<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
I had a long (1/2 hour) phone conversation with Rabbi Kestenbaum of
London England and he provided the following information concerning
sources for the oat matzah. I verified the information for Baltimore,
Toronto and London by actually phoning. I have not verified the accuracy
of the other numbers (however since they are Rabbi Kestenbaum's
daughter's I can only hope he knows their phone numbers and names).
USA only: Mail Order is being handled by Sweet Creations,
Baltimore, MD 410-358-5910 (EST). She is accepting orders.
Another source is http://www.koshersupermarket.com, within the USA
1-888-42kosher, outside the USA 732-905-0666, fax 732-886-9390. They do
ship outside the USA, HOWEVER they cannot guarantee delivery due to
customs, etc problems. The passover part of their site was up AFTER 21
March (Purim). They will not accept orders until the site is up. Since I
don't allow cookies I have not been able to verify the site, but have
talked to them on the phone & they were extremely helpful. I have never
ordered from them, however they have been around for at least a year
since I first looked at them last year.
Canada: Rabbi Magid in Toronto at 416-785-6096(voice or answering
machine) or 416-784-5601 (voice or fax).
Israel: it will again be available locally (I don't have a list of
locations) or through Rabbi Kestenbaum's daughter Mrs. Ruth Perednik at
02-933-8078 (she should know the locations, I understand they will be
throughout the country).
Everywhere else contact the following:
Mrs. Miller in Lakewood, New Jersey USA 732-364-7113 (voice--afternoons
only) or 732-364-9872 (fax).
Rabbi Kestenbaum in London, England UK 44-181-455-9476 (voice) or
44-181-455-3212 (fax).
There is currently NO ONE distributing the matzah in any other location.
The person previously doing it in Australia has died. However, matzah is
being delivered to the various countries through shipping or in the
luggage of people traveling to those countries. Rabbi Kestenbaum
indicated that he currently distributes the matzah to over 7,000 people.
This all started because he wanted to find a way to help his celiac
daughter be able to have matzah for the seder!!!
For those of you who have never had oat matzah it is VERY good. I have
used it for Passover for about 11 years. The quality has improved every
year. The first year I had the matzah it was like eating oatmeal. Today
it is like eating matzah, crispy (as long as you keep it dry!!)and not
bitter. They make machine matzah (1 pound box) and hand made matzah
(approximately 1/2 pound, 3 matzos). Both are Shemura (=watched). It is
under the kosher supervision of Rabbi Osher Westheim, shlita, of the
Manchester Beth Din, England.
Hopefully their website will be back up soon (I checked today and it is
still down). It is http://www.kosherinfo.com.oatmatzo.
Since the rest of my conversation with Rabbi Kestenbaum would be of
interest to others in this forum that don't need the matzah I am sending
that as a seperate message.
Betsey Carus
Baltimore, MD USA
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