Updated Sepember 17, 2025
- OU Pas Yisroel List for 5786-2025 is here
- KVH Certified Pas Yisroel List is here
- The Star-K Yoshon Quick Reference Guide is here
- Kof-K Pas Yisroel List is here
- MK Yoshon Updates Establishments and Products
- September 12, 2025 Pas Yisroel Information from the COR Detroit:
PAS YISROEL: The K-COR reminds consumers of the accepted custom to be stringent on Pas Yisroel during Aseres Yemei T’shuva. Please be advised that many K-COR certified establishments produce or sell some bread and cake products that are not Pas Yisroel. Ask the Mashgiach or call the K-COR office for details regarding specific establishments.
- The following establishments are totally Pas Yisroel, except where noted: BAKE STATION, DAKOTA BREAD COMPANY, ZEMAN’S, JERUSALEM PIZZA [except for wraps], PIZZA STOP, ESS IN [except for Keto Taco], PRIME 10, SOUL CAFÉ RESTAURANT, KAPLAN CAKES, SAY CHEESE, SUGAR & CRUST and YODELS ‘N MORE. At THE GROVE FRESH BAKERY dept., all items that are sold loose, or repackaged with a Grove label, are Pas Yisroel.
- KORDAS’ BREADS, ROLLS, AND BUNS from Metropolitan Baking Co. that bear the K-COR symbol are Pas Yisroel*. Note that Kordas’ Greek Style Pita Bread and Kordas’ English Muffins are not K-COR certified.
- MILANO BAKERY BREADS and ROLLS that bear the K-COR symbol are Pas Yisroel* except for Milano
Bread Sticks which are not Pas Yisroel.
- SPECIALLY SELECTED brand SMALL BATCH SOURDOUGH LOAF, SMALL BATCH ITALIAN LOAF, ITALIAN
BREAD and any other Specially Selected breads at Aldi that bear a Scroll K symbol are Pas Yisroel, and
state “P.Y.” under the symbol in fine print. [Note that some Specially Selected breads with other symbols may
not be Pas Yisroel, or may not have reliable certification. Some bear no certification at all.]
- TRADER JOE'S brand of CHOCOLATE BROOKLYN BABKA and HALF MOON COOKIES that bear OU Pareve are Pas Yisroel.
- TRADER JOE’S ORGANIC FRENCH ROLLS and TRADER JOE’S ORGANIC FRENCH BAGUETTE that bear MK
certification [Montreal] are Pas Yisroel*.
- TRADER JOE'S CHALLAH - BRAIDED EGG BREAD with an Earth K symbol is Pas Yisroel, as stated on the
label.
NOTE: Trader Joe's Sprouted Wheat Sourdough Bread and Sprouted Wheat Multigrain Bread bearing a Star-K are not Pas Yisroel.]
- KRONOS PITA BREAD with a cRc symbol is Pas Yisroel*, as stated on the label, except for packages with
lot codes 5160 and 5167 that are not Pas Yisroel due to an oven maintenance issue, despite the Pas
Yisroel labeling.
- FOOD FOR LIFE EZEKIEL SPROUTED GRAIN BREADS with the Kof-K symbol are Pas Yisroel*. The Pocket Bread, however, is not Pas Yisroel.
- MATT’S BAKERY COOKIES that bear a plain OK symbol are “Pas Yisroel”*, as stated on the label. Those that bear OK-D or OK-DE are not Pas Yisroel.
* per the “glow-bar method” [an electrical heating element turned on by the Mashgiach], which most Kashrus agencies consider Pas Yisroel. (The OU, however, does not accept this as Pas Yisroel, based on the psak of Rabbi Yisroel Belsky zt’l.)
Kashrut.com posts information on yoshon and pas yisroel year-round at www.kashrut.com/consumer/baked_goods
