KfP "beer"

[cellio]

In the "this is just wrong" category: kosher-for-Passover beer (forwarded to me by ralphmelton). Someone else on my friends list (arib, maybe?) spotted something like this (probably this) in a store but couldn't bring himself to investigate, if I recall correctly. I thought at the time that it was a labelling error or a local thing, but I guess not.

I'm not a big beer drinker and don't feel overly constrained by that aspect of Pesach, but I would buy a single bottle out of curiosity were that an option. Not an entire case, though.

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[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

I'm still googling.

I found this page (http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-thirst-coffee.htm) on the issues of kosher coffee. (One process for decaffeinating coffee yields non-KfP coffee.)

(I have to say that http://www.star-k.com/cons-kash-articles.htm is pretty fascinating to me as an outsider. I get to read about the issues of Shabbos north of the arctic circle, or when traveling across the International Date Line, and find out how to kasher a 4-story water tank.)

Aha! http://www.star-k.com/kashrus/kk-passover-problem.htm is titled "But what could be the problem with...", and covers coffee and tea. The possible problems are with decaffeinated or flavored teas, or with instant tea. (Apparently not all matzoh is KfP either, though it doesn't detail the failures.

[goljerp]

Apparently not all matzoh is KfP either, though it doesn't detail the failures.

That's easy. If the process from when water touches the flour to finished baking takes longer than 18 minutes (or is it 18.5?), then it's not kosher for passover.

Also, you'd need the oven, preparation area, tools, etc. to be KfP as well.

As far as teas, I think the short answer is: Jews are crazy all the time, and passover makes them more so. A friend of mine who is a therapist thinks that Jews invented OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder).

[cellio]

Wow, thanks for the fascinating links, particularly those last two! Nifty reading.

The Moadim U'Zmanim's opinion on Shabbat within the arctic circle -- that Shabbat lasts its usual amount of time but you just plain skip daytime-only (or night-time-only) mitzvot is novel. I also liked the off-handed "Shabbat in space -- consult your rav" advice. Should it become relevant, I'll be sure to do that. :-)

With non-kfP matzah, as goljerp said, there are issues with both production and equipment. I was surprised to hear that the market for matzah the rest of the year is big enough that it's worth them producing it anyway, but apparently so.