[Avodah] heter mechira

[Eli Turkel]

<<When I asked a Rabbi from Machon HaTorah VeHaretz, he gave me source from
Chazon Ish and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach that say that Heter Mechira
produce BeDi'avad are mutar.>>

R. Moshe feinstein also has a teshuva allowing bideved.
RYBS stated that he himself was not in favor but once the rabbanut paskened that
way it is allowed.
As you point out shemitta today is derabbanan and sefichin is also derabanan and
so we are no where near the level of treifot.
Since many major gedolim through the generations allowed the heter mechira it
seems very difficult to disallow it except on political grounds.

Just as an example of the problems.
My son's company, as is common, provides meals at work through a caterer.
The rabbanut of the hechsher (kfar saba) says they will no longer give a
hecsher to heter mechira. The caterer came back to the company and
told them that for an extra 5 shekel per meal he can provide "mehadrin
shemitta".
Multiplying that by the number of employees (only a small fraction care) and the
number of work days the company refused. So as of now the caterer for
the company has no hasgacha.

I find it very difficult to justify such a stand that would allow many
Jews to eat
really nonkosher food (or at least without any hasgacha) rather than allowing
heter mechira which ROY today among others strongly supports.


-- 
Eli Turkel