By Rabbi Eli Eleff, Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Consumer Relations Administrator
The Tur (Orach Chaim, Siman 603), based upon the Talmud Yerushalmi, cites the custom for Jews to be stringent during the Aseret Yimei Teshuva to eat exclusively PAS YISROEL bread. Even those Jews who generally do not exclusively eat PAS YISROEL are encouraged to accept this practice during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We therefore present the list of all OU PAS YISROEL products.
- PLEASE NOTE: All OU-P (Kosher for Passover) Matzah products (e.g. Matzah, Matzah Meal, Matzah Meal products) are PAS YISROEL, even if not listed below.
- Not all products on this list are available in all countries or geographic regions.
- The OU Poskim are of the position that breakfast cereal and wafers are considered a tavshil and not pas and, therefore, are not subject to the laws of PAS YISROEL.
- Products which are also CHOLOV YISROEL and/or YOSHON are so indicated.
- Items manufactured in Israel are noted with an asterisk* and are all YOSHON.
- Food service establishments such as restaurants and caterers are noted with a (FSE).
Company/Brand – Product Type – RC
A. Loacker* – All Products – R’ Rockove
Abadi Bakery* – All Products – R’ Rabinowitz
Abulafia Pita – Pita Bread – R’ Nosenchuk
Achtarout Pita – Pita Bread – R’ Nosenchuk
Acme [Albertson’s] (FSE) – Milltown, NJ – All Fresh Baked Products – R’ Steinberg
Acme [Albertson’s] FSE) -Narberth, PA – All Fresh Baked Products – R’ Steinberg
Aladdin Bakers – Bagels, Pizza Bagels, Rolls, Breads, Pitas, Baguettes, Wraps, Breadstick (when bearing a stamp with Pas Yisroel sticker on the label) – R’ Eleff
Alba – All Products – R’ Rockove
Ambrosia S.A. Yo Hoo! – Waffles – With Lot Specific Letter Only – R’ Rockove
Amnon’s Kosher Pizza* – Frozen Pizza (Cholov Yisroel) – R’ Indich
Angel’s Bakery* – All Products (when bearing an OU symbol) – R’ Rabinowitz
Bag N’ Save – Bread, Rolls, Buns – R’ Nosenchuk
Balconi – In Israel with Lot specific LOC – R’ Rockove
Barry’s Bakery – Café and French Twists (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Barth* – Crackers – R’ Rabinowitz
Bell – Bialys (with special Hebrew packaging only) [Only available in Israel] – R’ Nosenchuk
Bo & Bon – Macarons – R’ Rockove
Bon Appetito – Cookies and Pastries (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Brickfire Bakery – Plain Sliced Mini Bagels – R’ Nosenchuk
Brooklyn Bagel – Frozen, Poppy, Sesame Bagels (With special Hebrew packaging only) [Only available in Israel] – R’ Nosenchuk
Burry Foodservice – Mini Bagel Plain, Cinnamon Raisin Mini Bagels, Blueberry Mini Bagels, Wrapped Plain Bagel, Wrapped Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, Wrapped Blueberry Bagel – R’ Nosenchuk
Café 11 [FSE] – Breads, Bagels, Wraps – R’ Steinberg
Canada Bread – Mini Bagel Plain, Mini Bagel Cinnamon Raisin, Mini Bagel Blueberry, Plain Bagel, Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, Blueberry Bagel -R’ Nosenchuk
Cedar Bread – Pita Bread – R’ Nosenchuk
Circa-NY Midtown (FSE) – Pizza (Cholov Yisroel) and Breads -R’ Schreier
Continental Pastry -Cakes and Cookies -R’ Paretzky
Daily Pita All Pita Bread R’ Nosenchuk
Dakota Brands – Bagels, Rolls -R’ Nosenchuk
Damascus – Must State Pas Yisroel on the Package – R’ Bendelstein
David’s Cookies -Hamentashen (only when labeled as Pareve and Pas Yisroel) – R’ Bendelstein
Davidovitz* -All Products (when bearing an OU symbol) -R’ Rabinowitz
Dayaa – Pita Bread – R’ Nosenchuk
Delacre* – Cookies -R’ Rabinowitz
Dr. Praeger’s – Fishies, Fish Sticks, Fish Cakes, and Pizza Bagels – R’ Bistricer
Edwards & Sons* – Breadcrumbs, Coutons – R’ Rabinowitz
Einat* -Breadcrumbs, Croutons – R’ Rabinowitz
Elite* – Biscuits -R’ Rabinowitz
Elsa’s Story* – Cookies, Crackers, Pastries (not Cholov Yisroel) -R’ Rabinowitz
Empire – Pizza (Cholov Yisroel); – R’ Mandel
Ener-G* -Gluten-Free Pretzels and Crackers – R’ Rabinowitz
Eskal -Gluten-Free Cakes -R’ Rabinowitz
Fischer Brothers & Leslie (FSE) – Challah, Challah Rolls, Chicken Nuggets, Fried Breast Meat -R’ Mandel
Friedman’s -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Gefen – Crackers, Cookies, Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs (Yoshon with special label), Matzoh (Yoshon) – R’ Singer
Gelbstein’s Bakery – All Products (Yoshon) – R’ Rockove
Gideon’s Bakery -All Products (Yoshon) -R’ Rockove
Glutino* -Gluten Free Pretzels, Crackers -R’ Rabinowitz
Gold Star -Granola -R’ Rabinowitz
Golden Fluff -Pretzels, Cookies, Animal Crackers – R’ Rockove
Golden Star -Cookies and Pastries (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Grandpa’s “Old Southern” Coffee Cake – All Baked Items – R’ Nosenchuk
Grandpa’s Coffee Cake -All Coffee Cakes – R’ Nosenchuk
Grandpa’s Gourmet Biscotti – Biscotti – R’ Nosenchuk
Grandpa’s International Bakery -Breads – R’ Nosenchuk
Guiltless Gourmet -Wraps – R’ Singer
Hadar* -Assorted Biscuits – R’ Bistricer
Haddar – All Products – R’ Gutterman
Hafners -All Products -R’ Rockove
Harry and Sally’s – Biscotti R’ Rockove
Heft -i All Products -R’ Rockove
Hema* -Crackers – R’ Rabinowitz
Hy-Vee -Egg Bagels, Plain Bagels, Cinnamon Raisin Bagels, Blueberry Bagels, Onion Bagels, Bakery Style Onion Bagels, Apple Cinnamon Refrigerated Bagel, Honey Wheat Bakery Style Bage -l R’ Nosenchuk
Irene -All Products – R’ Nosenchuk
J & P -Pita bread -R’ Nosenchuk
Jake’s Bakes – All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Jeff Nathan Panko Bread Crumbs – R’ Singer
Jewel-Osco [Albertson’s] (FSE) -Evanston, IL – Bread and Kosher Cakes – R’ Steinberg
Jewel-Osco [Albertson’s] (FSE) -Highland Park, IL – Bread and Kosher Cakes – R’ Steinberg
Josef’s Organic – All Products – R’ Nosenchuk
Kedem – Cookies, Cereal bars, Tea Biscuits (Yoshon), Crackers (Yoshon) – R’ Singer
Keefe Kitchen -Plain Bagels, Cinnamon Raisin Bagels – R’ Nosenchuk
Kem Kem -Crackers -R’ Coleman
Kemach Food Products – Cookies, (Yoshon when stated on package), Crackers (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) -R’ Coleman
Kineret -Cakes, Rugalach -R’ Bendelstein
Kitov -All Products -R’ Gutterman
L’Esti Desserts -Cakes and Pastries (Yoshon) -R’ Bendelstein
Lakewood Kollel -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Lily’s Bakeshop -All Products -R’ Bendelstein
Maadanot* -Bourekas, Malawah, Pizza Squares – R’ Rabinowitz
Macabee -Pizza (Cholov Yisroel), Pizza Bagel (Cholov Yisroel), Breaded Eggplant (Yoshon), Breaded Mushrooms (Yoshon), Mozzarella Sticks (Cholov Yisroel, Yoshon) – R’ Bistricer
Manischewitz Co. -Tam Tams (Yoshon), Italian Coating Crumbs (Yoshon), All Matzah Products (yoshon) – R’ Singer
Maple Leaf Bakery -Safeway Natures Blend Plain Mini Bagel, Mini Bagels – R’ Nosenchuk
Matamim – All Products – R’ Gutterman
Matzot Carmel * -Matzah – R’ Rabinowitz
Mauzone Manina – Assorted Products – R’ Paretzky
Mehadrin Bakery -Breads, Cookies and Pastries – R’ Bendelstein
Mendelson’s Pizza – Pizza (Cholov Yisroel and Yoshon) and Breads – R’ Schreier
Meal Mart -All Products (Yoshon) – R’ Mandel
Mendy’s (FSE) -Pita, All Bread except for hot dog and hamburger buns – R’ Schreier
Mezonos Maven -All Products -R’ Bendelstein
Miami Onion Rolls – All Products -R’ Nosenchuk
Milk N Honey (FSE) – All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) – R’ Schreier
Mishpacha – All Products – R’ Singer
Moishy’s – Exclusively Pas Yisroel Rolls, Cookies, Cakes, Breads – R’ Bendelstein
Montgomery Bagel & Bakery – All Products – R’ Nosenchuk
Mount Sinai Hospital (FSE) – Products Bearing an OU symbol -R’ Indich
Mountain Fruit -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Mr. Broadway (FSE) -All Products except for hot dog and hamburger buns – R’ Schreier
Natural Ovens -100% Whole Grain Bread, Hunger Filler Bread, Multi-Grain Bread, Oat Nut Crunch Bread, Oatmeal Bread, Organic Whole Grain & Flax Bread, Original Carb Consc Bread, Right Wheat Bread, Sunny Millet Bread -R’ Jenkins
Neeman Bakery* -All Items (when bearing an OU symbol) -R’ Rabinowitz
Neri’s -Breads & Bagels -R’ Nosenchuk
Noble Ingredients Ltd/Michel Cluizel USA -All Baked Items In Sealed Factory Packages (Pareve) -R’ Scheiner
Of Tov* -Chicken Breast Nuggets -R’ Rabinowitz
Olympic Pita (FSE) – All Products – R’ Schreier
Original Bagel Company – Plain Bagel, Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, Blueberry Bagel, Everything Bagel, Sesame Bagel, Plain Sandwich Bagel, Park Avenue Plain Mini Bagels, Park Avenue Cinnamon Raisin Mini Bagels, Park Avenue Blueberry -Mini Bagels R’ Nosenchuk
Orion -Plain Par-Baked Hot Stuff Bagel, Cinnamon Raisin Par-Baked Hot Stuff Bagel -R’ Nosenchuk
Osem* -All Products -R’ Rabinowitz
Ostreicher’s – Hamentashen (only when labeled as Pareve and Pas Yisroel) – R’ Bendelstein
Pita Express P -Pita Pread (Yoshon) -R’ Bendelstein
Prima -Macarons (Cholov Yisroel) -R’ Rockove
Quality Food Industries* -Croutons – R’ Rabinowitz
Raft Foods* – Croutons -R’ Rabinowitz
Ralph’s Grocery – Sherman Oaks (FSE) – All Fresh Products from the Kosher Bakery -R’ Steinberg
Ralph’s Grocery – LA – South La Brea (FSE) – All Fresh Products from the Kosher Bakery – R’ Steinberg
Ralph’s Grocery – LA – West Pico (FSE) – All Fresh Products from the Kosher Bakery – R’ Steinberg
Reisman Bros. Bakery -Assorted Cakes, Cookies, Rugalach – R’ Paretzky
Renaissance Hotel Jerusalem* (FSE) – All Products – R’ Rabinowitz
Rokeach -Hamentashen (only when labeled as Pareve and Pas Yisroel), Cookies, Soup Nuts -R’ Bendelstein
Royal Bakery House – Bread (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Sabba* – Biscuits -R’ Rabinowitz
Savion -Croutons -R’ Singer
Shapiro’s – All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Shoprite -Challot and Assorted Bread Products (only when labeled Pareve and Pas Yisroel) -R’ Bendelstein
Boundbrook Shoprite [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) -R’ Schreier
East Brunswick Shoprite [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) – R’ Schreier
East Windsor Shoprite [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) – R’ Schreier
Marlboro Shoprite [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) -R’ Schreier
Neptune Shoprite [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) – R’ Schreier
ShopRite of Aberdeen [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) – R’ Schreier
ShopRite of Lawrenceville [FSE] -All In-House Prepared Foods (Yoshon) -R’ Schreier
Simply Perfect – Sugar cookies -R’ Nosenchuk
Smilowitz -Exclusively Pas Yisroel Rolls, Cookies, Cakes, Breads – R’ Nosenchuk
Sruli’s -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Super 13 -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Tavor* -Assorted Cookies and Cakes -R’ Rabinowitz
Tel Aviv Kosher Bakery (Chicago) (FSE) -Breads & Cakes (Yoshon) -R’ Paretzky
Tovli -Blintzes, Pizza, Knishes (frozen packaged) (Yoshon) -R’ Gold
Trader Joe’s -Chocolate Babka – R’ Bendelstein
Village Crown Catering (FSE) – Breads and Cakes -R’ Schreier
Wein’s – All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) – R’ Bendelstein
Yarden* -Assorted Cookies -R’ Rabinowitz
Yumi’s -All Products (when Pas Yisroel is written on the label) -R’ Bendelstein
Zaatar -Herb Pizza – R’ Nosenchuk
Zetov – All Products -R’ Gutterman
This article was reprinted with permission from the OU.
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