Bulletin from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

BULLETIN FROM THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH

25 Feb05



The printed version of the 3rd and final issue of the Guide to Chodosh for 
this season is now back from the printer. The local distributors and 
individuals who ordered these printed issues should receive them in the 
near future.

As in the past, the Guide is also available in PDF form by email. In the 
past, you had two options to get the email version. Of these only one is 
ready at this time. That is, if you send a blank email message to: 
chodosh at moruda.com you will get the Guide in return. In the past some 
people were not able get a response from this moruda site. I will send out 
an other notice when the other site for email is also ready.

You can also get the PDF version on your computer, without E mail, by using 
your computer modem to dial into our BBS. The instructions for this are 
given at the end of this message.

The introductory part of the new Guide is reproduced below.
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MALT REVIEW

The malt problem is discussed in detail in Section 3.16 below. Please 
review that material. In particular, note that when dating codes are not 
known, we estimated that items purchased up to Mar. 15 should have Yoshon 
malt. (If codes are known, items containing malt may be Chodosh if packed 
on Jan 15 05 or later.)  That means that we recommend that you should not 
purchase items with malt, barley malt or malted barley in the ingredients 
after Mar. 15. This year that pesach falls so late on the secular calendar, 
this is particularly pertinent.



GUIDE CHANGES

With the second issue of this years Guide, we had added a new index for 
your convenience. This is a subject index which should allow you to quickly 
find in the Guide the locations of different categories of items. See the 
back of this Guide. We also made an other change as the result of a 
suggestion called in to the Hot Line. We printed on the top of each index 
page the type of index contained on that page. We hope you find these 
changes useful. On the other hand, in this issue, we have removed the Index 
by Categoriesthat we had provided over the last few years. We feel that it 
was of limited use. Those who are interested in finding product divided by 
hashgocho categories (Ð, Ñ, Ò, Ó, ×) can just turn to each section. For 
example, the section on cereals will list all the Ð category cereals 
grouped together first, followed by all of the Ñ category, etc. If any of 
you find that the removed index was important to them, please let us know 
why by calling the Hot Line.



We have also been reprinting the Chodosh Bulletins published by the Kashrus 
organizations of Toronto and Montreal in Canada. Starting with this issue, 
we are not including these bulletins any longer. Instead, you are urged to 
contact the respective issuing organizations directly for the latest 
versions of these bulletins.



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LIST OF CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE GUIDE



(Each of these changes have been entered into the Guide at the appropriate 
location.)



CAUTION: A caller to the Hot Line pointed out that some chocolates may have 
wheat products in the ingredients. These may be Chodosh. An example is a 
type of chocolate non-pareil, which is a small disk of chocolate with 
colored candy sprinkles. Check your chocolates and candies for wheat 
derived ingredients.



Ð Blochs Best products such as soup mandlen and baked goods are Yoshon. 
Under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl.

Ñ Cake House Bakery, 1441 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11230. All items 
are Yoshon except six grain bread and items using oats.. For more 
information please contact Kehilah Kashrus at 718-951-0481 or 646-739-2465.

Ó Chadash Pizza, 1919 Ave M, Brooklyn is NOT under hashgocho for Yoshon. 
All items except items fried in oil are Yoshon.

Ð Chicago Shmura Matzah Factory produces organic wheat, whole wheat and 
spelt matzos. For products information call the factory at 847-674-6200. 
All are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Chaim Twersky of Chicago, 
telephone 847-679-3052.

Ó Duncan Hines code revision: Most mixes contain wheat starch. The probable 
Chodosh packing date is Aug  20. For those Duncan Hines mixes that have 
Best If Used bydates, the codes are as follows. All cake mixes have a date 
that is 1 year after packing. In addition, brownies, muffins and cookies 
which contain nuts or candies also have a 1 year code. All brownies, 
muffins, and cookies without nuts or candies have an 18 month code However 
some items, instead of dates have a different code system. For these the 
Chodosh code for Aug 20 is 4233621 (4=year, 233=day of the year, 621=not 
important.).

Ó Eden wraps are available wholesale with Yoshon label only. Call 908-862-8200.

× EM Zee Fruit Flicks are not recommended as Yoshon, according to the 
manufacturer.

Gefen update: Ó Gefen pastas are all Yoshon except spaghetti, penne and 
tricolor. These last 3 items are Chodosh if purchased after Feb 1. Ò Gefen 
tuffing mix is Yoshon. × Gefen soups may be Chodosh at this time.

Ò GMC Spelt products are Yoshon.

Ð Gross short cakes are Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl.

Ó HO Oats cereals, Chodosh packing date is Oct 10, code Oct 10, 2006, 2 
years after packing.

Ó Hodgson Mills whole wheat cus cus may be from spring wheat. Probable 
Chodosh packing date is Aug 20, code is 082006 (2 years after packing.)

× J&J Dairy products, such as ice cream products with cookies and wafers 
and other items. The company advised us that they will not take any 
responsibility for any Yoshon related information.

Ñ Kemach all purpose flour. The malt is Yoshon till pesach. This is also 
true for the Kemach High Gluten flour. Kemach vegetable and minestrone soup 
mixes have a Chodosh code of 3006 (300=day of the year, 6=year+2). Kemach 
egg noodles are Yoshon only with a Yoshon label.

Ñ Kinneret and Kosherrific update: Kinneret onion rings may be Chodosh 
starting a purchae date of Jan 12. The Kinneret challehs may be Chodosh 
starting Jan 19. Other Kinneret and Kosherrific products, including fish 
products are Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl.

× Kosher Pastry Oven in Silver Springs, MD is no longer producing Yoshon.

Ñ Kosher Pizza Palace, 2916 Ave. M, Brooklyn. Cajun fries, some whole wheat 
pizza may be Chodosh, ask.

× Kosher Spot, 1316 Ave J, Brooklyn is no longer recommended as Yoshon.

Ñ Liebers update: Liebers brownies and all cookies and cereals with oats 
are now Chodosh. Other Liebers products are Yoshon including other cookies 
and cakes, candies, soup mixes and cup soups, bread crumbs, Coat & Bake 
spray, licorice, ice cream cones and corn chips. Items containing malt may 
be Chodosh after the purchase date of Mar. 15.  Under the hashgocho of Rav 
Weissmandl.

Mishpacha (Ð) soy sauce is Yoshon. Mishpacha (Ó) barley is probably Yoshon 
if it was in the stores before Sept 30 04.

Ò Muffin N More, 60 N. 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-302-5955,  Muffins 
and butterloafs available wholesale and sold in groceries are Yoshon.

Ð Old City and Old City Café products are Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of 
Rav Weissmandl.

Ó Postum update: The new code is given in the Guide as Aug 20 07 (3 years 
after packing.) Some packages still have the old code 4233 (4=year, 233=day 
of the year.)

Ò Quaker oats cereals made in England and sold in Israel are Yoshon until 
pesach, according to the company. However, for Quaker cereals made in the 
USA, the information in the Guide is believed to be correct.

Quaker has provided us with a new comprehensive list of product shelf lifes 
for Quaker and Mother cereal products. This list is presented in cereal 
section, Section 3.11.

Ó Smackin Good cereals with the Unger label, use the information given in 
the Guide for Malt-O-Meal.

Ñ Smackin Good pancakes and potato knishes are now Chodosh. Other Smackin 
Good products are Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl.

Sturm oats cereals have a probable Chodosh packing date of Sept 1, code 
Sept 1 2006 (2 years after packing.)

Wolf egg challehs were Yoshon at least till Jan 5 05, probably till pesach.













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telephone modem of your computer to dial directly into our BBS, bypassing E 
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below.





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HOW TO USE THE NEW BBS SERVICE?

You will need a computer with a dial-up modem (not DSL). We are also 
assuming that your computer is using some fairly recent version of 
Microsoft Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP). To access our BBS, do the following 
one time preliminary setup steps.



1)      Activate the program Hyperterminal. (Start->Programs->Accessories-> 
Communications->Hyperterminal).

2)      Enter a name such as Chodosh, and choose any icon. Click OK

3)      Enter the area code=845 and phone number=356-9348. Click OK

4)      In the Connectwindow, click on Modify. Then click on the 
Settingstab at the top.

5)      In the Emulationwindow, click on the down arrow and choose 
VT100J(if not available, the second choice is VT100). Click OK

6)      Click on Dialto dial our BBS. (If the line is busy, call back 
later. We only have one incoming telephone line.)

7)      After you are connected, you will be asked to enter your name. You 
can use any name, but, unless you object, use your own name. Use the same 
spelling each time you log on. Conclude each entry with the Return or Enter 
key.

8)      If asked if you want to create a new user account type Yand return 
or enter.

9)      For password, choose Chodoshwhich you will enter twice.

10)  Hit return to accept the default option C=Continue

11)  If asked where are you from, enter your home town.

12)  If asked if you want pages, enter N=NO

13)  Keep hitting the Enter key until you reach the Bulletin Menu. There 
you will find 3 options. Choose 1=How to Use This Systemfor further 
instructions.

14)   View Bulletins 2 and 3 to learn how to download files and how to use 
the message system.

15)  After you finish the first time session on the BBS, when you exit the 
Hyperterminal, choose to save the settings for the next time.







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