Comments on: Eating Out in Yerushalayim http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/22750/eating-out-in-yerushalayim.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: akuperma http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/22750/eating-out-in-yerushalayim.html#comment-99357 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:29:18 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=22750#comment-99357 The “Chief Rabbinate of Israel” is a government agency. While sometimes good people have high positions, the “bottom line” is that it is regulated by a parliament in which the overwhleming majority of members are not Shomer Shabbos or Shomer Kashruth. The ultimate “boss” is Ehud Olmert or perhaps the Israeli Supreme Court. That is why anyone serious about kashruth has to “check hecksherim”, and rely on the guidance from whomever they rely on.

Of course they could resolve the problem, by having the “Chief Rabbi” chosen by the gedolim (who also would need the power to veto acts of the parliament and Supreme Court decisions), and to perhaps take away the right to vote from secular Jews and goyim, but we might have to wait a bit for this…

]]> By: PM http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/22750/eating-out-in-yerushalayim.html#comment-99331 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:16:39 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=22750#comment-99331 What is the relevance of whether the Chief Rabbinate “authorizes” a specific hechsher or not? While it may make a legal difference, in Hilchos Kashrus few people still rely on their judgment.

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