Comments on: Just What Are Mehadrin Standards? [Part 3 of 6] http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2010/06/just-what-are-mehadrin-standards-part-3-of-6/ Reporting on Kashrus in Eretz Yisrael Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: yechiel-admin http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2010/06/just-what-are-mehadrin-standards-part-3-of-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 yechiel-admin Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:56:00 +0000 http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/?p=2694#comment-1459 FROM A READER: Yasher Koach. I've been reading your newsletter for some time now and I think you are providing an excellent service. In fact, for years I had considered creating a similar Web site but I was just too lazy. I really appreciate the effort you have put into this work. Regarding the mehadrin series of articles, while I don't agree with everything that was written (i.e. the airline analogy), I do think it is quite informative and should be publicized more widely. In part 2 of the series (below), Rabbi Malinowitz is finally saying what few Rabbanim have the courage to say publically -- that by eating non-mehadrin, you stand a higher risk of eating actual treif. The problem is even worst when we consider restaurants, hotels and catering services. I can personally testify to several cases in the past years where actual treif or "questionable" food was served under a Rabbanut hescher! The blame is not to be placed on the Rabbanut since they are operating under difficult political and economical constraints. It is the consumers that must demand better quality kashrut. Is this article available in Hebrew? I have some friends that could benefit from it. If not, I think it would be very worthwhile getting it translated. The Israeli "dati" community is largely unaware of these issues. FROM A READER:
Yasher Koach. I’ve been reading your newsletter for some time now and I think you are providing an excellent service. In fact, for years I had considered creating a similar Web site but I was just too lazy. I really appreciate the effort you have put into this work.

Regarding the mehadrin series of articles, while I don’t agree with everything that was written (i.e. the airline analogy), I do think it is quite informative and should be publicized more widely.

In part 2 of the series (below), Rabbi Malinowitz is finally saying what few Rabbanim have the courage to say publically — that by eating non-mehadrin, you stand a higher risk of eating actual treif. The problem is even worst when we consider restaurants, hotels and catering services. I can personally testify to several cases in the past years where actual treif or “questionable” food was served under a Rabbanut hescher! The blame is not to be placed on the Rabbanut since they are operating under difficult political and economical constraints. It is the consumers that must demand better quality kashrut.

Is this article available in Hebrew? I have some friends that could benefit from it.

If not, I think it would be very worthwhile getting it translated. The Israeli “dati” community is largely unaware of these issues.

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