The following information is based on reports released by the Israel Chief Rabbinate Kashrut Enforcement Division.
Depicted are photos of unauthorized kashrut certificates seen around Israel.
Badatz Rupshitz
R' Saar Mizrachi Shlita - This is the guy who brought us Keter Kashrut
Pe'er Naftali - Jan 2010
Ateret Mehadrin
Kisei Eliyahu (Bogus)
Vaad HaKashrut L'Mehadrin (meat) (photo Rabbi E. Mayer)
Badatz Keter HaKashrut (meat) (photo Rabbi E. Mayer)
Legitimate certificate alongside an unauthorized one
See above – it is confusing. You will commonly see a legitimate Rabbinate certificate alongside an unauthorized ‘mehadrin’ certificate, leading you to believe an eatery is mehadrin when in actuality, this is not the case!
Badatz Tifferet Kashrut
Keter Kashrut (dairy)
Badatz Ichud Yisrael
Badatz Shemen HaMishcha
Badatz Mor Levana
Badatz Nachlat Yitzchak
Badatz Nezer Hidur
Badatz Nezer Kashrut
Badatz Rav Yaakov Landau - Beersheva
6 Comments
Some of the pictures have red diagonal lines drawn through them, and some do not. Are the ones that do not have the lines legitimate hechsherim? Which would mean that the first six depicted hechsherim are legitimate?
Thanks for your response. We are fairly new olim and would like to know what’s what in the realm of kashrus.
Andrea Eller
Hello again.
If all the hechsherim pictured here are not reliable, would it be possible to provide pictures of those that are reliable?
Also, do you you have information on the symbols of reliable (and unreliable) hechsherim on products found in grocery stores and supermarkets? There are myriad symbols here and we don’t want to have to make myriad phone calls every time we shop!
Thanks very much.
1. All of the certificates in this category are ‘not authorized’ as indicated by the title. The red line or lack of it is not significant. It is just a matter of what photos were obtainable.
2. To see accepted hechsherim one may visit the another page on JKN site.
http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/popular-recognized-kashrut-agencies-in-israel/
I suggest simply going to the home page in general and looking on the right side where you can find links to a wealth of information.
When you say unauthorized, does this mean these heksherim are just not authorized for the various establishments, or are they just mamish fake and have no real Rabbinic Supervision behind them? I ask bc I went to a new place in the Shuk last night and saw a “Badatz Keter HaKashrut (meat)” cert. but I thought something was a little off and I didn’t see the requiste Rabbanut Teudah, which I have heard a place needs to have by law, even if they have a Teudat Heksher – is this also true?
Thanks for the information.
After reading about the current situation in Jerusalem and possibly other cities it would appear that none of this matters. If the government continues to follow through on the investigation into the lack of proper inspection at most restaurants in Jerusalem these certificates are of no consequence. Please read this for more information.
http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2012/07/summer-kashrus-travel-advisory-for-jerusalem/
In Petach Tikva there is a Hashgacha called Mishkoletz Badatz and I believe there is a shul called Mishkoletz also.
I don’t see that hashgacha on either list—-any idea?
I’ve seen the name on 2 establishments in Petach Tikva, one a bakery and the other a Schwarma/ falafel place with a huge painted sign in the window saying it is under that BADATZ —-There may, of course, be more.