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OU-P: What’s New For ‘13?
OU-P: What’s New For ’13? By Rabbi Shmuel Singer Kedem continues to bottle grape juice under its own name as well as under the Savion, Gefen and Lipschutz labels. All…
Pesach Dieters, Take Note: You Can Have Your Potato—and Eat It, Too!
Q: Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes … with all these carbs, it’s no wonder I gain a pound for every day of Pesach—and the week before, too! How can I…
Pesach Recipe Substitutes
At some point during Pesach preparations we’ve all tried to convert a main stream recipe into a Pesach one only to discover that we don’t have a clue as to…
Prepared Baby Food
1. Gerber Baby Food: Carrots and Squash are acceptable for Passover l’chatchila when bearing the OU. 2. Gerber Baby Food: Peas and Green Beans are Kitniyot. 3. First Choice Baby…
Preparing for Passover
What Special Preparations Must Be Made In The Jewish Home For Passover? The home must be thoroughly cleaned of all Chametz before Passover. Any Chametz not removed from a Jew’s…
Raw Kosher Meat and Poultry for Passover
Contemporary production methods could invalidate the Passover status of the plainest cut of raw meat.
Selected Halachot of Erev Pesach when it falls on Shabbat
This article is not meant to be the final arbiter. If you have any questions, please consult a competent halachic authority. Provided by the Orthodox Union’s Department of Synagogue Services….
Selling Leaven
Selling leaven of Jewish owned companies for Passover accomplishes two functions. Firstly, it prevents the owners of the leaven from violating the Bibilical prohibition of owning leaven as it states…
Shopping after Passover
Chametz owned by a Jew during the holiday may not be consumed even after the holiday is over. Consequently, when shopping for chametz products after Passover, one must take measures…
