בס"ד *CHODOSH BULLETIN-21 MAY 15*
*From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman* *Chodosh telephone Hot Line 718-305-5133, email *yher...@earthlink.net This Bulletin discusses (1) Our planned schedule of publications for the new season, (2) How to subscribe to next season’s Guide, (3) Planting of the new Chodosh crop and preliminary estimates of the start of the new Chodosh season, and (4) Form to use if you wish to fax in your subscription. (1) Planned publication schedule for next season’s Guide We plan BS”D to publish a preliminary brief edition of the Guide as soon as possible at the beginning of the new Chodosh season, approximately early September. This should have enough information to start the new season, including preliminary Chodosh dates and package codes for many packaged goods. The full Guide will be published when the mashgichim will get back to us with updated information. This does not happen until a few weeks after sukkos, approximately sometime in November. In addition, there should be at least one update bulletin around January. All this will be mailed out to paid subscribers and be available by email. (The Preliminary Guide will be available as usual also at the local distributors in some cities. However, we would like to encourage people to subscribe directly instead, so that they can be updated on changes that may occur.) (2) How to subscribe to have the printed material mailed to you The subscription cost is $18 for all material to be mailed within the USA, $20 to Canada and Mexico, and $25 to be mailed to Israel and other parts of the world. The preferred method is to subscribe using a credit or debit card. This is very convenient for most people and is easier for us. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. *If you are totally unable to charge to your card we will accept checks, but only if you have no other option. We have had problems with checks being mailed for subscriptions in the past.* *How to subscribe with credit/debit cards* (a) *By recorded telephone message* Call 646-278-1189 and record a voice message with the requested information: Your phone number, credit card number and expiration date month and year, your name, and mailing address. *Note we must have your contact phone number or email address so we can contact you in case of questions.* *We cannot accept subscriptions without such contact information.* *Without it,* *your subscription can not be processed and you will not receive a Guide. *Do not leave us any Chodosh questions or other messages at this number. Use instead our Hot Line number 718-305-5133. (b) *Fax your credit/debit card information* You may send the above information by faxing it to our secure fax site at 888-755-7590. Please fill in and fax us the order printed at the end of this bulletin. (In the past some people had trouble faxing us the subscription orders. We believe that this is because some low-cost phone systems do not allow calling toll-free numbers such as this 888 number. If the fax number does not respond, please call this number from any other phone system such as your cell phone to confirm that the fax system is working on our end.) (c) *Do not send credit card information by email!* Do not send us credit card information by email since email is not secure and your information may be compromised. *Note for all those who signed up for Recurring Billing using a credit/debit card:* If you signed up for Automatic Renewal of your Subscription LOOK AT THE ADDRESS LABEL ON THIS BULLETIN. (a) IF YOU SEE “RB” NEXT TO YOUR NAME, that means that you have been charged for this year’s guide. The charge went thorough and NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED ON YOUR PART. Confirmation phone calls will not be made this season. (b) If you do not see "RB" next to your name, you have not been charged. If you have signed up for Recurring Billing, then your subscription did not go through. Either the Credit Card expired or it was changed or we were missing some information. If this occurred, you have been REMOVED from Recurring Billing and NEED to re-subscribe this year. We will not call you to remind you. This is your only reminder. *How to subscribe by mailing a check* *If you are totally unable to charge to your card we will accept checks, but this is only if there is NO other option. We have had problems with checks being mailed for subscriptions in the past. *If you must use a check, make out the check to Project Chodosh for the amounts stated above and mail it with your full address information and phone number to Project Chodosh, c/o Mrs. C. Rosskamm, 963 Armstrong Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308. (3) Preliminary estimates for the start of the new Chodosh season. According to the US Dep’t of Agriculture, only about 10% of the spring wheat, 15% of the barley and 20% of the oats were planted 2 days before pesach, We give the following early estimates of when the new Chodosh season is expected to start, based on the experience of earlier years. -*Oats* products may be Chodosh at the end of July or early August. In recent years the O-U was able to verify that oats packed for most *cereals* made in the USA should not be Chodosh even if packed in September or later. It is too early to know if this assurance will be renewed for the new season. -*Spring wheat* products may be Chodosh by early August in the Midwest USA and by mid August, elsewhere in the USA. This includes bread, challahs, rolls bagels and pizza made in local bakeries. *Barley *(pearled barley used, for example in cholent) could be Chodosh by early September. However, in recent years we have had may heimishe brands Yoshon under the hashgocho the entire season. The above are preliminary estimates. We hope to have updates on this as a Hot Line news recording and by email, after the harvest of the Chodosh crop starts, at the end of July. TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUIDE BY FAX PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING AND FAX TO 888-755-7590 YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER (where we can reach you in case of questions), or your email address: ________________________________________________________ YOUR NAME:______________________________________________________ YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, NUMBER AND STREET (including apartment number if needed): ______________________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE________________________________________________ CREDIT CARD NUMBER________________________________, EXPIRATION MONTH/YEAR___/___ IS THIS A NEW SUBSCRIPTION? _____. DO YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL BILLING NEXT YEAR?________
