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Pas Yisroel

  • Pas Yisroel

Do we rely on a glow bar to make bread be considered Pas Yisroel, or does it need to be done with a pilot?

  Question: Does a separate heating element (of about 500 degrees) which is added to a oven make the bread Pas Yisroel?   Answer: There is a debate among contemporary…

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  • Kashrus, Pas Yisroel

Do I have to ensure that the pretzels that are used by a kosher store in their pretzel breaded chicken cutlets are Pas Yisroel?

  Yes, as pretzels are subject to the laws of Pas Yisroel. See here.   Sources: חידושי חת"ס יו"ד קיב, יב. דרכי תשובה קיב, מט. ערוך השולחן קיב, לא. וראה אצלינו…

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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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  • Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • Kashrus, pas yisroel

These loaves don’t say that they are Pas Yisroel—but they do say that they recommend reheating (i.e. additional baking?) before eating. (Please see the attached picture.) Are they okay to eat if I follow their instructions and bake them a little more—as per their recommendation—before I eat them?

If the bread just becomes warm when you put it in the oven so that is eaten fresh, then it still a problem of Pas Palter. However, if the purpose…

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  • Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • Kashrus, pas yisroel

I was recommended by my nutritionist to eat a certain kind of cracker that is high fiber low carb, that will help with lowering cholesterol and weight loss.  The product is OU Pareve, ingredients: wheat bran and oat bran (water is not listed in the ingredients). Do they have to be Pas Yisroel?

Link to the product. Answer: Most likely, as is usually the case, it is not all bran. Some of the kernel would be mixed in and thus it would need…

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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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  • Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • pas akum, pas baal habayis, pas paltar, pas yisroel

Is או”ח סי’ קס”ח סעיף ה talking about פת פלטר or פת בעה”ב? Same question about יו”ד סי’ קי”ב סעיפים י”ג & ט”ו.

קאי רק על פת פלטר - ראה יו"ד שם ס"ב. דאלו המקילים בפת בעה"ב הוא רק היכא שלא נמצא פת פלטר כלל, משא"כ בנידון של  סי"ג שנמצא פת אחרת. וראה…

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  • Kashrus, Pas Yisroel
  • flour tortillas pas yisroel, jew finishes baking process, pas akum, pas yisroel

If I bake flour tortillas (that have a Hechsher) does that make them Pas Yisroel?

*See pictures below If it is not completely baked yet, and it will also improve with further baking, and you finish off the process, then you can bake it and…

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