Comments on: Kosher Toilet Paper

By: rivka

rivka — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:12:36 +0000

I thought it had to be kosher to make sure no melacha was done on Shabbos by Jews to produce it

By: B

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:14:57 +0000

You know…if the responsible (maybe IRRESPONSIBLE!!) organizations didn’t waste their time–and OUR money–hechshering aluminum foil, bottled water, and toilet paper, they might actually find the time to hechsher clothing. Are you aware that in ORTHODOX stores, you can buy clothes that are shatnez?!

By: Yaakov

Yaakov — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:46:10 +0000

I don’t know…I have seen some dogs do some pretty disgusting things…

By: cheski

cheski — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:37:55 +0000

Why is there a problem with toilet paper? Especially after it is used, it is not ‘raui l’achilat kelev’ anymore?

By: Ron Katz

Ron Katz — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:23:55 +0000

When people found out that ‘gniza’ (paper from sifrei Torah, tfillin etc) was part of the old paper used in some Israeli recycling plants to make toilet paper, they called for supervision. So kosher toilet paper does make sense (kosher in the sense: fit for use by a religious jew). Kosher for pesach is a standard thing that badatz puts on all products that have no problem being used on Pesach.

By: Gedman

Gedman — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:25:59 +0000

In years past, I saw “kosher toilet paper” in Israel like you describe. Next to the hashgacha symbol was a statement that the toilet paper was made under strict supervision to insure that no shaimot (Torah writings) were included in the recycled paper used to produce the toilet paper.

Here in the US (don’t ask…), we get many imported Israeli food products. One brand of juice under the badatz hashgacha has the statement “Kasher l’yamot ha-shannah bilvad”. Translated: Kosher certification applies only to the days of the year. This begs the Haggaddah-esque question: does the hashgacha apply only during the days and not during the nights? :) If the hashgacha only applies during “the days of the year”, what days is the juice not under hashgacha?

(After asking a few people, everyone agreed that the statement probably means that the hashgacha does not include Pesach supervision.)

By: Yaakov

Yaakov — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:01:24 +0000

Well, since this isn’t shmurah toilet paper, we didn’t plan on using it on the Seder night anyway, so I didn’t think that the month thing would apply. However, it is also worthy of investigation.

By: EmahS

EmahS — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:44:15 +0000

Also, isn’t there a question about the fact that you are using said toilet paper and it isn’t even Pesach? like, aren’t you supposed to stop using it a month before pesach? hmmmm……

Rak B’yisrael!!!

and yes, missed your posts, and yes, noticed you weren’t posting, but I still kept checking! :)