Reply To: Eidah Chareidis Chulent Ban – a question of hechsherim

Though I disagree with you, Joseph, about intention, I asked about reasoning, not intention. Maybe you could answer the question asked, not the straw man you want to discuss.

BTW, about those Conservative Rabbis. I know one who used to serve as the Rabbi in a tiny community in Waco, Texas. This Rabbi refused to do any conversions while there because there was no possibility of Jewish education for the children, and significant challenges to kashrus and other mitzvos. In the words of this Rabbi, “Why should I create another unobservant Jew?”

Also, Rav Soloveitchik gave reshus over 40 years ago to a number of his talmidim to become rabbis in (right wing) Conservative shuls. Among these was Rav Yosef Kelman, z’l as well as others.

Where I live, and there are a number of very large Conservative shuls, every single one of them has a hechsher on their kitchens and catering from the local (frum, chareidi) vaad Hakashrus, and no Hechsher Tzedek.

Are they frum? no. Are they reshoim gemurim with evil intentions only? also no.

My question was and is about the havoh aminoh of those who say that a hechsher should be about the animal, food, shechita, preparation only, and not about other elements which obviously mean a great deal to R’ Finkel.