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    • Yoshon & Pas Yisroel Guidelines

    Yoshon & Pas Yisroel Guidelines

    Updated August 12, 2024 | 8 Av 5784

    This page is dedicated in memory of Rav Yosef Herman הרב יוסף בן הרב יהושע זצ”ל, who is credited with singlehandedly raising awareness about Yoshon in America and throughout chutz la’aretz and renewing the klal’s commitment to this precious mitzvah. He undertook the responsibility to conduct extensive research about Yoshon products and to publish Yoshon updates year after year without remuneration. May all of our work be an aliyah for his neshama.

    Latest Updates

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    ► Retail Flour – NOT Commercial

    The kashrus agencies have been monitoring the progress of Chodosh grains across North America. At this point, there are a few flours from specific mills that may be Chodosh and which will enter the retail market in the next few weeks. Those dates are listed below. Any other flour from any other mill can be assumed Yoshon still until at least September 1.

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    Yoshon and Chodosh Something Old and Something New

    Yoshon and Chodosh Something Old and Something New

    By: Dr. Avrom Pollak

    The story is told about how in the mid 1970’s the proprietor of a kosher bakery in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was asked if his products were Yoshon. Not realizing that this Hebrew word, which literally means ‘old’, actually refers to grain which had been planted before Passover, proudly, albeit naively, answered, ” I can assure you that everything in my bakery is 100 percent fresh.” Today, as we approach the millennium yoshon and chodosh have graduated and become household words which have rightfully taken their place among the more popular terms such as Glatt Kosher, Cholov Yisroel, and Pas Yisroel.