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Bishul Yisroel

  • - Halacha Articles, Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • sardines, tuna, יו"ד קיג

Do Sardines Have to Be Bishul Yisroel?

  Canned sardines are a very basic staple all over the world. However, in many places canned sardines that are bishul Yisroel (cooked by a Jew) are not available. There is a machlokes…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Brochos, Hechsher, Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • twizzlers

Is the OU without Pas Yisroel enough for Twizzlers? It is made with wheat flour.

  The flour in Twizzlers isn’t a primary ingredient. (Thus its Bracha is Shehakol). Although they are cooked using ingredients that cannot be eaten raw, there is no issue of Bishul…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Hechsher, Kashrus
  • potato chips, pringles

Are pringles with an OU Fine?

  In general there is a Machlokes in regards to regular Potato chips if they need to be Bishul Yisroel and it is proper to be stringent, however, even according to…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, OU

When a product has OU Hechsher, can a Chossid rely that Bishul Yisroel has been carried out? (specifically Gerber cereal baby puffs snack).

  Obviously, the OU ensures that are all its products are Bishul Yisroel. However, there are a range of opinions regarding what needs Bishul Yisroel. You would have to contact…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul, veggie chips, Veggie Straws

Do Veggie Straws & Veggie Chips (the company is Sensible Portions) need to be Bishul Yisroel?

Ingredients are potato starch, potato flour, corn starch, Spanish powder, tomato paste, & assorted oil.   Answer: It is the right thing to be stringent and require Bishul Yisroel. These…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • baby food

Does baby cereal (single grain, rice cereal by Gerbers) need to be Bishul Yisroel? Is it okay to feed that to a baby?  How about the following baby food- carrots, butternut squash, sweet potato. And if it was cooked with direct steam change the status of it?

  1. If the food is not edible raw, one should be stringent. Mashed fruit however, such as mashed pear, is fine. 2. Oat cereal is not Oleh Al Shulchan Melachim…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, Kashrus

Since raw fish is commonly eaten nowadays, does fish still need to be Bishul Yisroel?

The consensus of contemporary Poskim is that fish must still be Bishul Yisroel. There are various reasons. See below. It should be noted that sushi itself needs to be Bishul…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, chickpeas

Do chickpeas and beans need to be Bishul Yisroel? In other words, can I buy canned chickpeas or beans with just a Hechsher on them?

  Foods that are usually eaten raw or that are not Olah Al Shulchan Melachim (fitting for a kings table) do not fall under the prohibition of Bishul Akum. However,…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • bishul akum, bishul yisroel, onion, pas yisroel

Does this packaged crispy fried onions need to be Bishul / Pas Yisroel ? It has wheat flour in the ingredients.

I’m assuming that the flour is not the key ingredient, nor is it there for taste, rather it is there just to give it a crispy texture, and it is…

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  • - Halacha Articles, Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • bishul akum, bishul yisroel, cereal, cheerios, pas akum, pas palter, pas yisroel

Article: Does my cereal need to be Pas Yisroel?

  Mezonos cereals produced of risen batter from the Chameishas Minei Dagan (the five types of grain, i.e., wheat, barley, rye, oats and spelt) are considered Pas (bread product) by many Poskim, since…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Chumros, Customs
  • Chumros, Gifts

Can I regift a present of food that has a Hashgocha which I wouldn’t rely on? How about other products that are not Cholov Yisroel / Pas Yisroel, etc?

It depends. If it’s an item which you consider not Kosher, but others consider it Kosher, or if it’s Kosher only based on an opinion which is rejected by mainstream…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • chips, corn, food

Do corn chips need to be Bishul Yisroel?

Many poskim maintain, at least in the USA, that corn is a food which isn’t subject to Bishul Yisroel, as it isn't fit to be served at a king’s table.…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, canned sardines, fish, Kashrus, sardines

Do sardines need to be Bishul Yisrael in addition to having an OU?

Canned sardines are a very basic staple all over the world. However, in many places canned sardines that are Bishul Yisroel (cooked by a Jew) are not available. There is…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • bishul yisroel, canned salmon, canned vegetables, Kashrus, mashgiach temidi, steam cooking

Does canned salmon need to be Bishul Yisroel, and is it a problem if it does not have a Mashgiach Temidi?

There are several reasons for leniency with regard to canned vegetables, sardines, salmon or tuna: Firstly, many vegetables are edible raw, where the Issur of Bishul Akum doesn't apply. With…

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  • Bishul Yisroel, Kashrus
  • baby oatmeal, bishul yisroel, bishul yisroel oatmeal, Kashrus

Is Gerber baby oatmeal with an OU fine, or is there a problem with Bishul Yisroel ?

There is no issue of Bishul (or Pas) Akum applicable here because the oats are not fit for a kings table. They also need more cooking to make them edible…

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