Comments on: Rav Elyashiv Rules Permissively on Herring: Forbids Wild Salmon & Other Fish Unless Inspected

By: scy4851

scy4851 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:53:55 +0000

very simple.

these rebel rousers that are ALWAYS busy with YOUR neshome (but not there own), the ones that knived this issur on fish out of these Israeli Gedolim, had to get at least ONE heter out of them. Because if herring would have also been ossur, everybody would have gone on to rely on the psokim of Rav Vosner, Rav Padwa, and others that say that there is no problem at all with fish.

and this would have been a BIG FLOP for tehm.

By: Gadolhadorah

Gadolhadorah — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:14:26 +0000

To No. 19:

You make it sound like “cherry picking” between gadolim is inappropriate. Quite to the contrary. It would be mindless to blindly follow just one rav ALL the time without regard to the issue and his areas of expertise in halacha. I would much rather follow the psak of the rav who (1) has the most technical expertise on the inyan at issue and 2(2) provides the most reasoned basis for his psak including references to other chazal whose opinions he relied upon.

By: charvona

charvona — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:06:04 +0000

5 and 6 Amazing R” Eliyashiv is only the posek hador for you when he is machmir – not so much when he is mekil

By: elipp

elipp — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:38:01 +0000

Based on this new psak, can I eat any non-kosher lettuce salad with salad dressing since it is very hard to find the bugs amongst the dressing?! Obviously not! Because once it is assumed to have a מיעוט המצוי of bugs, there is a חיוב בדיקה and one may not eat it without checking.

By: elipp

elipp — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:06:33 +0000

Is there anything in writing?

By: hello99

hello99 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:55:55 +0000

squeak: First of all presumably non-Jews pickle the herring and they have no issur to be mevatel issur l’chatchila. Secondly, the Shach permits even a Jew to be mevatel a SAFEK issur, so it would depend on the level of infestation.

By: hello99

hello99 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:53:13 +0000

57: the bugs in NY water are not only visible but ALIVE when they come out of your faucet!!!

By: wellmeaning bzbody

wellmeaning bzbody — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:49:08 +0000

T0 6 “squek”

Your question of why “אין מבטלין איסור לכתחילה ” does not apply here should be addressed to your Rav and not to “know it all” bloggers. You should do that it in any case. Do not rely on news reporters and commenters for guidance in Halacha!!!!!

By: amichai

amichai — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:48:11 +0000

rav karp is a very chashuve gadol in the chareidi world, kiryat sefer etc. don’t make fun number 3.

By: Pashuteh Yid 2.0

Pashuteh Yid 2.0 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:39:23 +0000

Rabbi Belsky was recently quoted in a long detailed article that all these fish are permitted, since the Shulchan Aruch says unequivocally that worms in the flesh are permitted, while those in the stomach are forbidden.

I guess you must decide which is your posek.