[Avodah] Glatt Yosher?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 01:34:20PM -0500, Moshe Yehuda Gluck wrote:
: If I eat meat from a plant that doesn't pay its workers on time or
: transgresses Tza'ar Baalei Chaim, the plant owner goes to Gehenom. If I eat
: meat that isn't kosher, _I_ go to Gehenom. Hence, no discussion vis-?-vis
: the plant owner's responsibility.

If we as a kehillah refused to buy from someone who didn't follow
choshein mishpat or caused tza'ar ba'alei chaim, he would have the
financial insentive to stop. As individuals, are we not mesayei'ah
lidevar aveirah by not participating in such boycotts?

BTW, it's very hard for a plant to violate tza'ar ba'alei chaim. It takes
very little benefit to people for tza'ar to be technically permissable.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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