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  • December 30, 2015 6:20 pm at 6:20 pm in reply to: Genetically Engineered Animals and Kashrus #1119581
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    “If it has fins and scales I cannot understand why it would be a shailah at all.”

    The reason is because fins and scales might just be an identifying mark of kosher species, it’s not the reason that it’s kosher, so a new man-made fish with fins and scales coming partially from a non-kosher species wouldn’t necessarily be kosher. This aspect of the shaila is mentioned by Rav Shternbuch on the radio show.

    December 30, 2015 1:42 am at 1:42 am in reply to: Genetically Engineered Animals and Kashrus #1119571
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    Time to start the thread up again: About a month ago, the FDA approved the salmon in question for sale WITHOUT REQUIRING IT TO BE LABELED AS GMO. David Lichtenstein recently had Rav Moshe Shternbuch as a guest on his radio show and asked him about this salmon and Rav Shternbuch seemed to think that this was indeed a serious shaila.

    Here’s a link to the radio show and a NYT article about the FDA’s approval. (The discussion of this issue begins at 32:23 on the radio show)

    http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/ (it’s the 12/5/15 show)

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    December 29, 2015 5:59 am at 5:59 am in reply to: Kollel Guy Seeking Career Advice #1119028
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    In response to Yitzy99: I guess I’m just a Coffee Room rookie who hasn’t picked up on the nuances of this subculture yet. But can you explain why people are advising him on a career path when he clearly stated that he wants to be a PT?

    December 28, 2015 2:46 am at 2:46 am in reply to: Kollel Guy Seeking Career Advice #1119017
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    Why is it that only two posts in this thread actually address the original question?

    February 11, 2015 11:12 pm at 11:12 pm in reply to: Genetically Engineered Animals and Kashrus #1119567
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    Gamanit: what would you say about a non-kosher fish, let’s say an eel, which has fins (I think), to which I only add the genes to give it scales. Would that be kosher?

    February 11, 2015 6:42 pm at 6:42 pm in reply to: Genetically Engineered Animals and Kashrus #1119563
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    To all those who assumed that simanim automatically makes a fish kosher: Let’s say the fish had a the majority of it’s genes from a non-kosher fish, but still had fins and scales, would you still say that?

    February 11, 2015 3:34 pm at 3:34 pm in reply to: Genetically Engineered Animals and Kashrus #1119558
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    Fish from different species cannot reproduce together. The ability to reproduce together and produce fertile offspring is actually what defines animals as belonging to the same species. Different species that are very similar have produced sterile offspring together, e.g. the liger,a cross-breed of the lion and tiger, but I highly doubt that any species so dissimilar that one has fins and scales and one does not could accomplish this.

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