Comments on: CRC Pesach Kashrus Alerts (Pesach 5772 / 2012)

By: torahwriter

torahwriter — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:06:13 +0000

#1 – min baino mino bnosen taam, and is oser to use on pesach, and the owner may be over bal yiroeh ubal yimatze.

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:24:48 +0000

#4, yes, I know the cRc thinks there’s a problem – the article says so! Hence my comment which points out that the cRc is WRONG. If the Star-K share this amhoratzus then they’re wrong too.

How can you say that a pet food which contains chometz is not a taaroves chometz? What do you think taaroves means? Are you stam an am hooretz? How can you not know that anything with less than 50% chometz is by definition a taaroves?

By: shazam

shazam — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:47:29 +0000

#1: “I don’t see why cat food should be a problem, even if it does contain chametz.”

Sorry, you don’t but the cRc and Star-K explicitly do. Any pet food which contains chometz ingredients (barley, rye, oats, wheat, and/or spelt) may not be used on Pesach. They are not considered Ta’aruvos Chometz (which OC 442 is all about), but actual Chometz, which one may not benefit from (regardless of the percentage of chometz contained) unless it reaches the stage of “aino ra’uy l’achilas kelev” – cannot be eaten by a dog – which pet food, by definition, is not.

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:10:15 +0000

#2, What on earth are you talking about? Who cares whether the LBD has such a list or not? What does it prove? And what has the mishneh in Challah got to do with Pesach? The mishneh merely discusses whether or not a dough intended for dogs is considered bread. What has it got to do with the subject here?

By: hendoner

hendoner — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:26:28 +0000

To #1 I would say that the London Beth Din has a list of pet foods (cats/dogs/fish) which can be used for Pesach. Even the Mishna was concerned about pet’s welfare on Pesach. See the Mishna in Challah Perek Aleph Mishna Ches which evaluates Matzah made for dogs if it can be used at the Seder and if Challah has to be taken.

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:09:41 +0000

I don’t see why cat food should be a problem, even if it does contain chametz. It’s not eaten by normal people, and the chametzs is less than half, so while one may not eat it, one may own and derive benefit from it. (see Shulchan Aruch OC 442:4 and Rambam ChuM 4:12)