Bulletin from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

BULLETIN FROM THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH



28 Dec 03



WARNING: We have been informed that many restaurants that serve Chinese 
food may not realize that almost all soy sauces contain wheat which may be 
Chodosh at this time. Apparently the soy sauce is a common ingredient in 
many of their dishes. As stated in the last Guide, we are only aware of two 
brands of soy sauce that are Yoshon, Gefen and LaChoy (La Choy does not 
contain wheat, check ingredients for oats and barley or malt.) We urge all 
those who want to order Chinese Yoshonfood, to check on the soy sauce.



PDF versions of the Guide. We have received several E mail messages from 
people who have tried to get the PDF version of the Guide (see below) by 
sending a message to    chodosh at moruda.com and have not received any 
response. At least in some of those cases, it was due to the fact that the 
E mail service that they were using would block the return message which is 
supposed to contain an attachment that is larger than 500 Kbytes. The 
blocking would be either based on the size or virus filters stopping large 
attachments. This is especially true for some of the free E mail services. 
Most people have had success with the moruda.com service. If you experience 
problems, please try a different E mail service.

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25 Dec 04



Gefen Barley packed on 24 Nov 03 (code 24 NO 05) is Yoshon.



Glicks baking spray with flour is Yoshon, without hashgocho for Yoshon.



Vita spelt flour from Purity Foods. The whole grain spelt flour is Yoshon. 
The white spelt flour may be Chodosh starting with the packing date of Sept 
1, code March 1 04 (6 months after packing.)



Hodgson Mills products have a code change. The date on the packing is now 2 
years after packing.



Weiss Wholesale Bakery, 143 Fruit St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. All items baked 
are Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon.



Landau Whole wheat pretzels are Yoshon, without hashgocho for Yoshon.



Rice Dream. The Guide states that Rice Dream does not contain any wheat, 
oats and barley. In fact it does contain a tiny amount of barley protein. 
We are trying to ascertain the Yoshon nature of this additive.





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16 Dec 03



WARNING: Duncan Hines cake and cookie mixes. The Guide has always stated 
that these are from winter wheat, inferring that they are always Yoshon. 
According to the O-U mashgiach, the flour used for the mixes is indeed 
winter wheat. HOWEVER, the wheat starch is mostly from spring wheat and is 
probably Chodosh starting with a packing date of Aug 15. The code for Aug 
15 is either 3227 (3=year, 227=day of the year) or 227M3 (227=day of the 
year, M=not important, 3=year).



PDF versions of the Guide to Chodosh. The E mail address for ordering these 
was incorrectly given in the E mail Bulletin of Dec 15. Please see the 
corrected address below.



Goodmans Rice with Vermicelli has the Chodosh date of Sept 1, code 2445 
(244=day of the year, 5=year+2).



Weinz potato chips may be Chodosh at this time according to the mashgiach.



Sabra Salads when displaing the B'Datz Mehadrin logo are Yoshon under the 
hashgocho of Rabbi Yehudah Shain.



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15 Dec 03



Landau Whole wheat pasta from the Landlev Corp is Yoshon (without hashgocho 
for Yoshon) until pesach.



Gotta Getta Bagel shops 311 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY 11559 (516-374-1131) 
and 1039 Broadway, Woodmere, NY (516) 569-6628. All items produced in the 
stores are Yoshon (without hashgocho for Yoshon).



Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran has a date that is 12 months after packing.



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are two versions available, the PDF version and a plain text version. The 
PDF version is recommended for those who are able to read PDF files on 
their computers. The PDF version is an exact copy of the Guide, including 
the Hebrew letters used this year to sort all products and services into 
one of 5 categories and the page numbers used in the indexes. For those who 
can not read PDF files, the only option is the plain text version that 
loses much formatting and symbols.



To order the PDF version by E mail
DO NOT send any message to me at yherman at earthlink.net. Instead

DO send a plain blank message to: chodosh at moruda.com.



To receive the plain text version,

DO NOT send any message to me at yherman at earthlink.net. Instead

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Make sure you capitalize as shown. You can also order text versions of the 
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