[Chodosh] Pre-season Chodosh Bulletin

Tue Jun 5 11:18:07 EDT 2018

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*CHODOSH BULLETIN-14 MAY 18*

*From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman*

*Chodosh telephone Hot Line 718-305-5133, email yherman at earthlink.net
<yherman at earthlink.net>*

This Bulletin discusses (1) Our planned schedule of publications for the
new season, (2) Deadlines of the Guide for mashgichim and hashgochos for
Yoshon, (3) How to subscribe to next season’s Guide, (4)Preliminary
estimates of the start of the new Chodosh season, (5) an appeal for
donations to the Guide, and (6) Form to use if you wish to fax in your
subscription

(1)     Planned publication schedule for next season’s Guide

As in the past, we plan BS”D to publish a preliminary brief edition of the
Guide as soon as possible at the beginning of the new Chodosh season,
approximately early September. This should have enough information to start
the new season, including preliminary Chodosh dates and package codes for
many packaged goods. The full Guide will plan to publish after sukkos, to
give mashgichim ample time to forward their hashgocho information to us. In
addition, there usually is at least one update bulletin around January. All
this will be mailed out to paid subscribers and be available by email. (The
Preliminary Guide will be available as usual also at the local distributors
in some cities. However, we would like to encourage people to subscribe
directly instead, so that they can be updated on changes that may occur.)

(2)     New deadlines for hashgocho certification to be included in the
Guide

>From its inception, the mode of operation of the Guide was to seek out
individual hashgochos and actively seek from them their Yoshon
certifications. Most mashgichim were interested in helping, but Yoshon was
not their primary job responsibility. This often made the task of gathering
Yoshon hashgocho information very time consuming, involving the need for
frequent follow-up reminders and phone calls. Due to the increase in the
scope of this task and the limitations in manpower, we will no longer be
able to make such repeated calls to mashgichim and hashogocho organizations
as in the past. Instead, we have notified them of the deadlines by which
they need to provide their certification information to be included in the
Guide to Chodosh. *For this new forthcoming season the deadline for
inclusion in the first, preliminary Guide will be Aug 15 ‘18. For the
second and final Guide it will be Oct 25 ’18. *We will not be able to list
in the Guide those products which are under hashgocho about which we were
not supplied Yoshon certification information before these deadlines. Note
that the Guide does not charge for having any products listed. This is a
service provided free-of-charge to both the Yoshon-observant public and the
manufacturers. Therefore we ask all hashgochos to please cooperate for the
mutual benefit of the public and their paying clients.

(3)     How to subscribe to have the printed material mailed to you

The subscription cost is $18 for all material to be mailed within the USA,
$20 to Canada and Mexico, and $25 to be mailed to Israel and other parts of
the world. The preferred method is to subscribe using a credit or debit
card. This is very convenient for most people and is easier for us. We
accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. *If you are totally
unable to charge to your card we will accept checks, but only if you have
no other option. We have had problems with checks being mailed for
subscriptions in the past.*

*How to subscribe with credit/debit cards*

(a)     *By recorded telephone message*

Call 646-278-1189 and record a voice message with the requested
information: Your phone number, credit card number and expiration date
month and year, your name, and mailing address. *Note we must have your
contact phone number or email address so we can contact you in case of
questions.* *We cannot accept subscriptions without   such contact
information.* *Without it,* *your subscription can not be processed and you
will not receive a Guide. *Do not leave us any Chodosh questions or other
messages at this number. Use instead our Hot Line number 718-305-5133.

(b)     *Fax your credit/debit card information*

You may send the above information by faxing it to our secure fax site at
888-755-7590. Please fill in and fax us the order printed at the end of
this bulletin. (In the past some people had trouble faxing us the
subscription orders. We believe that this is because some low-cost phone
systems do not allow calling toll-free numbers such as this 888 number. If
the fax number does not respond, please call this number from any other
phone system such as your cell phone to confirm that the fax system is
working on our end.)

(c)     *Do not send credit card information by email!*

Do not send us credit card information by email since email is not secure
and your information may be compromised.

*Note for all those who signed up for Recurring Billing using a
credit/debit card:*

If you signed up for Automatic Renewal of your Subscription LOOK AT THE
ADDRESS LABEL ON THIS BULLETIN.

(a) IF YOU SEE “RB” NEXT TO YOUR NAME, that means that you have been
charged for this year’s guide. The charge went thorough and NO FURTHER
ACTION IS NEEDED ON YOUR PART.  Confirmation phone calls will not be made
this season.

(b) If you do not see "RB" next to your name, you have not been charged. If
you have signed up for Recurring Billing, then your subscription did not go
through. Either the Credit Card expired or it was changed or we were
missing some information. If this occurred, you have been REMOVED from
Recurring Billing and NEED to re-subscribe this year. We will not call you
to remind you. This is your only reminder.

*How to subscribe by mailing a check*

 *If you are totally unable to charge to your card we will accept checks,
but this is only if there is NO other option. We have had problems with
checks being mailed for subscriptions in the past. *If you must use a
check, make out the check to Project Chodosh for the amounts stated above
and mail it with your full address information and phone number to Project
Chodosh, c/o Mrs. C. Rosskamm, 963 Armstrong Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308.
  (4)     Preliminary estimates for the start of the new Chodosh season.

We give the following early estimates of when the new Chodosh season is
expected to start, based on the experience of earlier years.

-*Oats* products may be Chodosh at the end of July or early August.

-*Spring wheat* products may be Chodosh by early August in the Midwest USA
and by mid August, elsewhere in the USA. This includes bread, challahs,
rolls bagels and pizza made in local bakeries.

*Barley *(pearled barley used, for example in cholent) could be Chodosh by
early September. However, in recent years we have had may heimishe brands
Yoshon under the hashgocho the entire season.

The above are preliminary estimates. We hope to have updates on this as a
Hot Line news recording and by email, after the harvest of the Chodosh crop
starts, at the end of July.

(5)     An appeal for donations

The Guide to Chodosh is a non-profit project (tax-deductable, Tax ID
45-447-5432), dedicated to the gathering and dissemination of
Chodosh-Yoshon information of practical value to the consumer. Our expenses
include printing, telephone and fax related charges, and the salaries of
part-time helpers who make the Guide possible. (Y. Herman does not charge
for his time.) Most, but not all of these costs are covered by the paid
subscriptions. However, donations would be appreciated to cover the balance
of our budget. Tax deductible payments may be made by check to “Project
Chodosh” and be mailed to Project Chodosh, c/o Rosskamm, 963 Armstrong Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10308. Alternatively, call our Guide order phone
number, 646-278-1189.
Record your name and credit card number as requested. Be sure to specify
that your call is to make a donation and the amount of the donation.

TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUIDE BY FAX

PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING AND FAX TO 888-755-7590

YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER (where we can reach you in case of questions), or
your email address:

________________________________________________________

YOUR
NAME:______________________________________________________

YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, NUMBER AND STREET (including apartment number if
needed):
______________________________________________________________________________

CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE________________________________________________

CREDIT CARD NUMBER________________________________,

EXPIRATION MONTH/YEAR___/___

IS THIS A NEW SUBSCRIPTION? _____.

DO YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL BILLING NEXT YEAR?________
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