For people that are taking from various Kupas Tzedokah for their Pesach food should use those Matzos, as a Kupa Tzedokah does not intend for people to look for the utmost standards.....
This is what we tell people that ask us about those Matzos.
Hisachdus
Harabonim Di’Lakewood-PESACH 5786/ by y. Shain-RECOMMENDED LIST- Must say
kosher for Passover on each item.
In general, OU-P” grocery items with no heimish
hashgocha on package is a preferred Pesach product, as OU Mashgichim are better
trained.
ALL SOUR DOUGH STARTER MAY NOT BE SOLD FOR PESACH,
IT must be burned - See Arugas Haboisem #112, among others. After Pesach One can order on-line,
Sour-dough Starter- (100+-year-old) from King Arthur flour co. A Goyish owned
co. w/ OU. https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/classic-fresh-sourdough-starter
ALUMINUM
FOIL-
All year Hashgocha-Any
Baby
formula- MATERNA from Israel (all w/ separate keilim) -J&J, Ross, Similac
LeMehadrin 1,2,3, Sunrise
Baking
powder-, Bakers Choice, Gefen, Any
OU-P -Borsht- Gefen-,Any
OU-P
Cake
Cookies- Oberlander, Reismans Schick, Elegant, Gelbstein’s, Chantilly,
Bake master - not w/real raspberry jam.
Canned
vegetables- Any OU-P, , Gefen -CANDIES-
B’datz Yerushalem, Nirbartter, Volover, Any OU-P
CHEESE,
CREAM, BUTTER- J &; J, Mehadrin, Haolam, Norman’s, Givat,
Tenuva w/ Aida
Chocolates,
etc. Chocolate chips-, Bakers Choice, Carmit, Kedasia Any OU-P- OU Parve.
COCOA
Powder- Hersheys OU not special dark, cocoa mix- –Any OU-P
COFFEE
INSTANT- Nescafe house blend W/P, Tasters choice regular, Geffen, any
OU-P. Folgers, regular, no-P required.
COFFEE
WHITENER- Eden- Any OU-P CONFECTIONARY SUGAR- , Gefen, any OU-P
CRANBERRY
JUICE COCKTAIL & sauce-, Gefen, Kedem-Any OU-P
CROCK POT
LINERS- Geula, Fantastic, Reynolds-Any OU-P
FISH- King of
the Sea, Melech Yam, Dagim, Meal Mart, Fishy Neiman, Freund’s-must have “P”.
FLAVOR
EXTRACT- Bakers Choice, Gefen - FRENCH
FRIES- Eden-Any OU-P
FROZEN
VEGETABLES- Broccoli, Spinach,-
Positive / kosher garden, Be’leave Eidah, Blossom only w/ CRC Hisachdus
Dried fruit-w/OU P,
yumzee, manishtana, joseph Xavier, setton, no raisins or figs even W/
Hashgocha, use Craisins-OU P.
Frozen strawberries, only peeled Kosher Garden, High
Breeze farms, no others even w/ hashgocha
FRUIT
CANNED-, Gefen, Any OU-P
Garlic fresh must be peeled &;
rinsed-Frozen- Gefen, Any OU-P, must be rinsed well.
GRAPE JUICE- , Gefen,
Kedem, Schwartz, Hadar, Laufer.
GROCERY
ITEMS- , Masbia, Hadar, Meal Mart, Gefen, Any OU-P -Gold’s
products all ONLY with OU-P-
HONEY- , Broad,
Gefen, - Any OU-P Horse Radish-
Flaum, Tuv Taam, Any OU-P
Hotel for Pesach- ?????NONE! only
Openheimer’s
ICE CREAM- Mehadrin, J&J, Kleins, not with real fruit-strawberries,
blueberries or raspberries
JUICE - Golden
Flow, , New Square, Lakewood farms, Nature’s own (if made in Bayonne, NJ) Kedem
All Orange
Juice- MUST BE FILTERED w/ 150 mesh PRIOR TO USE-including
Dvash, golden flow, new square, Lakewood farms, etc.
KETCHUP- , Gefen,
- Any OU-P
KOSHER
GARDEN- POSTIVE, or Blossom with Hisachdus- PRE-CHECKED VEGIES
& Herbs, spinach, romaine, broccoli, etc.
KUGELS- Meal Mart
/ parve, W/OU-P
LEBEN,
YOGURT- Mehadrin, J&J, Norman’s. Givat strawberry &; blueberry
is from liquid-NO GEVINA BRAND
Lemon juice- Real
lemon &; Lime OU no P required -LIQUOR-Slivovitz,
Tam Pree, Carmel, All OU-P
MATZOS-HAND, East
Kenedy Lakewood/Bobov-prefered, Yad Binyomin, komemious-hand matzah only,
beit shemesh w/ skver, Yahlom w/ Kedasia,
Pupa-Tzeleim. MACHINE MATZOS- Beit Shemesh only w/ she’aris Hashgocha.
MACAROONS-
Oberlanders, Gefen & OU=-P
MARGARINE-Eden,
J&J, Mehadrin, Mothers, Haolam, Marshmallows- Gefen, Golden Fluff -MAYONAISE- , Gefen, Any OU-P
MEAT- Fishels,
Solomons, Birdsboro (available at Bingo), Alle. N. American only,
Teva-Rav Miller, Continental (Canada), Food-ex, Evergreen only Solomons. NO- Tevya's, no Agri Star, Aarons, KJ/KY beef, No
SBD, Meyuchad, no S. American Alle/Meal Mart.
Bais Yosef Beef- BirdsBoro “BY” (at
Bingo), fishels
& Solomon's BY- not any SBD, nor Meyuchad, nor KJ beef, nor Alle MealMart
MILK-Golden
Flow, Pride of the farm (all milked before pesach), Bethel, Wayside Goal milk
products.
NUTS-Baker’s
choice, No Klein’s, Any OU-P, Costco w/ OU-P, Kirkland almonds,
walnuts, plain ou. all unshelled nuts-no BTH, Nuts Galore, pecans-OU-P raw no
preservatives.
OIL-Cotton-seed,
Roberts, Pereg, Manischewitz, , Masbia, Hadar, Gefen, Nut-Ola-Any OU-P
OIL-HAZELNUT
/ WALNUT- Taamon w/ aidah, Gefen, lieber- check dates-over a year may be
rancid
OLIVE
OIL-GEFEN Pesach-(made a production with hashgocha from pressing through
bottling) Aida Oil-Grapeseed-Laufers,
or OU-P, Avocado- OU-P Note: OU on olive oil is not acceptable for
Pesach. PARCHMENT PAPER-Geula, Any OU-P or star-k p
POULTRY- Pella,
Mesorah, Skver, Kiryas Joel, David Elliot. No Meal Mart, nor Empire, nor
Aarons/Agri , no blu-pak @ Bingo
PICKLES- Flaum,
Tuv Taam- Any OU-P
Positive/Kosher
Garden or Blossom only with CRC/ Hisachdus- pre-checked vegies &;
herbs, spinach, romaine, broccoli, etc.
POTATO
CHIPS, STICKS- Blooms NOT Bloomy’s, Schwartz, Liebers, Golden
fluff - POTATO STARCH- , E&S,
Gefen, Any OU-P
POTATOES-INSTANT/MASHED- ,
dependable, Any OU-P -PRALINE PASTE-
Baker’s choice-Any OU-P
*Quinoa- for
sfardim w/ OU-P “very infested”-None for ashkenazim- Aida & R’ Shlomo
Miller says it’s Kitniyous
Raisins-blueberries-none due to infestation. *RICE-For
sfardim that use rice- LUNDBERGS -ROASTING BAGS- Geula, Reynolds
ROMAINE LETTUCE- positive, Kosher Garden or
Blossom only w/ CRC/ Hisachdus- All others require washing &expert
checking Romaine whole -none,
No Romaine Hearts from Andy Boy,
Costco, Heimish, Israeli even with hashgochas.
Spices-
Pereg, , Masbia, R&L, Hadar, Any OU-P
Sardines-Melech yam,
Dagim from morocco – Any OU- in water only-
Salmon- sides, w/skin Aldi’s, Fishing line- canned
“only- farmed”, fresh- frozen needs a pesach hashgocha
SUGAR-White
granulated USA W/ Pesach /Domino, Any OU-P - SALT non-iodized-W/ Pesach-all OU-P
SELTZER-UNFLAVORED-with
pesach hashgacha-Any OU-P -SELTZER
FLAVORED-Any OU-P, Vintage all flavors “P”
SOAP PADS- , Geulah,
Gefen, Rokeach, Any OU-P
SODA- American
dry, Be’er Mayim, Caffeine free Coca Cola, Classic Cola, Mayim Chaim, Mae
Tovim, Pepsi W Bdatz, Seagrams, Sprite W/ PESACH - Any OU-P- NOT DIET
Strawberries- Kosher
Garden Peeled-Frozen- NO other brands, Fresh, cut off top, peel the entire
berry.
Sushi- All Nori
sheets are infested w/ copepods. [Do not use any even during all year, use soy
or rice paper].
TEA INSTANT-,
Wisotzky, Nestea, LIPTON-Any OU-P -TEA
BAGS-Lipton, Pathmark, Shoprite, Wisotzky, Gefen-Any OU-P
TOMATO
PRODUCTS-, Gefen- any OU-P
TOOTHPASTE
Personal items- Zohar, Adwe, Orbitul, Any OU-P
TOPPING-Eden, -any
OU-P-VANILA SUGAR-, Bakers Choice, Gefen- any OU-P
Tuna- Shop-Rite
Any OU-P, Dagim, , King of the sea, Melech Yam, Season, Star-Kist OU-P
VEGETABLES
CANNED- , Gefen-Any OU-P -Vinegar
Balsamic- KEDEM NY Not Bartenura- VINEGAR-
, Kedem any OU-P Water- much available
w/ OU-P
Bottled
water- any OU, without minerals or flavors
WINE-Carmel,
Rav Rubin, NYS Kedem w/ Tzelem, Segbach, Eidah, Schwartz’s, Armon. Kedasia,
Skver, Rottenberg, Franfurter.
Lakewood area stores- Bingo Beef/poultry Dept carries only
BirdsBoro/Mesorah product. Alert: in the Bingo display cases, they have
other brands as well, including the Blu-Pak which is not recommended. The
Bingo confectionary re-packs, we are not comfortable with Hashgocha reliability
of the repackaging. Be careful also of possible infestation. Some of their meat has some hashgochas that
may be questionable. After much research, we do not rely for all year &
Pesach on the Hashgochas of Minchas Chinuch, Lakewood’s KCL, Tartikuv, Star-K,
SBD, Steinmetz, etc.
Re: Pesach Hotels- For the educated kosher consumer that is
concerned about kashrus standards and hotel atmosphere- we cannot recommend any
of the Pesach hotels. Oppenheimer’s hotel is under KAJ all year and Pesach and is
recommended.
*Sefardim- Gluten free cakes must be Bishul Yisroel
BY-Generally it is not-check with bakery if it is.
Shabbos Friendly appliances certified by Star-K are not
recommended. GE Refrigerator with OU Shabbos keeper is for Shabbos.
Alert: fruits and vegetables from Israel, Tithes and
Maaser, etc. must be taken, some may be Orlah. Not all sea-salt has a halachic
status of מבושל.
Agri, Aarons, Rubashkin’s does not even meet the
Kashrus standards of HEBREW NATIONAL. Alle/MealMart S. America and all SBD does
not meet the kashrus standards of the Israeli Rabanut. All SBD “BY” is a SKETCH!
Shatnez testing only by International Association of Shatnez testers-trained- all other Shatnez testers results not reliable.
NOTE: ALL (including all w/ Hashgochas) ORANGE JUICE REQUIRES FILTERING FROM THE SCALE INSECTS. Non commercial wines require filtering from the mite insects. Filters are available at Shain-1140 Forest Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701 @ $10.00
Prepared by Y. Shain- kashrusy@aol.com 732-363-7979
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https://dusiznies.blogspot.com/2026/03/how-lakewoods-freezer-fatwa-goes.html
The Lakewood "Freezer" Policy: Torah, Science, and the Shidduch Crisis Rabbi Yair Hoffman
There are several thousand more young women than young men currently in shidduchim — daughters of yungeleit, struggling baalei batim, and ordinary families, many of whom have not received a single shidduch inquiry in months. The Torah commands us not to stand idly by. The time to act is now.
What the Science Shows
The Midrash teaches: Chochma baGoyim — taamin. The empirical wisdom of the nations is to be taken seriously. Three world-class scientists have produced findings that apply with precision to the shidduch crisis.
Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth (Stanford, 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics) documented a phenomenon called "unraveling" — when one side of a matching system is held back and released in a synchronized wave, the result is catastrophic congestion. Participants are stranded not due to any shortage of partners, but purely because of structural timing failure. The parallel to the Freezer is not metaphorical — it is exact.
MIT's John D.C. Little proved mathematically that once a timing imbalance is introduced into a matching system, the backlog will grow inevitably — regardless of the goodwill, effort, or intentions of any participant. No amount of harder work by shadchanim or families can overcome a structural distortion. The math is the math.
How the Pipeline Breaks
The primary cause of the crisis is the age gap — bochurim typically marry girls several years younger, and since the Jewish population grows each year, more girls enter shidduchim than boys. The Freezer compounds this: while bochurim are restricted from dating for three and a half months, girls continue entering the pool unimpeded. When the boys are released, they gravitate toward the newest, youngest entrants, bypassing girls who have been waiting longest. Over thirty years, the Male Dating Start Date has crept from roughly 20 to 23 or 24 — and each incremental delay, compounded over a growing population, has left exponentially more young women without prospects.
The Halachic Record Is Unambiguous
The greatest poskim of the previous generation — the Chazon Ish, Rav Shach, Rav Elyashiv, Rav Shteinman, Rav Kanievsky, Rav Gershon Edelstein, and others — all ruled that a yeshivah Freezer policy constitutes masneh al mah shekasuv baTorah — a condition contradicting a Torah obligation — and is therefore null and void. Rav Shach stated plainly: "You cannot make a bas Yisroel wait three months. If a good shidduch comes your way, you are obligated to pursue it." Rav Kanievsky wrote in his own handwriting that no bachur in any yeshivah is obligated to adhere to such a restriction.
It Has Been Done Before
In 1160, a structural shidduch crisis gripped medieval Jewry — young women could not find matches because of dowry laws that followed from the devastation of the Crusades. The Gedolim of Shum convened in Troyes, enacted a takanah, and resolved the crisis. It is codified in the Shulchan Aruch. They identified the structural cause, legislated a fix, and saved their daughters. We need a Takanas Shum 2.0.
The Obligation Is Now
Torah and science speak in unison. We call upon yeshivos to eliminate the Freezer entirely — or at minimum allow bochurim traveling home for Chanukah to date. The halacha is clear. The science confirms it. We have no excuse to stand by.
V'ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha — this is not merely a suggestion. It is a chiyuv.
If "Shalom" happened to be a typo for "Shlomo," you might be thinking of Shlomo Maimon (1753–1800). He was a brilliant Lithuanian Torah prodigy who abandoned traditional Judaism to join the Enlightenment (Haskalah) as a secular philosopher, becoming a notorious example of a great mind lost to heresy.
TAMAR EPSTEIN REMARRIed WITHOUT A GET!
Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp. Decided March 4, 2026 | Justice Sotomayor | Docket 24-1021
In a significant ruling affecting public transportation liability, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that New Jersey Transit Corporation is not an arm of the State of New Jersey and therefore cannot claim sovereign immunity to shield itself from personal injury lawsuits filed in other states.
The case arose from two separate incidents — one in New York, one in Pennsylvania — where individuals were struck by NJ Transit buses. NJ Transit sought dismissal of both suits by arguing it was entitled to New Jersey's sovereign immunity as a state entity. The two state courts reached opposite conclusions, creating a conflict that the Supreme Court agreed to resolve.
The Court's ruling turned on a straightforward but consequential point: NJ Transit is structured as a legally independent corporation that is responsible for its own debts and judgments. New Jersey's own founding statute for NJ Transit explicitly states that its liabilities are not the State's liabilities. That separation, the Court held, is decisive — you cannot claim a state's immunity if the state itself has disclaimed responsibility for your obligations.
Practical Impact: Injury victims struck by NJ Transit buses in other states may now pursue their claims in their home state courts without facing dismissal on sovereign immunity grounds. The New York ruling was affirmed and the Pennsylvania dismissal was reversed, with both cases sent back for further proceedings.
THE
KOSHER CONSUMERS UNION, INC.
⚠ CONSUMER ALERT ⚠
APEEL COATING ON FRESH PRODUCE
SERIOUS KASHRUS CONCERNS
Apeel (also marketed as Edipeel)
is an invisible, plant-based edible coating applied directly to fresh produce
to extend shelf life. It works by sealing the outer layer of the fruit or
vegetable, slowing moisture loss and blocking oxygen. It is designed to
withstand normal rinsing and cannot simply be washed off — it is intended to be
consumed along with the produce.
Apeel is currently being applied
to the following produce items:
•
Avocados, Cucumbers, Limes, Mandarins,
Apples
The concern is most acute for
produce where the skin is eaten — cucumbers, apples, limes, and mandarins — as
the coating is designed to be consumed along with the fruit.
1. No Kosher
Certification
Apeel carries no kosher
certification of any kind. While the manufacturer has stated that its
ingredients are not derived from animal sources, there is no rabbinic
supervision or hashgacha of any sort over the production process.
2. Stam Yeinam /
Yayin Nesech — The Grapeseed Issue
Industry reports indicate that
Apeel frequently uses grapeseed oil — a cheap byproduct of the commercial wine
industry — as its fatty acid source. Uncertified grapeseed derivatives raise a
severe Stam Yeinam / Yayin Nesech concern, which is among the most serious
kashrus issues in this matter.
3. Mono- and
Diglycerides
Apeel’s active ingredients are
mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids — the same emulsifiers that are routinely
derived from non-kosher animal fat (tallow) in commercial production. Even
where a plant-based source is claimed, physical verification of the facility
and supply chain is required before any hechsher can be granted.
4. Shared Equipment
and Processing Solvents
The
chemical extraction and purification process uses heat, solvents, and
catalysts. Without verified supervision of the processing facilities, there is
no assurance that the equipment is free from cross-contamination with
non-kosher oils or animal fats.
Until a thorough review of Apeel’s
specific manufacturing facilities has been completed and proper rabbinic
supervision is obtained, produce bearing this coating should not be used
without guidance from a competent halachic authority.
The Kosher Consumers Union, Inc. • EIN:
16-1719040 • New Jersey
A Pesach program with a private Seder,
Executive Suites, Reading areas, 24 Hr Tea-Room,
Flexible itinerary, On-site Parking,
Shul seats for the entire Family, Familiar guests,
Your standard of kashrus, Very Heimish atmosphere.
Called Home, sweet, home.
If it's a MUST that one has to go to a hotel for Pesach,
Oppenheimer's Hotel is under the Hashgocha of KAJ (Breuers) all year including PESACH
