Comments on: “Kosher?” Or “Kosher!” - Part 3 http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2009/08/kosher-or-kosher-part-iii/ Reporting on Kashrus in Eretz Yisrael Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Mirsky http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2009/08/kosher-or-kosher-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Michael Mirsky Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:39:03 +0000 http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/?p=1023#comment-284 "If you do make the demands, and they forgo your hechsher, how will you feel knowing that tens of thousands of people might be eating traif (of one sort or another) because of your (”unreasonable”) requirements?" That would be the outcome if the buyer doesn't care about Kashrut because in that case the vendor would have no Teudah. So with or without you giving the hechsher, the buyer would likely eat traif anyways. But I think the actual outcome may be worse; the vendor may turn to another person who offers a hasgacha who is much more compliant, turns a blind eye to even "minimalist" halachic violations and people see the teudah and eat the food thinking it is fine. “If you do make the demands, and they forgo your hechsher, how will you feel knowing that tens of thousands of people might be eating traif (of one sort or another) because of your (”unreasonable”) requirements?”

That would be the outcome if the buyer doesn’t care about Kashrut because in that case the vendor would have no Teudah. So with or without you giving the hechsher, the buyer would likely eat traif anyways.

But I think the actual outcome may be worse; the vendor may turn to another person who offers a hasgacha who is much more compliant, turns a blind eye to even “minimalist” halachic violations and people see the teudah and eat the food thinking it is fine.

]]> By: D'veed Natan http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2009/08/kosher-or-kosher-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-281 D'veed Natan Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:48:24 +0000 http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/?p=1023#comment-281 Wow! Well put. This article puts into perspective a very sticky situation. The Kashrut supervisors are between a rock and a hard place. I guess that is what the "Mehadrin" issue is all about! Wow! Well put. This article puts into perspective a very sticky situation. The Kashrut supervisors are between a rock and a hard place. I guess that is what the “Mehadrin” issue is all about!

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