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Links to kosher symbol lists. Each list is obviously only as reliable as its source


cRc: http://www.crcweb.org/agency_list.php

KosherQuest: https://kosherquest.org/kosher-symbols/

Approved alcoholic drinks from the Rabbanut.  http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/wp-content/uploads/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf

These are NOT Orthodox: https://sites.google.com/site/nonorthodoxkosher/home (even though some may look legit)


Informative post regarding Kashrus Agencies
Every hashgacha has +&-.


You can also submit any kashrus questions at
https://www.askcrc.org/ask
https://oukosher.org/ask-kosher-question/
https://www.star-k.org/ask-rabbi choose General Consumer Kashrus Questions in the Subject/Topic Dropdown list
https://www.ok.org/contact/ choose Kosher in the Attention Dropdown list

From now till Pesach thousands of Q’s will be coming in. The attached excerpts and links from Pesach guides of various National Hashgachos can answer 90+%  of the Q’s coming in.
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/
In addition, the cRc Chicago just put out an amazing app with a Pesach section (and an ability to scan a hechsher!). You can also visit Askcrc.org , check of the Pesach box and search their data base.
The OU app also has a lot of Pesach info at your fingertips.

Quick links:
OU certified items, No P needed-
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/OU_2025_NoOUPNeeded.pdf
Star K list no need for Pesach Certification-
https://www.star-k.org/articles/wp-content/uploads/no-p-required-list.pdf
Quick pick personal care item-
https://www.star-k.org/articles/wp-content/uploads/qp-pc-list.pdf
cRc list milk substitutes, nutritional supplements, and infant formulas-
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/crc_passover_2025_supplements.pdf
cRc list Pesach pet food-
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/crc_passover_2025_pets.pdf
JSOR Pesach liquor list-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LhVz5Yri532StmifD13RCE9Hi-Uf3juj/view?usp=sharing
cRc Pesach liquor list-
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/crc_passover_2025_liquor.pdf
JSOR Sephardic foods acceptable without P  (only for Sephardim)-
https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/JSOR_passover_2025_food_only.pdf
Costco 2025 KLP list-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uHiQ4-ni5fvjteo1nFHqCk4h6w4NZ7QF/view?usp=sharing



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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6320 on: April 20, 2024, 09:16:51 PM »
  ומ"מ בדיעבד אם נפל חרדל לתבשיל אינו אוסר תס"ד סק"ו.
I don’t see any inference to a specific teretz
'נפל'
That is the lashon of the Remah in תנג

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6321 on: April 20, 2024, 10:24:26 PM »

@moko thank you very informative.

Where is the RSZA that you mentioned @55:38 that עירוי מע"ג האש is the same as אבן מלובן?

(shoutout to dansdeals noted at 56:50)

I don’t get the whole to to about maple syrup. As Rabbi Auerbach noted anything treif is certainly batul.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6322 on: April 21, 2024, 07:51:05 AM »
I don’t see any inference to a specific teretzThat is the lashon of the Remah in תנג
According to the first teretz, נפל of the Rem"a is lav davka. So if the מ"ב says נפל he is restricting the heter to this case only.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6323 on: April 21, 2024, 08:15:27 AM »
According to the first teretz, נפל of the Rem"a is lav davka. So if the מ"ב says נפל he is restricting the heter to this case only.
I do not agree to this diyuk. There is no indication that he is addressing the question at all.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6324 on: April 21, 2024, 09:12:50 AM »
I do not agree to this diyuk. There is no indication that he is addressing the question at all.
It is highly unlikely that he ignored the very relevant words of the chok yaakov which are on the spot here. He is most likely referencing the second teretz that only if it falls in by itself is it batel.
Furthermore, in the שער הציון he refersus to ש"א. it is ידוע that this usually means the Gra"z, and the Gra"z clearly is choshesh for the second teretz of the  חק יעקב.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6325 on: April 21, 2024, 09:27:07 AM »
It is highly unlikely that he ignored the very relevant words of the chok yaakov which are on the spot here. He is most likely referencing the second teretz that only if it falls in by itself is it batel.
Furthermore, in the שער הציון he refersus to ש"א. it is ידוע that this usually means the Gra"z, and the Gra"z clearly is choshesh for the second teretz of the  חק יעקב.
This is pure conjecture and projection. And ש״א does not mean Graz.

He is מעתיק the מג״א and מחצית השקל. They seem to be learning that there is no rov against the חרדל so the question literally doesn’t start.

The חק יעקב is going on the case of the מהרי״ל, the MB doesn’t elaborate on that at all.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6326 on: April 21, 2024, 09:48:13 AM »

The חק יעקב is going on the case of the מהרי״ל, the MB doesn’t elaborate on that at all.
-1. this is projection.

The חק יעקב has 2 תירוצים how to answer the סתירה in the רמ"א. He is not going on the מהרי"ל at all.




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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6327 on: April 21, 2024, 09:50:04 AM »
This is pure conjecture and projection. And ש״א does not mean Graz.

He is מעתיק the מג״א and מחצית השקל. They seem to be learning that there is no rov against the חרדל so the question literally doesn’t start.

After he is מעתיק them, he moves on to the דין בדיעבד, in which he says the key word of נפל. this is not העתקה of the מ"א anymore. It is the הלכה למעשה based on the taz and ש"א.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6328 on: April 21, 2024, 09:52:49 AM »
After he is מעתיק them, he moves on to the דין בדיעבד, in which he says the key word of נפל. this is not העתקה of the מ"א anymore. It is the הלכה למעשה based on the taz and ש"א.
There is zero diyuk from the word נפל, that is the לשון הרמ״א. The ש״א is clearly a reference to the מחצית השקל who that lashon is from basically word for word.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6329 on: April 21, 2024, 09:59:36 AM »
There is zero diyuk from the word נפל, that is the לשון הרמ״א.
According to the first teretz, נפל of the Rem"a is lav davka. So if the מ"ב says נפל he is restricting the heter to this case only.
Every word in the מ"ב is מדוייק. He is only מתיר if it was נפל and not if it was put in בידים.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6330 on: April 21, 2024, 10:00:33 AM »
-1. this is projection.

The חק יעקב has 2 תירוצים how to answer the סתירה in the רמ"א. He is not going on the מהרי"ל at all.
This is incorrect. He has one teretz for the Remah, and it has nothing to do with what you are trying to be midayek.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6331 on: April 21, 2024, 10:02:04 AM »
Every word in the מ"ב is מדוייק. He is only מתיר if it was נפל and not if it was put in בידים.
The lashon of the Remah is not בדקדוק in general?

Just say that it is clear in the Remah in your opinion that if it’s בידים it’s not permitted. There is nothing more to see in the MB. He did not get involved in that shaalah.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6332 on: April 21, 2024, 10:04:12 AM »
There is zero diyuk from the word נפל, that is the לשון הרמ״א.
So what is the מ"ב opinion in the matter? He just ignored this important נפ"מ from the גר"ז חק יעקב, and just brought the unclear lashon of the Rem"a, for us to decide for ourselves which תירוץ is להלכה?


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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6333 on: April 21, 2024, 10:05:42 AM »
This is incorrect. He has one teretz for the Remah, and it has nothing to do with what you are trying to be midayek.
The ועוד י"ל in the חק יעקב is another תירוץ for the רמ"א. Please explain otherwise.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6334 on: April 21, 2024, 10:06:44 AM »
So what is the מ"ב opinion in the matter? He just ignored this important נפ"מ from the גר"ז חק יעקב, and just brought the unclear lashon of the Rem"a, for us to decide for ourselves which תירוץ is להלכה?
That is what I call conjecture and projection!

He is not being misyachis to the shaalah. He learned like the mag”a so there is no question to be answered.


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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6335 on: April 21, 2024, 10:07:41 AM »
The ועוד י"ל in the חק יעקב is another תירוץ for the רמ"א. Please explain otherwise.
No, it is explicitly going on the מהרי״ל

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6336 on: April 21, 2024, 10:12:28 AM »
The ש״א is clearly a reference to the מחצית השקל who that lashon is from basically word for word.
You may be correct on this point. Be that as it may, the גר"ז is machmir.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6337 on: April 21, 2024, 10:14:01 AM »
Be that as it may, the גר"ז is machmir.
This is true. Though I’m not clear if a non Jew is the same.

רב יצחק אלחנן is מיקל

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6338 on: April 21, 2024, 10:19:11 AM »

He is מעתיק the מג״א and מחצית השקל. They seem to be learning that there is no rov against the חרדל so the question literally doesn’t start.

where do you see such a משמעות?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6339 on: April 21, 2024, 10:24:08 AM »
where do you see such a משמעות?
There is no reason to say there is, so why invent it and have shver?

Anyway see פרי מגדים א״א who is explicit that there is no rov