Message from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 16 SEPT 01

A repeat of the news printed below: Freshly baked bakery products may be 
Chodosh at this time, everywhere in the USA. From this time on, it is 
advised that only Yoshon bakeries should be used.

The Guide the Chodosh went to the printer today. It is expected back, on 
Tzom Gedalya, Thursday, evening. It will be available for purchase that 
evening outside my home, 20 Sylvan Road, Monsey. It should be mailed to the 
other dealers and the individual paid subscribers within a few days. 
Meanwhile some of you with E mail service are able to request (free of 
charge) an unformatted, text file version of the full Guide by sending a 
message to:

Chodosh-request at jif.org.il

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capitalization.) The file is large, 182 KBytes. It will be sent to you by 
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to receive such large files. In a few days, I will try to subdivide the 
file to four smaller ones so that these restricted systems should also be 
able to received this version of the Guide in installments.

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CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 9 Sept 01

The following is a summary of the information as known at this time. Please 
remember that all dates given here are early estimates and are subject to 
change.

The Guide to Chodosh is now estimated to be available in printed or E mail 
form, approximately right after Rosh Hashanah. We can not print it earlier 
due to the fact that the dates that are known so far are not firm enough. 
However, be warned that some foods may be Chodosh already, as noted below.

Fresh baked bread and other bakery products in the Mid West, including 
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Minneapolis, are probably Chodosh starting 
Aug 27. For the East and West coasts, the probable Chodosh date for freshly 
baked products is Sept 13. For packaged products using spring wheat, the 
probable Chodosh packing date is Aug 26. The probable Chodosh purchase date 
is Sept 17. The same estimate also holds for noodles and other pasta. THIS 
MEANS THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK FRESHLY-BAKED BAKERY PRODUCTS SUCH AS 
BREADS AND CHALEHS SHOULD NOT BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE USA UNLESS YOU CHECK 
TO MAKE SURE IT IS YOSHON.

For oats cereals by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Arrowhead 
Sept 5,  ConAgra Oct 1, Ralston Oct 15, General Mills Oct 1, Maypo Sept 25, 
Quaker and HO  Aug 21. For other brands, the oats are probably Chodosh if 
packed after Sept. 21. For each of the above, the probable Chodosh purchase 
dates are about 2 weeks later than the packing dates.

For barley by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Quaker  Oct 15, 
Goya Oct 1, Trinidad, Benco, Peak, Jack Rabbit are all Aug 20. Arrowhead 
Aug 1. The probable packing date for other barley is Sept 15. For each of 
the above, the probable Chodosh purchase dates are about 2 weeks later than 
the packing dates.

Some of the home baking flours that are Yoshon at all times: Kemach and 
Haddar under hashgocho for Yoshon, Ceresota, Heckers and Pathmark white flours.

Natural Ovens Bakery breads are NOT Yoshon at this time.



Yoseph Herman

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