Kashrus experts share their tips for smooth shopping to keep nerves at bay and mishaps to a minimum
IS there any time of year that induces more nerves — and allows less room for error — than the week leading up to the majestic holiday of Pesach? After the harried frenzy of cleaning, at long last, there is the grocery shopping — pushing your cart through the aisles, fighting to stay awake long enough to check the items off your list. Now, what could go wrong? Kashrus experts share their tips for smooth shopping to keep nerves at bay and mishaps to a minimum.
If you’re vigilant about checking product labels the rest of the year, say our experts, the time before Pesach is when you should be extra vigilant.
Being extra vigilant means checking every part of every label, and for products you’re buying in bulk, checking the label on each and every item. Always be on guard; just because you found it in the kosher l’Pesach aisle, or even in an exclusively KLP store, that alone does not confer a Pesach hechsher.
“Every single year, without fail, we find mix-ups,” says Rabbi Fishbane. “For example, in a case of kosher l’Pesach ketchup, we find one or two bottles that are not kosher l’Pesach.”
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