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Rabbi Gershon Bess Makes 'Machoah for Kovod HaTorah' Regarding 'Worms In Fish'

Submitted to YWN by Rabbi Gershon Bess; Rov Congregation Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles with the permission of HoRav Elyashiv Shlit”a. As a Rov of a Kehillah, I generally refrain from disseminating a halachic issue, which should be discussed in the Bais Medrash with the sole purpose of Asukay Shmaatzah Alibah D’Hilchoso, on the internet.  However, since the issue involves the Kavod of Gedolei Yisroel and there is much confusion being reported, I feel it is necessary to clarify a few ...

Rav Moshe Vaye Writes About On 'Worms In Fish' (World Famous Expert On Bugs)

Rav Moshe Vaye shlita, the world renowned expert in the field of hilchos tolaim and bedikas hamazon for over forty years, has been investigating and bringing the bug situation in all foods to the attention of the gedolim to have them pasken on them. He has written three authoritative seforim on all issues of bugs in all different types of foods called bedikas mazon khalocho. R' Vaye has a machon in Eretz Yisroel, that all of the gedolim - and the entire eretz yisroel recognizes as the leading ...

Worms In Fish: Rabbi Kuber Responds to Rabbi Scher's Rebuttal

The ongoing controversy regarding the Halachic Shaila of "worms in fish" continues. Two weeks ago, YWN posted an article by Rabbi Mordechai Kuber explaining why it is Mutar to eat the fish with worms. Yesterday, YWN posted an article by Rabbi Chaim Scher, an expert in the field who refuted Rabbi Kuber's article. Today we present a (final) response by Rabbi Kuber: I thank Rabbi Scher for his extensive comments about my article. He is both articulate and very passionate about this ...

Worms In Fish: Refuting Rabbi Kuber's Article,

Two weeks ago, YWN posted an article by Rabbi Mordechai Kuber regarding the current issue of 'worms found in fish'. Rabbi Kuber states that there the worms are permissible to be eaten according to Halacha. We now present the following article written by Rabbi Chaim Scher, who is a "Boki in the Sugya", which refutes Rabbi Kuber's article: Amidst all the turmoil about the fish worms, one point has become resoundingly clear: the view of the great Poskim has been widely misunderstood and ...

(Revised) Worms In Fish: Problem Or Not?

This article is a revised version of the earlier article posted on YWN: Revision #1 – 8 Sivan 5770 (May 21 ’10)  By Mordechai Kuber Rav, Beis Medrash Nachlas Tzvi Ohel Avraham Telzstone, Israel JerusalemKosher@gmail.com  Synopsis – Shulchan Aruch permits fish flesh worms because they form in the permitted fish flesh, yet scientific research has discredited spontaneous generation.  For the past 150 years, many Poskim resolved this conflict by saying that these flesh ...

Worms In Fish: Problem Or Not?

By Mordechai Kuber; Rav, Beis Medrash Nachlas Tzvi Ohel Avraham (Telzstone, Israel) Synopsis: Shulchan Aruch permits fish flesh worms because they form in the permitted fish flesh, yet scientific research has discredited spontaneous generation.  For the past 150 years, many Poskim resolved this conflict by saying that these flesh worms appear to form in the flesh, but that they actually originate in microscopic form outside the fish, but develop to visible, halachically relevant form only ...

Caraville Restaurant In Flatbush Has Hechsher Pulled - New Hechsher Put In Place

YWN was contacted by the Kashrus office of Rabbi Yechiel Babad, of Tartikov Bais Din in Boro Park with an "urgent Kashrus alert". He requested that we alert our readers that he has pulled his certification of Caraville - Essex On Coney Restaurant located at 1910 Avenue M, Brooklyn NY [starting Thursday night]. YWN questioned the spokesperson for the Kashrus agency why the certification was pulled, and why they wanted this posted "urgently at 1:00AM Friday morning". We were not given any ...

CRC Kashrus Alerts 5/12/10

Kashrus Administrator of the Chicago Rabbinical Council May 12, 2010   The cRc wishes to clarify the kosher status of the duty-free shops located in Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. Although all of the duty-free shops sell their chometz, as required by the Rabbanut, they continue to be open during Pesach selling chometz items. The exception to this is the duty-free shop located adjacent to gate D7, which not only sells their chometz for Pesach, but they also are very careful to only sell ...

Jerusalem Rabbinate & The Parve Shwarma Store

For those of you who are familiar with the Machane Yehuda area, then you are undoubtedly familiar with Eli Falafel, a well-known falafel shwarma store in the area. The store has two supervisions, one from the Jerusalem Rabbinate (regular) and mehadrin from the Belz Badatz Machzikei Hadat kashrut agency. To date, I have not written about the store since I know it to be reliable, as is confirmed in an interview with Eli, the store owner, as carried in Hebrew by Chadrei Chareidim. I have ...

London: Insects on Bell Peppers

Kashrus Alert from the London Beth Din Insects on Bell Peppers (Capsicum) KLBD Mashgichim have recently found peppers to have small 1mm - 3mm insects crawling primarily on the tops of peppers. It appears that these insects may have been deliberately placed on the peppers and some packaging actually indicates “May contain beneficial insects”! (See below) The public are advised to thoroughly wash and inspect all peppers until further notice. From Wikipedia: Beneficial insects ...

Kashrus Issues With Whiskey

The following alert has been sent out on behalf of the Association of Kashrus Organizations (AKO) - and can be found along with all the latest Kashrus alerts in the new YWN "Kashrus Korner" - located towards the bottom of the New YWN Homepage, and powered by the cRc. The AKO Executive Committee has reason to believe that there are large liquor companies in the United States which may be owned in whole or part by Jews. We are concerned that such companies may not have arranged for the sale of ...

CRC Kashrus Alerts 5/05/10

By Rabbi Sholem Fishbane Kashrus Administrator of the Chicago Rabbinical Council Jelly Belly Candies have been displayed in some stores with the OK Kosher sign in them. The OK Kosher Certification does not certify Jelly Belly Candies. They are certified by the OU (Orthodox Union) when bearing OU. Berripop Frozen Yogurt Stores may have signs posted indicating that their stores re certified by OK Kosher Certification. OK Kosher Certification does not certify the Berripop Frozen Yogurt ...

The Latest Kashrus Alerts

By Rabbi Sholem Fishbane Kashrus Administrator of the Chicago Rabbinical Council Please be advised that ANNIE'S EURO AMERICAN BAKERY (Longwood, FL) is distributing bakery products bearing an unauthorized OK symbol on the label. This company and all their products are not certified by OK Kosher Certification. Corrective measures are being taken. Please be aware that thelatest Slurpee flavors are Wolfberry (also called Gojiberry), Sunkist Orange Float, and Watermelon Lime are kosher and ...

Kosher Miami Certifying 'LeibKosher'

"LeibKosher" has recently been added to the list of establishments certified by Kosher Miami, The Vaad HaKashrus of Miami-Dade. (LeibKosher is the former Cladd Corp under new ownership.) This wholesale only company manufactures Chorizo, Merguez, Israeli Sausage, Appetizers, Knishes, Egg Rolls, Kibbe, Empanadas Carne, Empanadas Pollo and Raviolli. LeibKosher can be reached at 786-260-2629. (YWN Desk - NYC)

Kosher Miami Certifying Prime Sushi

"Prime Sushi - Sunny Isles Beach" has recently been added to the list of establishments certified by Kosher Miami, The Vaad HaKashrus of Miami-Dade.   This additional location of Prime Sushi is located at 18250 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, serving sushi, fish, pasta and more.   Their phone number is 786-284-8430. (YWN Desk - NYC)

More on Israel Duty Free – El Al Sold Its Chametz

According to El Al’s Rav Hayut, even the duty free at Ben-Gurion International Airport which sold its chametz continued selling chametz during Pesach, transgressing the sale. The rav points out however that El Al’s chametz was sold in strictest adherence to halacha, sold to a non-Jew by Rav Wosner, and it was under lock and key, stored away during yomtov in compliance with halacha. He recommends buying duty free items on board El Al flights to avoid problems. (Jerusalem Kosher News)

Ben-Gurion International Airport Duty-Free Kashrus Alert

The CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) has published an alert, warning travelers regarding duty free shops in Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. According to the alert, as published by Jerusalem Kosher News (/), the only store that sold its chametz before Pesach is the James Richardson located at Gate D7. This is also confirmed by Rabbi Shmuel Semelman on his website. Rabbi Semelman is a member of the Jerusalem Religious Council and a known expert on kashrus and whiskey and ...