[Avodah] Insects in our salads

[Gershon Dubin]

>From the OU website:

There is a question that arises regarding checking vegetables whether insects are considered visible if something can be noticed, perhaps as dirt, by the unaided eye but only determined to be a bug through magnification. It would appear at first glance that there is no difference and this too should be permitted. The same rationale expressed by the poskim quoted above who rule leniently with regards to checking for insects with microscopes should apply in this type of scenario as well. Rav Shmuel Vosner shlita in Shut Shevet HaLevi (7:122) writes that he believes that insects that appear as specs of dirt to the unaided eye yet are noticeable as insects under a microscope are not prohibited. This type if lenient approach has also been quoted in the name of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzenski zt’l.

Rav Yehoushua Neuwrith shlita in Shmiras Shabbos KeHilchasa (3:37) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt’l as ruling leniently; however, Rav Neuwrith also writes that Rav Shlomo Zalman made mention at a later date that the Chazon Ish ruled stringently on this matter. Similarly, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita has been quoted as ruling that microscopes and magnifiers are an acceptable means to train oneself to identify insects. According to Rav Elyashiv, if something is noticeable to the unaided eye and can first be determined as an insect only through magnification, it is still prohibited since it can be identified as an insect without magnification in the future. However, if it appears in a manner that magnification will always be required in order to identify it, the spec should be permitted 


Gershon
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