Updated September 29, 2024
- AKO Yoshon Committee Yoshon list is here
- OU Pas Yisroel List for 5785-2024 is here
- KVH Certified Pas Yisroel List is here
- The Star-K Yoshon Quick Reference Guide is here
- Kof-K Pas Yisroel List is here
- MK Yoshon Updates Establishments and Products
- Scroll K Rosh HaShana Food Guide and Pas Yisroel List is here
- cRc Simonim Chart from is here
- cRc Pas Yisroel and Yoshon Information 2024 is here
- Star-K Rosh Hashana Simonim Checking Guide is here
- Central Rabbinical Congress Simonim Chart is here
- New Square Kashrus Council Rosh HaShana Bedikas Tolaim Guide in Yiddish is here
- September 29, 2024 Pas Yisroel Information from the COR Detroit:
PAS YISROEL: The K-COR reminds consumers of the accepted custom to be stringent on Pas Yisroel during Aseres
Yemei T’shuva. Please be advised that many K-COR certified establishments produce or sell some bread and cake
products that are not Pas Yisroel. Ask the Mashgiach or call the K-COR office for details regarding specific
establishments.
- The following establishments are totally Pas Yisroel: BAKE STATION, DAKOTA BREAD COMPANY, ZEMAN’S, JERUSALEM PIZZA, PIZZA STOP, ESS IN, PRIME 10, SPREADS BAGELS & CAFÉ, SOUL CAFÉ RESTAURANT, KAPLAN CAKES, SAY CHEESE, SUGAR & CRUST and YODELS ‘N MORE. At THE GROVE FRESH BAKERY dept., all items that are sold loose, or repackaged with a Grove label, are Pas Yisroel.
- KORDAS’ BREADS, ROLLS, AND BUNS from Metropolitan Baking Co. that bear the K-COR symbol are Pas Yisroel*. Note that Kordas’ Greek Style Pita Bread and Kordas’ English Muffins are not K-COR certified.
Yisroel*. Note that Kordas’ Greek Style Pita Bread and Kordas’ English Muffins are not K-COR certified.
[NOTE: Milano Bakery bread and rolls with the K-COR symbol are not Pas Yisroel.]
- SIMPLY NATURE KNOCK YOUR SPROUTS OFF SPROUTED 7 GRAIN BREAD at Aldi with an OK symbol is Pas Yisroel*. However, bags that bear an OU or Kosher Check symbol are not Pas Yisroel.
- SPECIALLY SELECTED brand SMALL BATCH SOURDOUGH LOAF, SMALL BATCH ITALIAN LOAF, ITALIAN BREAD and any other Specially Selected breads at Aldi that bear a Scroll K symbol are Pas Yisroel, and state “P.Y.” under the symbol in fine print. [Note that some Specially Selected breads bear other symbols and may not be Pas Yisroel, and some bear no certification at all.]
- TRADER JOE'S brand of CHOCOLATE BROOKLYN BABKA and HALF MOON COOKIES that bear OU Pareve are Pas Yisroel.
- TRADER JOE’S ORGANIC FRENCH ROLLS and TRADER JOE’S ORGANIC FRENCH BAGUETTE that bear MK
certification [Montreal] are Pas Yisroel*.
- TRADER JOE'S HOLIDAY CHALLAH - TRADITIONAL EGG BREAD with an Earth K symbol is Pas Yisroel, as stated on the label.
NOTE: Trader Joe's Sprouted Wheat Sourdough Bread and Sprouted Wheat Multigrain Bread bearing a Star-K are not Pas Yisroel.]
- S. ROSEN’S BREADS, BUNS AND ROLLS with an OU (available at Costco) - The following products are certified by the OU as Pas Yisroel: 100% Healthy Multi Grain Bread, 9 Grain Bread, Sour Dough Bread and Country White Bread. Other S. Rosen’s products with an OU are Pas Yisroel per the glow-bar method*.
- NATURAL OVENS BAKERY KETO-FRIENDLY WHITE BREAD with an OU ink jetted on the individually wrapped loaves (available at Costco) is Pas Yisroel.
- KRONOS PITA BREAD with a cRc symbol is Pas Yisroel*, as stated on the label.
- FOOD FOR LIFE EZEKIEL SPROUTED GRAIN BREADS with the Kof-K symbol are Pas Yisroel*. The Pocket Bread, however, is not Pas Yisroel.
- MATT’S BAKERY COOKIES that bear a plain OK symbol are “Pas Yisroel”*, as stated on the label. Those
that bear OK-D are not Pas Yisroel.
* per the “glow-bar method” [an electrical heating element turned on by the Mashgiach], which most Kashrus agencies consider Pas Yisroel. (The OU, however, does not accept this as Pas Yisroel, based on the psak of Rabbi Yisroel Belsky zt’l.)
Kashrut.com posts information on yoshon and pas yisroel year-round at www.kashrut.com/consumer/baked_goods
