Heksher/Hechsher (1939)

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"Look for the special tag with the Hechsher attached to each can."
(Typing error corrected from previous post on "pareve" from 1939--ed.)

   I couldn't find "hechsher" or "heksher" in the OED or in Merriam-Webster.
John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD and Alan Davidson's OXFORD
COMPANION TO FOOD don't have it.  Those books don't even mention "pareve"!
   Google has 228 hits for "heksher" and 1,940 hits for "hechsher."
   Below is the earliest "heksher" in the NYPL catalog and is of possible
use:


Call #  <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/c*PKO+(Liturgy+and+ritual.+Haggadah.+Seder+Hagadah+shel+Pesa%7B242%7Dh.+1784)/c*pko+liturgy+and+ritual+haggadah+seder+hagadah+shel+pesah+1784/-5,-1,0,E/2browse">*PKO (Liturgy and ritual. Haggadah. Seder Hagadah shel Pesah. 1784)</A>

Title   <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tHaggadah.+Yiddish+%26+Hebrew./thaggadah+yiddish+and+hebrew/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Haggadah. Yiddish & Hebrew.</A>
    Seder Hagadah shel Pesah : kevan she-mitsvah le-`omrah be-lashon
she-mevinim ha-nashim u-ketanim ule-faresh lahem ha-`inyan, `al ken hitsagnu
lashon ashkenaz etsel hagadah, ve-gam ketsat dine heksher kelim u-bedikat
hamets ... / perush ha-rav ha-gadol Rashbats ... ha-nikra Afikoman u-ferush
Gevurot ha-Shem she-hiber ha-ga'on Maharal mi-Prag ...
Imprint Prag : Gedrukt in der Erkoyfte Bakishen un' Katsishen freyvilegirte
bukh drukreya, [544] 1784.


LOCATION    CALL #  STATUS
  Humanities-Jewish Div      *PKO (Liturgy and ritual. Haggadah. Seder
Hagadah shel Pesah. 1784)
Location    Humanities-Jewish Div
Descript    [2], 24, 21, [1] leaves ; 22 cm.
Note    Text of Haggadah in Hebrew with Yiddish translation and instructions;
commentaries in Hebrew.
    Colophon: `Al yede ha-po`el ha-`osek bi-melekhet ha-kadosh ha-zetser ...
David ben K. Lipman ... mehokek ... mi-Prag. Ve-`al yede ha-po`el ha-`osek
bi-melekhet ha-kadosh ha-zetser ha-bahur Feybel ben ... Shim`on Avlish
mi-Prag .... `Al yede ha-p[o]`el ha-`osek bi-melekhet ha-kadosh ha-zetser
Matati. ben ... Yehudah Lev Gutman shelita mi-Fyorda ... be-k.k. Prag. Ve-`al
yede ha-po`el ha-`osek bi-melekhet ha-kadosh ha-zetser K. Gavri'el ben
ha-manoah ... Nat`a otits ... mi-Prag. `Al yede ha-po`el ha-`osek bi-melekhet
ha-kadosh ha-druker K. Me'ir ben ha-manoah ... Yosef ... me-Aitingn ...
be-Prag. Ve-`al yede ha-po`el ha-`osek bi-melekhet ha-kadosh ha-druker H.
Avraham ben ha-manoah ... Zanvel ... me-Mertsbakh ... be-Prag.
    Signatures: [1]2 2-74 )(1-)(54 )(62.
References  Yaari, A. Bib. shel Hagadot Pesah, 210
    Vinograd, II, p.551, 943
Note    Errata on recto of final leaf; verso blank.
Subject <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dHaggadah+--+Commentaries./dhaggadah+commentaries/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Haggadah -- Commentaries.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dHaggadot+--+Texts./dhaggadot+texts/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Haggadot -- Texts.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dSeder+--+Liturgy+--+Texts./dseder+liturgy+texts/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dJudaism+--+Liturgy+--+Texts./djudaism+liturgy+texts/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dPassover+--+Prayer-books+and+devotions./dpassover+prayer-books+and+devotions/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Passover -- Prayer-books and devotions.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dHebrew+language+--+Texts./dhebrew+language+texts/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Hebrew language -- Texts.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dYiddish+language+--+Texts./dyiddish+language+texts/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Yiddish language -- Texts.</A>
Add'l name  <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aDuran%2C+Simeon+ben+%7B242%7DZema%7B242%7Dh%2C+1361-1444./aduran+simeon+ben+zemah+1361-1444/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Duran, Simeon ben Zemah, 1361-1444</A> . <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tAfikoman./tafikoman/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Afikoman.</A>
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aJudah+Loew+ben+Bezalel%2C+ca.+1525-1609./ajudah+loew+ben+bezalel+ca+1525-1609/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Judah Loew ben Bezalel, ca. 1525-1609.</A> <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tGevurot+H./tgevurot+h/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Gevurot H.</A>
Alt title   Hagadah shel Pesah
    <A HREF="http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tHaggadah./thaggadah/-5,-1,0,B/browse">Haggadah.</A>