[Avodah] forums for pesak

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Thu, 21 May 2009 16:36:00 -0400
Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

...

> E.g. I see nothing wrong with Hekhsher Tzedek in principle, it exists
> IN ADDITION to kashrus. (In practice, it appears to be some politicallly
> liberal C rabbi's attempt to define a notion of labor relations that isn't
> necessarily grounded in anything Jewish.) Similarly, the Tav haYosher

I agree completely with this.

> offered by Uri L'Tzedek (a group of YCT students), or the Tev Chevrati
> in Israel. Both appear to be more like dina demalkhusa dina audits,
> but is that so terrible? (Is DDD less of a halachic issue than na"t bar
> na"t of owf bechalav?)

The question here is whether those implementing the hechsher are expert
on the sugya of Dina De'Malchusa Dina, and understand when it applies
and when it does not.  It's quite a complicated topic.

Yitzhak
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