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Massachusetts Va’ad Pesach Supervision

The Va’ad Harabonim of Massachusetts has issued its annual list of supervised products and facilities for Pesach 5754.The following milk firms are under the Orthodox supervision of the VAAD HARABONIM of Mass. for Passover 5764-2004. All products must have special certification except where noted.

Borden

Half & Half: pt., qt.
Light Cream: qt.
Heavy Cream: ? pt., qt.
Crowley, (Weeks Division)
Homogenized Milk: ? pt., ? gallon
2% Milk: ? gallon
Skim Milk: ? pt., ? gallon
Orange Juice: ? gallon, gallon

Garelick Farms

Homogenized Milk: 8 oz., qt., ? gallon, gallon
1% Milk: 8 oz., ? gallon, gallon
2% Milk: 8 oz., ? gallon, gallon
Fat Free Milk: 8 oz., qt., ? gallon, gallon
Half & Half: pt.
Light Cream: ? pt., pt.
Heavy Cream: ? pt.
Whip Cream: pt.
Orange Juice from conc.: ? gallon

H.P. Hood

Homogenized Milk Eco-Pak: 8 oz.
Homogenized Milk: ? gallon plastic
1% Lowfat Milk: ? gallon plastic
Half & Half Pure-Pak: pt., qt.
Light Cream Pure-Pak: pt.
Regular Sour Cream: pt.
4% Small Curd Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
1% Lowfat Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.

Oakhurst

Light Milk (1.5%): qt.

Shaw’s Supermarket

Orange Juice from Conc.: ? gallon, gallon
Orange Juice from Conc. w/Calcium: ? gallon
Skim Milk: ? gallon, gallon
1% Milk: ? gallon, gallon
2% Milk: ? gallon, gallon
Homogenized Milk: ? gallon, gallon
Heavy Cream: 8 oz., 16 oz.
Light Cream: 8 oz., 16 oz., 32 oz.
Soft Cream Cheese: 8 oz., 12 oz.
Cream Cheese: 8 oz.
Regular Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
Low Fat Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
Salted Butter: 1 lb.
Unsalted Butter: 1 lb.
Half & Half: 16 oz., 32 oz., 64 oz.
Sour Cream: 16 oz.
Non Fat Plain Yogurt: 32 oz.
Low Fat Plain Yogurt: 32 oz.
Spring Water: gallon

Stop & Shop

Milk: qt., ? gallon, gallon
Light Cream: 8 oz., 16 oz., 32 oz.
Heavy Cream: 8 oz., 16 oz., 32 oz.
Half & Half: 16 oz., 32 oz., 64 oz.
Fat Free Half & Half: 32 oz.
Whipping Cream: 16 oz.
Sour Cream: 8 oz., 16 oz., 32 oz.
Salted Butter: 1 lb.
Unsalted Butter: 1 lb.
Whipped Cream Cheese: 8 oz.
Soft Cream Cheese: 8 oz., 12 oz.
Nonfat Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
Lowfat Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
4% Cottage Cheese: 16 oz., 24 oz.
Orange Juice: gallon
Orange Juice w/Calcium: gallon

The following products are KOSHER FOR PASSOVER only when our special Passover certification is on each container.

Candy, Fruit Slices (with KP or KVH-P only)

Boston Fruit Slice & Confectionery - Lawrence, MA
Sweethearts Three, Inc. ? Sharon, MA

Beverages

Pepsi
Diet Pepsi cans (with KP only)
Diet Pepsi-Free cans (with KP only)

Herring (with KVH-P only)

Rite Foods - Boston, MA
Rite Nova Bits
Rite Whitefish Salad
Rite Chopped Herring Salad
Rite Cream Cheese & Lox
Rite Cream Cheese & Scallions
Nathans Nova Salmon
Rite Herring In Wine
Rite Herring In Cream
Marshalls Herring In Wine
Marshalls Herring In Cream

Meat Market (Glatt)

Gordon & Alperin
552 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02459
(617) 332-4170

Health Care Facilities

The following Health Care Facilities are licensed by the KASHRUTH COMMISSION of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts and are certified Kosher for Passover and the entire year by the VAAD HARABONIM of Massachusetts.

Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home
17 Lafayette Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150
(617)884-6766

Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle
50 Sutherland Road, Brighton, MA 02135
(617)566-1700

Coolidge House
30 Webster Street, Brookline, MA 02446
(617)734-2300

Caterers

The following catering firms licensed by the KASHRUTH COMMISSION and supervised by the VAAD HARABONIM are Kosher for Passover, 5764-2004

Catering by Andrew
402 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
(617)731-6585

Izzy?s Caterers
1800 Post Road, 8B
Warwick, RI 02886
(800)262-2837

Kosher Cuisine by Tova
80 Brook Road
Sharon, MA 02067
(781) 784-5162

Provender Caterers
P.O. Box 352
Accord, MA 02018
(781) 871-1364