This page is a basic reference of hechsherim and kashrut agencies that appear in at least two or more products on our site. They are grouped together by their policies on yoshon.
Any hechsherim not listed, fall into the last category of their yoshon policies being “unknown”. This page provides all of their known contact information, plus any websites and/or email addresses (if they do have any).
We have provided “Click-to-Call” links (and click-to-chat) for cell phones, so generally you won’t even have to punch in a number! (The exception being if you are in the USA calling to Israel, England, or South Africa, you will have to punch in “011” first.)
If you have a question about a product’s yoshon status that is not on our site or has no current information, please contact the agency that does that product’s hashgacha. (This is also true for establishments.) They are the ones that will know if a product is yoshon or not.
Do not contact a manufacturer or establishment to ask directly if products are yoshon, as you may not get an accurate answer.
(Note: TYNI is not affiliated with, and does not endorse any of the following agencies. This page is for reference only. If you have questions about the reliability of a particular hashgacha, ask your Rav. We do not answer Halachic questions.)
Always Yoshon
These are yoshon on any product, no matter where it was made. Most are from Israel and some are from the UK.
We also have most of these in a quick reference sheet available for download on our Updates and Downloads page.
Currently, there are no agencies in the USA or Canada that we know of, devoted to being always “Yoshon-Only”.
Badatz Mehadrin
Contact: Rabbi Avraham Rubin
Phone: 972-8-939-0816 or
972-8-939-0817
Address: 10 Rechov Miriam Mizrachi
6th Floor, Room 18
Rechovot, Israel 76106
Email: mehadrin@zahav.net.il
Beit Din Zedek- Beit Yosef
Contact: Rabbi Moshe Yosef
Phone: 972-2-655-0550
Address: 45 Hakablan St.
P.O. Box 43022
Jerusalem, Israel 91430
Chug Chasm Sofer of Bnei Brak
Contact: Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Stern
Phone: 972-3-618-8596
Address: 18 Maimon St.
P.O. Box 426
Bnei Brak, Israel 51273
Email: chug@zahav.net.il
Eida HaChareidis Badatz of Yerushalayim
Contact: Rabbi Naftali Halberstam
Phone: 9722-624-6935
Address: Binyanai Zupnick
26a Rechov Strauss
P.O.Box 5006
Jerusalem, Israel 91576
Email: DBZ-Office@BDZJerusalem.org
Website: http://www.badatz.com
Kedassia
Contact: Rabbi Michoel Scharf
Phone: 44-208-802-6226
Address: 140 Stamford Hill
London, England N16 6QT
Email: kedassia@kedassia.org.uk
Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Eizik Landau of B’nei Brak
Contact: Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Eizik Landau
Phone: 972-3-618-2647
Address: 3 Yechezkel St.
P.O. Box 1336
Bnei Brak, Israel 51112
Email: kimhci@012.net.il
Machzikei Hadass Manchester
Contact: Rabbi M.M. Schneebalg
Phone: 44-208-958-1030
Address: 17 Northumberland St.
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, M7 4RP
Email: kashrus@mhmanchester.org.uk
Rabbi Schneebalg of Edgeware
Contact: Rabbi Eliezer Schneebalg
Phone: 44-208-958-1030
Address: 7 The Rise
Edgeware, Middlesex, England
HABBNS
Rabbi Shulem Landau, Established by Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim zt”l
Contact: Rabbi Shulem Landau
Phone: 44-161-720-8598
Address: 15 Broom Lane
Salford, England M7 4EQ
Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim z”l
Badatz Igud Rabbonim
Contact: Rabbi Danny Moore
Phone: 44-161-720-8598
Address: 5, Castlefield Avenue
Salford, Manchester, M7 4GQ UK
Email: UK.Offices@Badatz.org
Website: https://badatz.org.uk/
Yoshon Only with "Yoshon" Label (Including Malt)
This group of hechsherim does include Barley Malt in their yoshon hashgacha, so everything in the product will be yoshon, if labeled as such.
All of these agencies require “Yoshon” to be printed on the package in order to be yoshon. If it doesn’t say “Yoshon” on the package, (either in English or Hebrew), they do not guarantee it is yoshon.
Wording on packages can also include one or more of the following:
“ישן“, “Yoshon” or “Yashan”.
“קמח ישן” or “Kemach Yashan” (Yoshon Flour).
“ללא חשש חדש” or “Lelo Chashash Chadash” (Without Fear of Being Chadash).
Rabbi Yechiel Babad (Tartikover Rav)
Contact: Rabbi Yechiel Babad
Phone: 1-718-951-0952
or 1-718-951-0953
Address: 5207 19th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11204
CRC- Hisachdut (Central Rabbinic Congress)
Contact: Rabbi Hillel Weinberger
Phone: 1-718-384-6765
Address: 85 Division Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Email: info@crckashrus.org
Website: https://www.crckashrus.org
Heart K/California K
(West Coast Division of OK Kosher)
Contact: Rabbi Chaim Fogelman
Phone: 1-718-907-9525
Address: 391 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Email: info@ok.org
Website: https://www.ok.org
Federation of Synagogues, London (KF)
Contact: Dayan Moshe Elzas
Phone: 44-020-8202-2263
Address: 65 Watford Way
London, England NW4 3AQ
Email: info@kfkosher.org
Website: https://www.federation.org.uk
Machon L’Kashrus of New Square
Contact: Rabbi Mordechai Unger
Phone: 1-845-354-6632
Address: 29 Westside Ave.
Spring Valley, NY 10977
New Square Kashrus Council/New Square Kashrus (NSK)
Contact: Rabbi Chaim Wagshal
Phone: 1-845-354-5120
Address: 8 Truman Ave, Suite #2
New Square, NY 10977
Email: NSKosher@TheJNet.com
Organized Kashrus Laboratories (OK)
Contact: Rabbi Chaim Fogelman
Phone: 1-718-907-9525
Address: 391 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Email: info@ok.org
Website: https://www.ok.org
Yoshon Product Search: Yoshon Database
OK Kosher Hotline WhatsApp Chat:
1-646-306-8661
Star- K Certification
Contact: Dr. Avram Pollack
Phone: 1-410-484-4110
Address: 122 Slade Ave. #300
Baltimore, MD 21208
Email: star-k@star-k.org
Yoshon Info: Star-K Quick Reference Guide & Baltimore Yoshon Establishments
Website: https://www.star-k.org
Rabbi Shlomo Stern (Debrecener Rav)
Contact: Rabbi Shlomo Stern
Phone: 1-718-853-962
Address: 1641 56th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11204
Phone: 1-212-563-4000
Consumer Hotline: 1-212-613-8241 Ext. 3
Address: 11 Broadway New York, NY 10004
Email: kosherq@ou.org
Website: https://oukosher.org
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum (Nirbater Rav)
Contact: Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum
Phone: 1-718-851-1221
Address: 1617 46th St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11204
Email: rabbi@cymkosher.org
Rabbi Nochum Efraim Teitelbaum (Volover Rav)
Contact: Rabbi Nuchem Efraim Teitelbaum
Phone: 1-718-436-4685
Address: 5808 11th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Rabbi M. Weissmandl (Rav of Nitra-Monsey)
Contact: Rabbi Weissmandl
Phone: 1-845-352-1807
Address: 1 Park Lane
Monsey, NY 10952
Yoshon with "Yoshon" Label (Except Malt)
This group of hechsherim generally hold that the barley malt in flour is batel, so they do not check the status of the malt in the products they oversee.
They still require “Yoshon” to be on the package in order to be yoshon (see list below), but if you do not hold that malt is batel, you must check the dates for malt. If any of the products they oversee contain Malt, our site will state the malt cutoff date.
Acceptable package wording can include one or more of the following in Hebrew and/or English:
“ישן“, “Yoshon” or “Yashan”.
“קמח ישן” or “Kemach Yashan” (Yoshon Flour).
“ללא חשש חדש” or “Lelo Chashash Chadash” (Without Fear of Being Chadash).
Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc)
Contact: Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
Phone: 1-773-465-3900
Address: 2701 W. Howard
Chicago, IL 60645-1303
Email: info@crckosher.org
Yoshon Establishments Search
Website: https://www.crcweb.org
Rabbi Binyomin Gruber
Contact: Rabbi Binyomin Gruber
Phone: 1-845-425-7516
Address: 122 Adar Court
Monsey, NY 10952
K’hal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ)
Contact: Rabbi Moshe Zvi Edelstein
Phone: 1-845-425-9089
Address: 85-93 Bennett Avenue
New York, NY 10033
Email: kajkosher@gmail.com
Website: https://www.kajinc.org
Kehilah Kashrus (Flatbush Community Kashrus Organization)
Contact: Rabbi Zechariah Adler
Phone: 1-718-951-0481
Address: 1294 E. 8th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Email: kehilahkashrus@hotmail.com
Kof-K Kosher Supervision
Contact: Rabbi Zecharia Senter
Phone: 1-201-837-0500
Address: 201 The Plaza
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Email: info@kof-k.org
Website: https://www.kof-k.org
Yoshon Policy Unknown
The remaining hechsherim are those of unknown Yoshon Policy. They appear to vary in their hashgacha– sometimes being yoshon with no indications, yoshon only with a “Yoshon” label, or possibly not yoshon at all and going by date. (See above for qualifying package statements.)
For these, it is important to contact them directly to make sure of a product’s status if it is unknown. All of these have appeared in products we have on the site.
Kosher Australia
Contact: Rabbi Moshe D. Gutnick
Phone: +61-3-8317-2555
Address: 81 Balaclava Road
Caulfield, Victoria 3161 Australia
Email: info@kosher.org.au
Website: https://kosher.org.au/
Kosher Check/ Rabbinical Council of British Columbia (BCK)
Contact: Rabbi Avraham Feigelstak
Phone: 1-604-731-1803
Address: 401-1037 W Broadway
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1E3
Email: info@koshercheck.org
Website: https://koshercheck.org/
Rabbi Asher Eckstein (Belzer Dayan)
Contact: Rabbi Asher Eckstein
Phone: 1-718-854-3030 Ext 204
Address: 1435 51st St.
Brooklyn , NY 11219
Email: rabbieckstein@gmail.com
Kashrus Council of Canada (COR)
Contact: Rabbi Dovid Rosen
Phone: 1-416-635-9550
Address: 3200 Dufferin St
Toronto, Ontario M6A 3B2
Email: info@cor.ca
Website: https://cor.ca
WhatsApp Chat: Private Questions-
1-647-402-1910
Organization of Orthodox Kashrus Supervision (KS)
Contact: Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik
Phone: 1-773-539-8049
Address: 3301 West Ardmore
Chicago, IL 60659
Email: zamirkatan@aol.com
Kosher Supervision of America (KSA)
Contact: Rabbi Binyomin Lisbon
Phone: 1-310-282-0444
Address: P. O. Box 35721
8850 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles , CA 90807
Email: info@ksakosher.org
Website: https://www.ksakosher.org
Court of The Chief Rabbi London Beth Din (KLBD)
Contact: Rabbi Jeremy Conway
Phone: 44-208-343-6247
Address: 305 Ballards Lane
London, England N12 8GB
Email: info@kosher.org.uk
Website: https://www.kosher.org.uk
Kosher Vaad Harabonim of New England/Rabbinical Council of New England (KVH)
Contact: Rabbi Moshe Kaufman
Phone: 1-617-426-2139
Address: 26 Lincoln St.
Boston, MA 02135
Email: info@kvhkosher.org
Website: https://kvhkosher.org/
Manchester Beis Din (MBD)
Contact: Rabbi Yehuda Osher Steiner
Phone: 44-161-740-9711
Address: MJCC Jubilee School
Bury Old Road
Manchester M7 4QY
Email: info@mbd.org.uk
Website: https://www.mbd.org.uk
Montreal Kosher (MK)
Contact: Rabbi Haim Y. Mamane
Phone: 1-866-739-6363
or
514-739-6363, ext. 1240
Address: 6825 Decarie Blvd.
Montreal, Quebec H3W3E4
Email: Yoshon@mk.ca
Website: https://mk.ca
Website Yoshon Page: https://mk.ca/yoshon/
A Division of Manchester Beis Din (MBD)
Contact: Rabbi Reuven Chevins
Phone: 44-161-740-9711
Address: MJCC Jubilee School Bury Old Road
Manchester M7 4QY
Email: kosher@nwkosher.org.uk
Website: https://www.nwkosher.org.uk/
Rabbinical Council of California (RCC)
Contact: Rabbi Nissim Davidi
Phone: 1-213-389-3382
Address: 3870 Wilshire Blvd. #420
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Email: info@rccvaad.org
Website: https://rccvaad.org
Tarnopol Kashrus
Contact: Rabbi Naftali Meir Babad
Phone: 1-718-437-2000
Address: 163 Parkville Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Email: mail@tarnopol.org
Website: https://tarnopol.org
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Tartikov Beth Din/Beth Din Minchas Chinuch Tartikov Kashrus Division
Contact: Rabbi Shmuel Teitelbaum
Phone: 1-718-972-3508
Address: 5014 16th Ave. #115
Brooklyn, NY 11204
Email: info@tartikovkosher.com
Website: http://www.tartikovkosher.org
Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa (UOS)
Contact: Rabbi Dovi Goldstein
Johannesburg Phone: 27-21-010 214-2600
Cape Town Phone: 27-021-461-6310
Address: PO Box 46559
Orange Grove, Johannesburg 2119
Email: koshersa@uos.co.za
Website: https://www.koshersa.co.za/
Yoshon Search
Kosher Desk WhatsApp: +27-63-693-9417
Vaad Harabonim of Queens
Contact: Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld
Phone: 718-520-9060
Address: 141-49 73rd Avenue
Flushing, New York, 11367
Email: info@queensvaad.org
Website: www.queensvaad.org