Please support the Vaad Harabbonim. Donate with the enclosed envelope or visit cordetroit.com/donate The Vaad Harabbonim – Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit wishes the entire community a kosher, happy and inspiring Yom Tov! Post-Pesach 5781 Information – Detroit Area CHOMETZ may be purchased immediately after Pesach at the following stores in the Detroit area, except for Dunkin Donuts (10 & Greenfield) where chometz should not be bought until 10:00 PM, due to the Halachic requirement of “bichdei sh’yaasu”. All K-COR establishments Aldi BJ’s Busch’s Fresh Food Market Costco CVS Dollar Tree Stores Family Dollar Stores GFS (Gordon Food Service) Joe Randazzo’s Fruit Market K-Mart Lincoln Rx Pharmacy Meijer Nutrifoods Plum Market Rite Aid Sam’s Club Superior Kosher Meats The Grove [One Stop] Trader Joe's Wal-Mart Walgreens Westborn Whole Foods It is advisable to wait two weeks after Pesach (April 19) before buying “pure” chometz products (e.g., bread, grain cereals, pasta, cookies and pretzels) at Jewish-owned stores that do not observe Pesach, even if they made a Mechiras Chometz before Pesach, due to the possibility that new chometz was received during Pesach. This includes Restaurant Depot and Natural Food Patch. It is permitted to purchase most other products immediately after Pesach, including pearled raw barley, dry cake mixes, flour (without malted barley), glue, all kitniyos, ketchup, mayonnaise, medicines, mustard, vinegar, vitamin tablets, baker’s yeast, and yeast extract. Buying chometz from Kroger and Target in the Detroit area after Pesach involves Halachic uncertainty. Although these stores are owned by non-Jews, there is a possibility that they are supplied by privately-owned Jewish food distributor C&S, and the chometz bought after Pesach may have been in the possession of C&S during Pesach. According to Halacha, safek chometz sheover olov haPesach is permitted, and would include chometz from Kroger and Target. However, if one has the option of purchasing chometz from a store that does not receive goods from a Jewish distributor that may have owned chometz on Pesach, it is commendable to do so until two weeks after Pesach, April 19. 31
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