Category Archives: General Interest

Badatz Mehadrin Dairy List for Pesach

10 Nissan 5773 March 21, 2013 The following is a photo of the teudat kashrus for Bedatz Mehadrin (Rav Avraham Rubin) dairy products under the mehadrin supervision for Pesach. If you require additional information/clarification, I advise you to call the badatz at 08-939-0816/7    

Pesach Information from Badatz Eida Chareidis

10 Nissan 5773 March 21, 2013 The Badatz Eida Chareidis today is manning a pharmaceutical hotline number for those with questions pertaining to medications. The line will be operational between 17:00-20:00. The number to call is 02-670-0277. Those taking medications are urged to consult with their rav and physician promptly and not wait until the read more »

BULLETIN OF ITEMS RELEVANT TO PURCHASE OF CHOMETZ AFTER PESACH

10 Nissan 5773 March 21, 2013 By Yoseph Herman For many years we had published an annual report “A Survey of the US Grocery Scene With Relevance to Purchase of Chometz After Pesach”. We decided not to publish this report this year in updated form. The reason is that the corporate information listed in last read more »

Pesach, Kitnios and Badatz Mehadrin Hashgacha

8 Nissan573 March 19, 2013 This alert is intended to increase awareness for those consumers that do not use products containing kitnios on Pesach. There are Strauss Dairy products, such as cottage cheese and Milky puddings that display the logo of Badatz Mehadrin (Rabbi Avraham Rubin) along with the text “Kosher for Pesach 5773/Kitnios”. Therefore read more »

Kupat Cholim Meuhedet Pesach Pharmaceutical List

3 Nissan 5773 March 14, 2013 The following PDF file is the Meuhedet HMO pharmaceutical list for Pesach 5773.   Mechudetet Pesach drug list 5773

Mehudar Matzos for the Wheat and Gluten Sensitive

3 Nissan 5773 March 14, 2013 Once again great efforts have been made this year to produce mehudar shmura matza for those who are wheat or gluten sensitive. Rav Shmuel Meir Katz, well known as one of the distinguished Poskim of Lakwewood, came to Eretz Yisroel once again to personally supervise the spelt and gluten-free read more »

Kashrus Alert from Belz Badatz Machzikei Hadas

2 Nissan 5773 March 13, 2013 The Belz badatz announces that despite claims to the contrary, the Aviv Mehadrin greens are not under its supervision and it is not responsible for the kosher integrity of the product.  

Pharmaceutical List for Pesach 5773

2 Nissan 5773 March 13, 2013 The following list was received from the Ministry of Health, prepared by the Maccabi HMO. The list according to Maccabi includes Kosher for Pesach pharmaceuticals that may not necessarily be covered by this particular Kupat Cholim (HMO). Maccabi drug list 5773

Tnuva Hebrew Pre-Pesach Kashrus Conference

Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5773 March 12, 2013 Tnuva’s Vaad Mehadrin is sponsoring a pre-Pesach conference addressing many Halachic issues relevant to the dairy industry. Rabbonim of the Vaad Mehadrin and others who are seasoned experts in the kashrus industry will address the tzibur in attendance. The event will take place on Thursday, 3 Nissan read more »

OU Israel Helps You Prepare for Pesach

Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5773 March 12, 2013 We all know that Pesach preparations are accompanied by many questions, especially with today’s ever-increasingly complex food industry and its growing array of symbols and agencies. The OU in Eretz Yisrael is once again offering a pre-Pesach question and answer session to assist the public in addressing read more »