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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



Author Topic: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread  (Read 1548334 times)

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6340 on: April 21, 2024, 10:30:52 AM »
There is no reason to say there is, so why invent it and have shver?
projection... Don't say that the מ"א is learning like that if there is just 'no reason to say' otherwise.


Anyway see פרי מגדים א״א who is explicit that there is no rov
Please point to the exact words in the פרי מגדים that say so.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6341 on: April 21, 2024, 10:44:54 AM »
projection... Don't say that the מ"א is learning like that if there is just 'no reason to say' otherwise.
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Don’t say he is if he doesn’t say so and saying so introduces a difficulty
Please point to the exact words in the פרי מגדים that say so.



He is saying that we are not talking about where there would be bitul, rather I would of thought that because אין צורתו ניכר it would be muttar, קמ״ל

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6342 on: April 21, 2024, 12:24:56 PM »
Curious, does eating only shmurah the whole pesach for products a relatively new minhag among litvish people? My father and grandfather all ate manishewitz not during the seder, but nowadays that has changed.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6343 on: April 21, 2024, 09:41:24 PM »
Did I hear Rabbi Jurval say that xanthan gum is chametz?
I don’t sell chametz, should I be discarding anything with it inside?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6344 on: April 21, 2024, 09:43:49 PM »
Did I hear Rabbi Jurval say that xanthan gum is chametz?
I don’t sell chametz, should I be discarding anything with it inside?
can be
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6345 on: April 21, 2024, 10:12:34 PM »
can be
I'll have pretty much full time facetime with Rabbi Juravel for the next 10 days so ask away.
What items contain this?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6346 on: April 21, 2024, 10:58:47 PM »
Did I hear Rabbi Jurval say that xanthan gum is chametz?
I don’t sell chametz, should I be discarding anything with it inside?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6347 on: April 21, 2024, 11:15:33 PM »
I'll have pretty much full time facetime with Rabbi Juravel for the next 10 days so ask away.
Nice!

Would love to know if xanthan is usually בטל בששים or not

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6348 on: April 25, 2024, 03:21:40 PM »




I hope the inside wrapper is the mistake and not vice versa.
Someone who ate it claims it's definitely pesachdik
« Last Edit: April 25, 2024, 03:43:43 PM by moko »

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6349 on: April 25, 2024, 03:27:09 PM »
I hope the inside wrapper is the mistake and not vice versa but based on experience, not likely. Far more likely that the outside sticker is the mistake
Yikes. I'm not in Kashrus... But do you see these type of things often?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6350 on: April 25, 2024, 03:28:51 PM »
Yikes. I'm not in Kashrus... But do you see these type of things often?
this is by far the worst this year, but we see dozens of examples every pesach. I posted some up thread. R Nissan Zibbel-RCF, actually collected them and created a nice poster for an alert.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6351 on: April 25, 2024, 03:50:39 PM »
this is by far the worst this year, but we see dozens of examples every pesach. I posted some up thread. R Nissan Zibbel-RCF, actually collected them and created a nice poster for an alert.
Wow. That's scary. I can't understand how something like this could happen.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6352 on: April 25, 2024, 04:17:13 PM »
Confirmed with the company and hashgacha that the inside wrapper is a mistake and the product is pesachdik.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6353 on: April 25, 2024, 04:19:56 PM »
Confirmed with the company and hashgacha that the inside wrapper is a mistake and the product is pesachdik.
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B"h..
How would they know for certain?
Unless prior to your inquery they caught it in the factory?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6354 on: April 25, 2024, 04:23:49 PM »
Confirmed with the company and hashgacha that the inside wrapper is a mistake and the product is pesachdik.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6355 on: April 25, 2024, 05:44:34 PM »
B"h..
How would they know for certain?
Unless prior to your inquery they caught it in the factory?
Or after the inquiry they reviewed what was used when or they were able to confirm based on the look of the product.
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6356 on: April 25, 2024, 10:31:58 PM »
B"h..
How would they know for certain?
Unless prior to your inquery they caught it in the factory?
production date im assuming

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6357 on: April 26, 2024, 02:50:09 AM »
A Honey-BBQ sauce that I bought has an import label that says Kosher for Passover but the label underneath says Not for Passover. I put it away until after Pesach.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6358 on: April 26, 2024, 05:17:10 AM »
A Honey-BBQ sauce that I bought has an import label that says Kosher for Passover but the label underneath says Not for Passover. I put it away until after Pesach.
who is the import hashgacha? Who's the regular hashgacha?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #6359 on: April 26, 2024, 06:37:16 AM »
who is the import hashgacha? Who's the regular hashgacha?
Rav Weissmandel for both. Liebers brand.
I assumed that the KLP import label was inadvertently placed on a bottle that wasn't KLP.
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