Comments on: STAR-K Kosher Certification’s Halacha Webinar Teaches How Not to Judge a Chicken by Its Cover

By: csilver1516

csilver1516 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:05:01 +0000

Throwing out a chicken that is kosher is bal tashchis, a Deoraisa. Besides, $10 or $12 is a lot of money.

By: yael.e

yael.e — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:02:02 +0000

gadolhadorah: I think you are misunderstanding the article. The purpose of this class is not when you are in the butcher shop purchasing chicken, but rather when you are preparing your chicken for shabbos in your home(and it may be 2 hours to shabbos and all the stores are closed already) You may not have an option to easily obtain another chicken. Or maybe the rest of the chickens you have are frozen and can’t be easily defrosted and prepared in time. It is extremely helpful to have this information on hand. I can tell you so from personal experience.

By: YITZCHOKY

YITZCHOKY — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Jews do not waste. The education process is teaching girls many things but they need to recognize basic to run a Jewish Kosher home. Girls should be taught how to recognize shaliahs of chickens, cooking, sewing etc. I remember a story concerning Rav Shach Z’ztal; Two girls went to him and ask a shailah on a difficult Rambam or Ramban, and he push a cake in front of them and ask can you make this. I am not pushing for uneducated girls but to include basics and go from there.

By: esmith92000

esmith92000 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:51:21 +0000

The Kosher market may be closed. It takes time to defrost a chicken anc cook it. It may not take very long to determine it is kosher. Not everybody has money to throw away, especilly in these times.

By: aaron613

aaron613 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:05:31 +0000

Unfortunately not everyone has 10$ to throw away and also not everyone has a kosher store that is open a few hours before shabbos.

By: Gadolhadorah

Gadolhadorah — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:12:00 +0000

This type of knowledge was somthing they taught girls in B’Y in the 1950s and was really important in the Alte Heim. However, today, when a typical chicken for shabbos dinner for a family of 4 may cost ten or twelve dollars, why would you even bother worrying about the kashruth. Either give it as a gift to your cleaning lady or a goiyeshe neigbor or simply trash it and run out to the Kosher Mart and buy a new one. Not too many women have the time or interest to engage in a detailed inspection of a chicken when they are rushing to get home from work, or picking up the kids at school or doing one of the gazillion thinks most yiddeshe women have to do eruv shabbos.