO 6 matzah boards This recipe offers a lighter approach to balance the scale 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons olive oil of your Passover meals in favour of vegetables. While in 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced the spring we like to celebrate the season with fresh young 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon kosher salt vegetables, the truth is that our local growing season ½ teaspoon pepper has not yet begun. Consider working with the following ½ teaspoon pepper 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped (If you chop the onions in a food vegetables that are delicious, crunchy and readily available. processor, drain the excess liquid from them) 1 cup sugar The citrus season will soon be over so enjoy the tart 2 tablespoons water juiciness as a final farewell to winter. Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. 2 cups water Serves 8 Place the matzahs on 2 baking sheets. Season the oil with the salt and pepper. ½ teaspoon cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick Brush the matzah with the oil and scatter the onion over all. ½ teaspoon ground ginger 3 heads Belgian Endive, stems cut off and leaves Bake in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes or when the boards are lightly browned. 6 bay leaves separated and washed Break into pieces when cool. ½ cup raisins 2 fennel bulbs, trimmed, cored and thinly sliced, 3 pound salmon fillet, skinned and cut into 4 ounce serving then washed portions 1 head Radicchio lettuce, washed and checked 2 - 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 – 3 tablespoons citrus vinaigrette 2 grapefruits, peeled and segmented SWEETENED TEA ESSENCE Heat the oil in a large skillet (big enough to hold the fish in a 3 oranges, peeled and segmented single layer) with a cover. Tea essence is my secret weapon when it comes to avoiding sugary Sauté the onion, seasoned with the salt and pepper, until sodas and juices at Passover. It also makes enchantingly unique Dry all vegetables with a salad spinner and cut into translucent. drinks that are fruity and refreshing. I recommend that you have a bite sized pieces. large pitcher or teapot in which to make the essence. In a saucepan on a low heat, add the 2 tablespoons of water Toss with the vinaigrette. to the sugar, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the sugar Makes 4 cups or enough to flavour approximately 25 cups of dissolves and the syrup begins to simmer. Raise the heat to Scatter the citrus segments on top. flavoured drinks medium and let the syrup cook for 8 to 10 minutes, without stirring at all. Hold the handle of the pan and tilt it off the 12 - 15 tea bags of your choice (I prefer Peach, Mint or Wild heat to evenly cook the sugar as it takes on colour. Berry) When the sugar reaches a uniformly amber colour, remove 6 - 8 cups boiling water from the heat. Watch carefully as it changes colour quickly and can change from caramel to burned caramel. Be very 3 tablespoons of honey or ¼ cup sugar or 6 - 8 packets of Passover sugar substitute careful when handling because it is extremely hot. 2 – 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice Pour this caramel over the onion. Pour 2 cups of water over the caramel and onion and bring to a boil. Lower the temperature to a simmer and add the cinnamon, ginger, Pour the boiling water over the tea bags in a heat proof seasonings, bay leaves and raisins. Place the fish on top, pitcher or teapot. Let it brew for about 30 minutes. Add cover and simmer over a low heat for 12 - 15 minutes, or the sweetener while the liquid is still hot to help it dissolve. until the fish is barely cooked through. Add the lemon juice when it cools. Carefully remove the fish and onions to a serving plate and Store in the refrigerator and add 2 – 3 ounces to 8 ounces of let the sauce boil down to reduce by half. Stir in enough sparkling, plain or hot water to make your lovely tisane. lemon juice to balance the flavour. Spoon the sauce over the fish, cool and refrigerate. Serve at room temperature.
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BRAISED VEAL WITH MUSHROOMS AND SHALLOTS Simplified Solutions Serves 6 – 8
The educational opportunity of Passover is experiencing freedom. How does cooking enhance personal 4 boneless veal shanks or 3 pounds veal stew freedom? When you add up all the hours spent grocery shopping, setting up the kitchen, preparing and ½ cup Mediterranean Marinade putting it all together, it is a significant investment. If I ask myself, do these efforts relate back to my 2 pounds mushrooms, cleaned and cut into halves personal goals and I answer yes, then I can find meaning and satisfaction in the doing. The challenge is 4 shallots, peeled and cut in halves, lengthwise being mindful of my limits. These last recipes are designed to streamline your cooking by simplifying your 1 - 2 cups braising liquid, either white wine, chicken soup or water, or a combination preparations.
Marinate the veal overnight. Lift the veal out of the marinade and in a large Dutch oven, brown the veal on all sides. Remove the veal from the pan (if using shanks, cut them in half). Add the marinade, then the shallots and mushrooms. Cook over a medium heat until the vegetables are browned and the mushrooms have given up their moisture. MEDITERRANEAN MARINADE CHICKEN WITH OLIVES Return the veal to the pot and introduce it to the other ingredients. Add the braising liquid, bring to a FOR CHICKEN, VEAL OR BEEF AND DRIED FRUIT simmer, reduce heat and cover the Dutch oven. Let it simmer for 1 ¼ hours, ensuring that the liquid does not boil. Alternatively, you can braise in a covered ovenproof casserole dish at 350 degrees. Makes 3 cups Serves 8
2 cups olive oil 2 chickens, cut into 8 pieces 1 cup red wine vinegar 1 cup Mediterranean Marinade 1 head of garlic, peeled and finely puréed 1 cup pitted prunes FROZEN STRAWBERRY WHIP 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 cup dried apricots 2 teaspoons pepper 1 cup pitted green olives 5 egg whites 2 teaspoons dried oregano ½ cup brown sugar ¾ cup sugar 3 bay leaves ½ cup white wine or water 3 cups frozen strawberries, thawed
Blend together the oil, vinegar, garlic and seasonings. Marinate the chicken overnight. Beat egg whites together with sugar until stiff, but not Store in the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. too stiff, just until soft peaks form. Line a large baking dish that will hold the chicken in a Add the strawberries and blend until the mixture is single layer with parchment paper. somewhat smooth. Lay the chicken in the dish and all the remaining Pour into container, cover and freeze. ingredients except for the Italian parsley. You can use blueberries instead, or fruits such as mango Bake in the oven for 1 – 1 ½ hours. or peaches, just coarsely chop the whole fruits first. Lift the chicken pieces, fruit and olives, with a slotted spoon onto a serving platter. Put the remaining liquid into a saucepan and reduce by half. Spoon this sauce back onto the chicken. This dish is excellent served either hot or at room temperature. This is a lovely, light end to any meal!
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The Do’s and Don’ts for a
Healthier Passover By: Miriam Leibowitz, MHSc, RD
Do bad eating habits get the best of you each Passover? Do all the holiday meals, late Sedarim leave you feeling tired, sluggish, bloated and worn out? You may wonder, “Why is this year different than all the other years?” Because this year, you can stay on track, this year you can make the healthier choice. Below is my Do’s and Don’ts checklist to help you stay on track during the holidays.
Do eat before the Seder meal: Starving yourself all day soDo Choose whole wheat, whole grain or spelt matzah whenever you can eat more at the meal is definitely counterproductive. you can. It actually tastes great and is something your whole It will only make you hungrier and more likely to overeat! Eat family will enjoy. Balance a high fat dish such as roast or brisket small meals and snacks throughout the day and be sure to have with lots of salads and light side dishes. Note: many recipes call a substantial, balanced protein snack before the Seder meal, for eggs, eggs and more eggs -- try substituting some eggs with such as cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt with fruit or nuts. But eggs whites or limit those recipes when possible. don’t fill up because you need to save room for Bubbie’s gefilte fish at the Seder. Do slow down when you eat: Many people overeat mainly because they eat too fast! It takes 20 minutes from the time Do Go Green: Use vegetables, especially green ones, in soups, you eat until your brain gets the signal that you are full. So, eat sides, salads and appetizers. Go fresh, go frozen, go cooked slowly, put your fork down between bites and take a moment as long as you go for them. Pre-cut vegetables for the week so after you eat to sit back and relax – on the Seder night you can they are easily accessible for your family to munch on. Many even recline! Once those 20 minutes are up, you likely will not year round recipes with vegetables can almost be duplicated need that second serving. or slightly modified during Passover. Spend time the weeks before flipping through cookbooks and magazines for your Do keep up your exercise routine: Although the weeks favourite vegetable dishes. During the year, photocopy or before and during Passover may be busy, it’s important not to rewrite the recipes that you like and file them away with your skip your exercise routine. Remember, if you burn the calories Passover items. you consume, your weight should stay the same. If you’re having trouble finding time to exercise, try doing half of your Do choose healthier versions of traditional Passover regular routine, or at least try to be active on the days you are foods: Traditional holiday foods taste good but can be loaded having larger meals. Hopefully the weather will be nice so we with fat, sugar, and calories that are not good for your health. can all get outside for a walk and fresh air.
COR 2013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 49 What’s Cooking Don’t Don’t drink your calories: Although we do drink the four desserts and snacks on the table. Serve them during the meal cups of wine during the Seder nights, for the rest of the week and put them away in the fridge or cupboard right after. limit drinking pop, juice, alcohol and other sugary drinks. Stay Don’t eat just because others are eating: It’s tempting to eat hydrated by drinking water whenever possible. “Out of sight, when others around you are eating, but if you’re not hungry, out of mind,” as the saying goes so put a pitcher of water on the don’t eat! If you must nosh on something, try eating vegetables, table during meals. Aim to drink 8 glasses each day. cut up fruit or a handful of nuts.
Don’t overstuff your plate and stomach: Portion size is Don’t make Passover food the focus: It’s hard not to be the key to healthy eating and watching your waistline! During consumed by food during Passover, but remember the essence Passover, eat smaller portions of your favourite holiday foods. and meaning behind the holidays are also about celebration Follow the plate method by filling up and enjoying time with those around you. Try focusing more - ½ your plate with fruit/vegetables-but mostly vegetables such on family and friends and less on food. Plan chol hamoed as salad, cooked vegetables or soup, activities that are fun, that get you out of the house and most - ½ of your plate with protein such as chicken, fish, or lean importantly, that get you active. meat - ¼ of your plate with grains like potato, sweet potato, matzah Wishing you and your families a happy and healthier Passover! and rice (if that is your custom) Miriam Leibowitz is a Registered Dietitian who is passionate If you are planning on washing for matzah, don’t have other about being active and eating well. She lectures and writes grains at the same meal. for schools, businesses and community organizations and is follow us proud to be Captain for Team Lifeline Canada-a marathon & Don’t hang around the food: It’s easy to munch on those cycling training program that raises money for Chai Lifeline. delicious Passover desserts when you’re standing right next She can be contacted at [email protected] to them. Put some distance between you and the food by not hanging out in the kitchen all the time. Don’t leave tempting www.crystalmargarine.com
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COCONUT MACAROONS Yield: about 3 dozen
A Brief History ½ cup flaked coconut ½ cup sugar plus 2 Tablespoons sugar of Macaroons ½ cup finely chopped almonds 4 egg whites, at room temperature Pinch of salt
From medieval to modern times, Preheat the oven to 300°F and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper. the macaroon has made its mark. Toss the coconut and almonds with the 2 Tablespoons sugar, spread on a baking sheet By Judy Pister and toast in the oven for 15 minutes. Watch to make sure it doesn’t burn. In a large heatproof mixing bowl placed over a pot of simmering water, beat the egg whites and sugar with a whisk until thick and foamy, about 5 minutes. (The heat enables maximum volume It has always puzzled me why the holiday of Passover involves macaroons. Each and help the cookie retain its shape). year when I start my Passover shopping expeditions, at some point I always end Add the salt and continue to beat, off the heat, up with a can of macaroons in my hand, wondering if this year I should buy the with an electric mixer until cool and peaks form. chocolate chip or try some new flavour. Also, each year I wonder where this Fold in the coconut almond sugar mixture. tradition came from or better yet, what macaroons are altogether? Shape the macaroons with either a small, spring-loaded ice cream scoop or with two soup uriosity has finally gotten the better of me and I would time when this occurred is unclear. During Pesach, some added perfectly formed and rounded cookies, bake them and then spoons. now like to share my in depth research on the origins of potato starch to give the macaroon more body. Eventually add a jam or other filling in the centre. Many times the Bake for 30 – 40 minutes. Turn off the oven and cookie is coloured so it can be coordinated with a specific the macaroon and its hallowed place in Passover cuisine… the minhag (custom) spread all over Europe and although it continue to dry out for a further 30 minutes. Let theme or table setting. These delectable treats have recently According to legend, the macaroon’s humble was consumed year round, the chewy almond paste variety the cookies cool before attempting to peel them beginning dates back to an 8th or 9th century Italian remained a Pesach treat. By the late 19th century and especially been introduced to North America where they are giving off the parchment paper. Cmonastery. The culinary encyclopedia “Larousse Gas- in North America, the almond was replaced with coconut as the cupcake craze a run for its money. Unfortunately, most tronomique” edited by Jenifer Harvey Lang (Crown, 1988) says the almond cookie tended to be more fragile to make as well as macaroons of the kosher for Passover variety are decidedly Store in an airtight container. the earliest record has been traced to Commercy, France, in transport. more ordinary. Indeed, kosher consumers recognize the Enjoy! the year 791, where they were made at a local convent. Another The move to shredded coconut, the main ingredient in popular tin container out of which many North American source has its origins in Italy, coming to France in 1533 with the modern macaroons was discovered in the 1890’s by a French Passover food manufactures sell their macaroons. pastry chefs of Catherine de Medici, the wife of King Henry company that needed a method of shipping the product But the kosher for Passover macaroon is coming of age. II. There was considerable travel between these two regions to Europe from Ceylon or Sri Lanka where the nut was Variations to the simple coconut macaroon now include as various empires and monarchs attacked each other so it is discovered. Desiccated or shredded and dried coconuts were chocolate chip, chocolate dip, chocolate flavour and unclear where the first macaroon was created. Most historians found to be easier to pack without spoilage. Within five years, coffee flavour, to name a few. In recent years, some people are inclined to believe that the macaroon originated in Italy, this same issue occurred in North America when Franklin have moved away from purchasing macaroons in a can, probably Venice, and was transported to France by sailors Baker, a Philadelphia flour miller, received a shipload of preferring bakery made or even homemade macaroons. where it was further refined by French pâtissier techniques. coconuts in payment of a debt from a Cuban businessman. To the joy of the many consumers that are gluten Are you getting The consensus is that the word “macaroon” comes from the Shredding was his only option to sell the cargo before the nuts sensitive, macaroons are usually made gluten-free. Careful verification is still required since many variations exist from our emails? Italian word ammaccare which means to crush. This references spoiled. This discovery provided chefs of the day the ability to Sign up for our kosher alerts, the almond paste which historically was its main ingredient. incorporate coconut into various sweets and candy including the original three ingredient recipe from centuries ago. community news and other Almonds were introduced to Venice by Arab invaders the move from the traditional almond macaroon to coconut. In my attempt to provide some historical detail to a beginning in the 7th century. Egg whites and sugar were then In the 18th century, French cuisine took the macaroon or simple sweet and in anticipation that I have added a desire important information at added to create the cookie. Macaroon recipes also appeared macaron to another level. While sticking to the original recipe to test your baking skills, here is a macaroon recipe from www.cor.ca or send your in Syria in the 15th century under the name, Louzieh, derived of almond paste, sugar and egg whites, they refined the shape Nancy Weisbrod, COR’s Director of Culinary Education. email address to [email protected] from “Louz” which means almond in Arabic. to create a lovely cookie that is now available in specialty shops Since the cookie has no flour or leavening, Italian Jews and served at weddings. Rather than dropping a spoonful Chag Kasher v’Sameach. adapted the recipe in order to enjoy it on Pesach. The exact of the mixture onto the baking sheet, the French create two Judy Pister is COR’s New Account Representative 52 KASHRUTH COUNCIL OF CANADA | 416-635-9550 | WWW.COR.CA COR 2012-57722013-5773 PASSOVER GUIDE 53 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS Info & Updates LAUNCHING THE INFO & UPDATES COMING HALACHA INSTITUTE SOON! COR COMPANY UPDATES
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647-494-8TAG Promoting Responsible TAGAWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICALTO SUPPORT Use of Technology Endorsed COR@60: The Story [email protected] Through Awareness, by the Vaad Education and HaRabbonim TAGAWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICALTO SUPPORT Syd Levy, Director of Toronto Technical Support Behind the Picture Promoting Responsible AWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICAL SUPPORT TAGTO This year, COR is celebrating 60 years as the Greater Toronto Area’s community kosher certifier and we were overwhelmed Use of Technology by the positive response to our recently published commemorative journal. One reoccurring question was, “what is the history behind the picture that was so prominently displayed in your COR@60 Journal?” Rabbi Mordechai Ochs, Morah Through Awareness, D’Asrah of Toras Emes Congregation (Viewmount) was in the picture and sat down with COR to explain its origins. TAGTechnology Awareness GroupTO - Toronto AWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICAL SUPPORT Education and AWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICAL SUPPORT TAGn the late 1950s, animal TO‘according to the plain interpretation of observe the pneumatic restraint and the welfare activists in Canada the gemarah, this should be OK.’ ” rabbis determined that it was acceptable Technical Support TAGAWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICALTO SUPPORT Ihad shechita in their Because the pneumatic restraint was -- even more preferable than shackle and crosshairs. They alleged that an innovation, a meeting of Rabbis was hoist from a halachik opinion according a restraining method called “shackle and required to investigate the issue. The to some. Pneumatic restraint was hoist” where the animal was suspended Kashruth Committee of the Canadian implemented shortly thereafter and has in the air by its legs prior to shechita was Jewish Congress (COR) invited a group been in use at Canadian abattoirs since. EXPRESSIVE DESIGN 732.276.0909 Protection. Safety. inhumane. In 1959 then Prime Minister of rabbis to Toronto led by Rabbi Yosef After the tour at Canada Packers John Diefenbaker’s government passed Dov Soloveitchik Z”TL , Rosh Yeshiva some of the COR representatives and lay the Humane Slaughter of Food Animals of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological people returned with Rabbi Soloveitchik Done Right. Done Easy. For All of Us. For Our Children. Act which approved shechita as a human Seminary at Yeshiva University and to the home belonging to a member in method of slaughter. At the same time Rabbi Eliezer Silver Z”TL President of the community at which point someone Promoting Responsible use of Technology through Awareness, Education and Technical Support it banned shackle and hoist, so the the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the decided to take a picture, recording government gave the Jewish community U.S. and Canada. Also in attendance that moment in the annals of history of one year to find an alternative restraining were Rabbi Pinhas Hirschprung Z”TL of Canadian Jewry. method. Montreal, and Rabbi Pinchas Teitz Z”TL “And that is the story behind the “We knew there was a deadline and from Elizabeth, New York among others. picture,” Rabbi Ochs concludes. we needed to find another form quickly,” The esteemed rabbis along with recalls Rabbi Ochs. The experimenta- committed lay people visited Canada tion was done at a meat packing facility Packers to located in the Greater Toronto Area called Canada Packers. A few different methods were tested according to Rabbi Ochs. One was called the Weinberg Pen that was used in England but it was considered impractical because it could only process 8 animals per hour as opposed to the standard 50-60. Another method used a lever TAGTechnology Awareness GroupTO - Toronto type device that raised the animal on a platform similar to the way a mechanic props up a car. This too was not deemed optimal. Finally, those involved settled on a pneumatic restraining mechanism that raised the animal’s head gently. This pneumatic AWARENESS • EDUCATION • TECHNICAL SUPPORT restraint received plaudits from the plant, but it needed rabbinical approval as well. “At first I went to my rebbe, Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik to get his take on the issue,” Rabbi Ochs recalls. “But to visit Rav Soloveitchik, you needed AWARENESSto be • prepared, EDUCATION so I made sure • toTECHNICAL have SUPPORT TAGa good grasp of the materials. I askedTO the question, to which he responded, 57 Info & Updates Kosher Market Clark & Hilda
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