The ultra-Orthodox rabbis against the reform: Do not eat from the kosher of a rabbi who works in another city

As part of Minister Kahana's reform, starting this morning, restaurant owners will be able to choose which rabbi will grant them a kosher certificate.

However, the greatest rabbis in the sector, including Rabbi Kanievsky, announced in a letter that its contents will be published in Walla!

Because granting kosher status in a city where the rabbi does not hold office is "achieving a limit"

Yaki Adamkar

02/01/2022

Sunday, 02 January 2022, 10:21

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The great rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox sector signed a letter this weekend, the contents of which will be published today (Sunday) for the first time in Walla!

Where they announced that city rabbis who would grant kosher to businesses or restaurants in cities where they do not serve would have their kosherness banned altogether.

This is despite the fact that the government's kosher reform, which went into effect today, makes this possible.

In the draft letter that reached Walla!

It is written that the purpose of the reform promoted by Minister Kahana is to "impose controversy among the rabbis of Israel, by seeking to allow other rabbis to give kosher outside their place of residence and cause jealousy and competition with each other." Complete destruction of the entire kashrut system in the Holy Land. "

The ultra-Orthodox rabbis warned that it is forbidden for city rabbis to give kosher in other cities.

"And do not let a rabbi give kosher status outside his place of residence and, God forbid, forbid him from obtaining another's border to give kosher status in another city in any way and the rest of Israel will not do injustice," they wrote.

In addition, the rabbis wrote that city rabbis who would allow this "would forbid their kosher food in any duchta (place) since evidence is that they wanted to achieve a limit and purely destroy kosher food."

More on Walla!

Kosher reform: Private entities will be able to distribute kosher certificates - also to restaurants open on Saturdays

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The rabbis' letter (Photo: official website, Walla!)

So far, the heads of the ultra-Orthodox leadership have signed the letter - Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox community, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the spiritual leader of Shas, Rabbi Shalom Badani, a member of the Shas Council of Sages.

Later, other rabbis, such as Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, and rebbe affiliated with the Agudat Yisrael faction in Torah Judaism, are expected to attach their signatures.

The letter is published against the background of the entry into force of the first phase of the kashrut program promoted by Minister Kahana, which he claims aims to regulate "the kashrut system of the State of Israel and march it towards better, more supervised, more orderly kashrut," he said.

As part of this, starting this morning, the owners of restaurants, factories, supermarkets and any business for the production and sale of food will be able to choose which rabbi will give them a kosher certificate.

Rabbi Kanievsky at the conference of the Council of Torah Scholars of Degel HaTorah, Bnei Brak, December 4, 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The possibility that any mayor, through a religious council, will be able to grant kosher status in any area in Israel, even those outside the municipal area of ​​his city, should allow the market to open up to competition.

Minister Kahana wrote this morning on Facebook that "introducing competition into the kashrut system will release the stagnation that has prevailed in the kashrut field in recent decades. Competition between kashrut providers will lead to better, more serious, more meticulous and more convenient service for business owners."

The significant part of the reform will take effect in a year from today, and as part of it, private corporations will enter the kosher market, and they will be able to grant kosher status similar to city rabbis currently working on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

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