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After the Storm: More Non-Kosher Food Storage in Military Refrigerators | Israel today

2020-02-25T11:15:41.368Z


New order permits soldiers to hold food of any type in refrigerators for the first time • "Soldiers may bring private food from home in boxes" Military News


New order permits soldiers to keep food of all kinds in refrigerators for the first time • "Soldiers may bring private food from home in closed boxes for refrigerator storage," it said

  • Illustrative image // Photo: From the IDF website

A few months ago, a storm arose after it became clear that a soldier was storing meat in a refrigerator that was milky. The soldier, who served at the South Air Force Base, was sentenced to 28 days in detention at the base, after storing a package of frozen burgers he brought from his home. The IDF then claimed that the soldier had been told how to use the refrigerator in his room and was explicitly forbidden to keep it in the meat. In response, the secular forum organization claimed that it was religious and forced coercion, and that there was no reason to keep meat in the refrigerator.

The military rabbinate has now decided on a series of refinements for instructions on the use of refrigerators, including storage of food brought from home, and even if it is not kosher at all. According to the instructions in the refrigerators it is permissible to hold non-milky or fur foods "meaning - can be meaty or even without kosher".

Reporter: Tamar Ripple // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon // Editing: Amir Schwartz

The refrigerators, unlike all other kitchen utensils, will not be defined as meat or milk, to avoid misunderstanding, as opposed to IDF kitchen kitchens that are milked. "The food will be stored in a closed container and consumed in disposable dishes only. No processing or heating will be done in the food, such as cutting on a cutting board with a knife, ”he emphasized.

The IDF confirmed the details, saying that "after extensive and in-depth staff work, the military rabbinate defined kashrut procedures for kitchens. Prior to this, there were no kosher orders regarding the kitchens, which led to a lack of clarity among soldiers and commanders. Now the issue has been settled.

"In accordance with the guidelines, it is stipulated that the slaughterhouses shall be defined as milky and used only for dairy or fur foods. However, as has been the case today, soldiers may bring private food from the house in closed boxes for storage in the refrigerator. For IDF bases by soldiers, the ban on the introduction of non-kosher food is only valid for kitchens and dining rooms. "

"The new ordinance optimally balances the preservation of training in the public space used by all unit soldiers, and the personal needs of each soldier. The ordinance will also optimize the retention of kosher in the kitchens," he said.

Source: israelhayom

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