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Kosher symbols, decoded
Packages spell the hechsher in Hebrew or Latin letters, never as a logo here. These are the names and the meat, dairy, parve, and Pesach marks.
| Hebrew | Reads | What it is | Good to know | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רבנות | rabbanut | rabbinate hechsher | ||
| הרבנות הראשית | ha-rabbanut ha-rashit | Chief Rabbinate | ||
| בד"ץ | badatz | Badatz | A rabbinical-court hechsher; several unrelated bodies use the word. | |
| בד"ץ העדה החרדית | badatz ha-eda ha-haredit | Badatz Eda Haredit | ||
| בד"ץ מחזיקי הדת | badatz makhzikei ha-dat | Belz Badatz | ||
| שארית ישראל | she'erit yisra'el | She'erit Yisrael | ||
| חוג חתם סופר | khug khatam sofer | Chug Chatam Sofer | ||
| OU | ou | Orthodox Union | ||
| OK | ok | OK Kosher | ||
| Star-K | star-k | Star-K | ||
| Kof-K | kof-k | Kof-K | ||
| cRc | crc | Chicago Rabbinical Council | ||
| פרווה | parve | parve marking | ||
| חלבי | khalavi | dairy marking | ||
| בשרי | basari | meat marking | ||
| D | d | dairy letter on a package | Latin D next to a hechsher means dairy. | |
| DE | de | dairy equipment | Made on dairy equipment but the food is not dairy. | |
| כשר לפסח | kasher le-pesakh | kosher for Pesach | ||
| P | p | Pesach letter on a package | OU-P and similar marks; P is Passover, not parve. | |
| קטניות | kitniyot | kitniyot | Rice, beans, and similar; many Ashkenazi packs say whether they are included. | |
| ללא קטניות | lelo kitniyot | no kitniyot | ||
| חלב ישראל | khalav yisra'el | Jewish-supervised milk | ||
| פת ישראל | pat yisra'el | Jewish-baked bread | ||
| בישול ישראל | bishul yisra'el | Jewish-involved cooking | ||
| מהדרין | mehadrin | mehadrin | ||
| למהדרין | lemehadrin | for the particular | ||
| בית יוסף | beit yosef | Bet Yosef | A Sephardi slaughter and salting standard on meat. | |
| רב לנדא | rav landa | Rabbi Landau | ||
| רב מחפוד | rav makhpud | Rabbi Machpud | ||
| אגודת ישראל | agudat yisra'el | Agudat Yisrael | ||
| תרומות ומעשרות | trumot u-ma'asrot | tithes taken | On Israeli produce: priestly gifts and tithes have been separated. | |
| גלאט | glat | glatt | ||
| כשרות רגילה | kashrut regila | regular kashrut | The non-mehadrin municipal or rabbanut mark. |
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Kosher symbols הכשרים
Say it
| זה פרווה | ze parve | This is parve. |
| כשר למהדרין | kasher lemehadrin | It is mehadrin kosher. |
| איזה הכשר | eize hekhsher | Which hechsher is it? |
| חלבי או בשרי | khalavi o basari | Dairy or meat? |
| כשר לפסח | kasher le-pesakh | Kosher for Pesach. |
| יש חשש קטניות | yesh khashash kitniyot | Is there a kitniyot concern? |
| בד"ץ או רבנות | badatz o rabbanut | Badatz or Rabbanut? |
| זה חלב ישראל | ze khalav yisra'el | This is khalav Yisrael. |
Terms
| רבנות | rabbanut | rabbinate hechsher |
| הרבנות הראשית | ha-rabbanut ha-rashit | Chief Rabbinate |
| בד"ץ | badatz | Badatz |
| בד"ץ העדה החרדית | badatz ha-eda ha-haredit | Badatz Eda Haredit |
| בד"ץ מחזיקי הדת | badatz makhzikei ha-dat | Belz Badatz |
| שארית ישראל | she'erit yisra'el | She'erit Yisrael |
| חוג חתם סופר | khug khatam sofer | Chug Chatam Sofer |
| OU | ou | Orthodox Union |
| OK | ok | OK Kosher |
| Star-K | star-k | Star-K |
| Kof-K | kof-k | Kof-K |
| cRc | crc | Chicago Rabbinical Council |
| פרווה | parve | parve marking |
| חלבי | khalavi | dairy marking |
| בשרי | basari | meat marking |
| D | d | dairy letter on a package |
| DE | de | dairy equipment |
| כשר לפסח | kasher le-pesakh | kosher for Pesach |
| P | p | Pesach letter on a package |
| קטניות | kitniyot | kitniyot |
| ללא קטניות | lelo kitniyot | no kitniyot |
| חלב ישראל | khalav yisra'el | Jewish-supervised milk |
| פת ישראל | pat yisra'el | Jewish-baked bread |
| בישול ישראל | bishul yisra'el | Jewish-involved cooking |
| מהדרין | mehadrin | mehadrin |
| למהדרין | lemehadrin | for the particular |
| בית יוסף | beit yosef | Bet Yosef |
| רב לנדא | rav landa | Rabbi Landau |
| רב מחפוד | rav makhpud | Rabbi Machpud |
| אגודת ישראל | agudat yisra'el | Agudat Yisrael |
Say it
זה פרווה
ze parve
This is parve.
כשר למהדרין
kasher lemehadrin
It is mehadrin kosher.
איזה הכשר
eize hekhsher
Which hechsher is it?
חלבי או בשרי
khalavi o basari
Dairy or meat?
כשר לפסח
kasher le-pesakh
Kosher for Pesach.
יש חשש קטניות
yesh khashash kitniyot
Is there a kitniyot concern?
בד"ץ או רבנות
badatz o rabbanut
Badatz or Rabbanut?
זה חלב ישראל
ze khalav yisra'el
This is khalav Yisrael.
Good to know
P is Pesach, not parve
A Latin P on an OU mark is Passover; parve is written פרווה or left without D.
Several bodies are called בד"ץ
Eda Haredit, Belz, and others are different certifications that share a word.
Rabbanut is the baseline in many stores
Mehadrin and named rabbinic courts sit on top of it for people who ask.
Produce has its own sentence
תרומות ומעשרות on Israeli fruit means the tithes were taken, which is separate from a meat hechsher.