Pesach List

 Hisachdus Harabonim Di’Lakewood-PESACH 5786/by Yehuda Shain-RECOMMENDED LIST- Must say kosher for Pesach 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-Mishpacha, Bakers Choice, Gefen, Any OU-P -Borsht- Gefen-Mishpacha,Any  OU-P

Cake Cookies- Oberlander, Reismans Schick, Elegant, Gelbstein’s, Chantilly, Bake master - not w/real raspberry jam.

Canned vegetables-Shop-rite Any OU-P, Mishpacha, 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-Mishpacha, Bakers Choice, Carmit, Kedasia Any OU-P- OU Parve.

COCOA Powder- Hersheys OU not special dark, cocoa mix-Mishpacha –Any OU-P

COFFEE INSTANT- Nescafe house blend W/P, Tasters choice regular, Geffen, any OU-P.  Folgers decaffeinated, regular & decaf, no-P required.

COFFEE WHITENER- Eden- Any OU-P  CONFECTIONARY SUGAR- Mishpacha, Gefen, any OU-P

CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL & sauce-Mishpacha, 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-Mishpacha, Gefen, Any OU-P

Garlic fresh must be peeled &; rinsed-Frozen- Gefen, Any OU-P, must be rinsed well.

GRAPE JUICE- Mishpacha, Gefen, Kedem, Schwartz, Hadar, Laufer.

GROCERY ITEMS- Mishpacha, Masbia, Hadar, Meal Mart, Gefen, Any OU-P -Gold’s products all ONLY with OU-P-

HONEY- Mishpacha, 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, Mishpacha, 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- Mishpacha, Gefen, - Any OU-P

KOSHER GARDEN- 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- Mishpacha, 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), New Square, 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, Mishpacha, 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 hahgocha from press through bottling) Aida Oil-Grapeseed-Laufers, Liebers 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- Mishpacha, E&S, Gefen, Any OU-P

POTATOES-INSTANT/MASHED- Mishpacha, 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, Mishpacha, Masbia, R&L, Hadar, Any OU-P

Sardines-Melech yam, Dagim from morocco - Salmon- sides, w/skin Aldi’s, Fishing line- canned “only- farmed”.

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- Mishpacha, 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-Mishpacha, Gefen- any OU-P

TOOTHPASTE Personal items- Zohar, Adwe, Orbitul, Any OU-P

TOPPING-Eden, Mishpacha-VANILA SUGAR-Mishpacha, Bakers Choice, Gefen- any OU-P

Tuna- Shop-Rite Any OU-P, Dagim, Mishpacha, King of the sea, Melech Yam, Season, Star-Kist OU-P

VEGETABLES CANNED- Mishpacha, Gefen-Any OU-P -Vinegar Balsamic- KEDEM Not Bartenura- VINEGAR- Mishpacha, Kedem any OU-P Water- much available w/ OU-P

WINE-Carmel, Rav Rubin, NYS Kedem w/ Tzelem, Segbach, Eidah, Schwartz’s, Armon. Kedasia, Skver. 

Note: Any OU-P- and Parve are acceptable.

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 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 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.

 

 Prepared by Y. Shain- kashrusy@aol.com 732-363-7979