[Avodah] schechtworthy

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, March 17, 2008 7:12 pm, Rn Chana Luntz wrote:
: Where is poretz geder discussed vis a vis a shochet?  I know that beis
: din is required to check that shochtim are mumchim, beki'im and
: kasherim because of the michshol that can arise from shechita (Yoreh
: Deah siman aleph si'if aleph in the Rema), but I confess that
: checking for chitzonius of this nature seems if anything to be the
: exact opposite of what one might want.

I am not sure how peritzas geder can be described as chitzoniyus. It's
saying that this person refuses to follow the pesaqim of his
community. And given that the issue of peritzus on TV can be a matter
of pesaq, I would think that defying the local norm is rather penimi.

As for the connection to shechitah, my understanding is that a poretz
geder has no chezqas kashrus. Now I admit that that's different than
his not being kasher, but it does make it incredibly hard for anyone
but the Bochein Kelayos vaLeiv to determine.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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