It appears that products under the Yerei�im shechita of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita will be offered for sale in Shefa Shuk, in the coming weeks before Pesach. This some view will deliver a serious blow to boycott efforts against the supermarket chain owned by Dudi Weissman.
A number of weeks ago, Hamodia reported that Rav Kanievsky did not give a bracha to the managers of Shefa Shuk as was reported by YWN-Israel (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=48210), adding the rumors that Rebbitzin Kanievsky was giving out yomtov shopping vouchers for Shefa Shuk are simply untrue. Kikat.net explains this because Hamodia �sides with the Shefa Shuk boycott�.
The Homodia report followed earlier reports that the managers of Shefa Shuk met with Rav Kanievsky and he gave them a bracha. Denials regarding the Hamodia report appeared in both Yated and HaMevaser, stating Rav Kanievsky does not oppose buying in Sheva Shuk.
Kikar reports that �interested parties� however did not accept this, continuing to push the boycott, claiming they have a recording in which R� Kanievsky does indeed support a boycott of the store. The war of pashkavilim has picked up momentum, taking a prominent place on the walls of Bnei Brak.
It now appears a deal was reached with Rav Shevach Rosenblatt, who heads the Yerei�im schita operation, in which the schita will be sold in Shefa Shuk before Pessach.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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why don’t they ask him instead of waisting $
It’s not so easy to get to him to ask – many times the questions and answers are filtered through his aides who can have their own interests to support.
I would like to start a boycott against anyone who pushes, cuts the line or rebbe who doesn’t condone rude behavior.
Sounds like Hamodia has a vested interest in the ‘boycott” – real or imagined.