19 Shevat 5777 Yoseph Herman, 15 Feb 17 WINTER WHEAT PROBLEM REVIEWED In mid January ‘17 we were informed by a mashgiach that matzos under his hashgocho are made from a combination of winter and spring wheat, contradicting our assumptions generated from the inception of the Guide to Chodosh that matzos are always exclusively from read more
URGENT CHODOSH BULLETIN FROM THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH Yoseph Herman, 6 Feb 17 WINTER WHEAT PROBLEM ALERT IS HEREBY WITHDRAWN! About 3 weeks ago we were informed by a mashgiach that matzos under his hashgocho are made from a combination of winter and spring wheat, contradicting our assumptions generated from the inception of the Guide to read more
Yoseph Herman, 25 Jan 17 CHODOSH PROBLEMS WITH WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTS, Update #2 (New information since the previous bulletin is marked by * ) We have just been made aware of the fact many if not most products that in earlier years have always been made with only winter wheat which is Yoshon, have this read more
Yoseph Herman, 24 Jan 17 CHODOSH PROBLEMS WITH WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTS, Update #1 We have just been made aware of the fact many if not most products that in earlier years have always been made with only winter wheat which is Yoshon, have this season been made with a blend of winter and possibly Chodosh read more
17 Kislev 5777 Motzei Shabbos Attached it a PDF file containing the latest chodesh guide released by the expert, Rabbi Yoseph Herman. Final Guide 16-17 Final2
From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman Chodosh telephone Hot Line 718-305-5133, email yherman@earthlink.net General Cautions Malt Problems: The Guide stated that malt or barley malt is probably Yoshon up to the purchase date of March 15. Therefore, we urge caution on items purchased after March 15. (Note that the Guide lists some hashgochos that do read more
19 Shevat 5774 January 20, 2014 Corrections to the Guide to Chodosh (Rabbi Yoseph Herman) (Note: Each item below is preceded in parentheses with the date on which that item was written. The intent is to make it easier for you to skip items that you saw already and concentrate on the new additions.) General read more
27 Teves 5774 December 30, 2013 Corrections to the Guide to Chodosh (Note: Each item below is preceded in parentheses with the date on which that item was written. The intent is to make it easier for you to skip items that you saw already and concentrate on the new additions.) General Cautions (revised 29 read more
24 Teves 5774 – December 27, 2013 Corrections to the Guide to Chodosh Section 4.1 Cakes, cookies and crackers Kemach oatmeal cookies have a Chodosh code of 12 10 14. Section 5.1 Noodles and Pasta Gefen noodle and pasta products are Yoshon under the hashgocho of the O-U only for those package where there is read more
30 Kislev 5774 December 3, 2013 The following excerpt is Chapter 14 (page 74) of the annual Chodosh Guide released by Rabbi Yoseph Herman, addressing “Israel”. Words that are in “bold” or “italics” are emphasized by Rabbi Herman, not JKN. For readers in Israel, this is the information you need regarding product codes to determine read more