Shield Star K

Rabbi Silver is a talmid chacham, a yirei shamayim, and a gaon b’torah u’middos. I use Sriracha sauce and Greek cheeses with his hashgacha without compunction (if you keep halav yisrael, you wouldn’t be able to use cheese he supervises).

Ruchi, it wasn’t YeshivaGuy45 who gave accolades to “Rabbi Silver”. It was rebdoniel, who has given such accolades to many who clearly don’t deserve it.

I don’t know the hechsher in question. Never heard of it and have no opinion or comment about its reliability one way or the other. However, the very idea that ones “credentials” are not listed on a website anywhere makes it unreliable is utterly ridiculous. There is a telephhone number and other contact info available to the public and one can certainly contact those responsible for this supervision. They are not hiding. As an aside, exactly what crfedentials would you like posted and how will that make you feel more comfortable about the supervision? You want a copy of his smicha? A list of rabbeim whose shiurim he attended? His practical field work? Using this standard, would you have enrolled at jts because a former head was a musmach of rav ruderman and a chassid of the belzer rerebbe in europe? If you don’t know anything, don’t say anything. A closed mouth never gggathers a foot.

Go to the website of any hechsher that you consider reliable and tell us what, if any, of the criteria you listed are met by those sites.

Do you know if any assertions you made are fact? You cite no listing on kosherquest as an indication of its unreliablity, are you aware that kosherquest is not a complete list of all reliable hechsherim that are operating? It does not even list all reliable hechsherim in the state of Pennsylvania. Are you aware that numerous hechsherim cited as reliable by kosherquest also dont provide any “credentials” on their website that you state are necessary components of reliaility? Again, I have no idea who this hechsher is, who is behind it and if it meets the standards of kashrus I wish to keep in my home. I dont however see the chiyuv to unilaterally declare them unreliable simply because I know nothing about them. You can apply whatever standards you wish for yourself and your home, just remember to apply them uniformly to all certifying agencies. So, when will you be calling Rav Heineman Shlita or Rav Belsky Shlita for a copy of their “credentials”? What about Rabbi Eidlitz of Kosherquest, what are his credentials to list someone as reliable or unreliable? He has as much info regarding his reliability as the hechsher under discussion.

apushatayid, calm down. No need to yell at me.

FYI- Who mentioned anything about kosherquest? I didn’t. In any case, I don’t think that’s a reliable list anyways. There are several unreliable hechsherim on there.

Rabbi Belsky and Rabbi Heineman are credentials already. You don’t need credentials for the credentials. They’re chashuva well known Rabbonim.

And that goes with all the other reliable kashrus agencies. They work with one another and they all respect each other.

If you look at other reliable kashrus agencies, they usually say why their reliable, either they have a beis din, or a rav, a posek etc. who tells them what to do.

apashatayid, are you making assumptions? The star-k has a cereal list and they trust other organizations on the kashrus. The crc has a list of reliable organizations, they worked with the star-k on the quinoa issue, they work with the other organizations when it comes to posting kashrus alerts on their websites. There are other examples as well. My point is that kashrus organizations that are reliable want to be known as reliable. They want people to use their hashgacha.

“a kashrus agency that’s reliable that’s under strict rabbinical supervision would want to make sure that everyone knows that they’re reliable.”

That isn’t necessarily true. There are many reliable local rabbis whose main interest is supporting their own communities and for them it is not worth a marketing campaign to spread their word. Many actually ARE well-respected and work with the national kashrut agencies.

Again with the assumptions. Not all those who certify products or establishments arre into marketing campaigns. Those who need to know who they are, they make sure they know. As for the op, perhaps she got a call back and all her questions were answered and alll accusations about secrecy can go out the window. As for the crc list not being listed is no proof of reliability. Is every reliable hechsher in america in “the list” or in “the app”. It means further investigation is required. I’m wondering how someone who is apparantly so strict about everything that goes into his mouth is so flippant with the comments that come out of it?

“Your last sentence is dangerously close to what’s in the NT, Mark 7:18-23, more specifically to Mark 7:20. You shouldn’t be sounding like you’re quoting the NT.”

Actually, I am paraphrasing the sponsor of a Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation publication. This particular sponsor is a well known kashrus agency and by way of explaining why they felt it important to sponsor the publication, they used this line. If you feel the use of such a line in this context is inappropriate, contact the CCHF and tell them. While I consider myself educated, I am not able to cite chapter and verse from the gospel of mark the way you can. I submit to your superior knowledge in this area.

It doesn’t require superior knowledge; only a general familiarity with the debates of the cogs in the jews versus christians debating machines, and the ability to google.

Yah yah, sriracha