Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Noodles and Soup Nuts "Kasher le'Pessach"

B"H

Not too many years ago, we were complaining about not having noodles during Pessach. As a wheat product, noodles are Chametz and we are forbidden to consume Chametz (forbidden grains such as oats, wheat, spelt, rye or barley) on Pessach. Only dry Mazzot and potatoes, fish, meat, onions, pepper, cabbage and carrots for Ashkenazi Jewry. Sephardi Jews have an easier Pessach, as some of them eat rice (forbidden for Ashkenazi Jews) and Kidniyot (peas, humus, corn or anything made of it). Then the first cakes kosher for Passover were available. Made out of potatoe flour. 

When I went to the supermarket tonight, believe it or not, I saw noodles kosher for Pessach. Noodles and soup nuts ! Some noodles kosher for Pessach are for Kidniyot eaters such as Sephardi Jews but I also saw Pessach noodles without Kidniyot.

Here are a few impressions from the MEGA supermarket branch in Dizengoff Street / corner Pinsker in Tel Aviv:


Kosher for Pessach !



Noodles kosher for Passover



With Kidniyot and made from rice.



Soup nuts kosher for Passover.



Wine for the Seder



Mazzot



Biscuits kosher for Pessach

Photos: Miriam Woelke

No doubt. Pessach is an expensive holiday and many Jewish families in Israel, including plenty of haredi families in Mea Shearim or Bnei Brak, depend on charity organizations handing out food baskets.
One of those organizations is located in Mea Shearim and run by Chassidut Toldot Avraham Yitzchak: "LINAT HA'CHESED". Two years ago, I talked to some of the Chassidim running LINAT HA'CHESED.

2 comments:

  1. B"H

    Many Ashkenazim refrain from eating nuts as they are Kitniyot.

    Maybe Sephardi families will buy these nut based products.

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  2. B"H

    There are very tasty nut cookies being sold at the local markets and I love them very much. Sepharadim are allowed to eat them, for Ashkenazim, the cookies are Kidniyot. The only choice I have is eating them before Pessach, as, one day after Pessach, the cookies are going to disappear for another year.:-)

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