[Avodah] Ein Mevatlin issur lechatchilah

[Akiva Blum]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> Given
> A Jew may not mevateil issur lechatchilah
> 
> And a corollary
> A Jew may not ask a Gentile to mevateil issur on his behalf.
> 
> Q1:  what if a Gentile in the course of producing X (eg gelatin) 
> Is mevateil issur lechatchilah but lav davka for a Jew. If a Jew later
> buys it, is it huvrar lemafreI'a?
> 
> Q2: Does putting the Gentile process under a kosher supervising agency
> tantamount to being mevateil the issur lechatchila for the eventual
> Jewish purchaser?
> 
> Any relevant Shu"t or other material is appreciated.

I wrote once http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol25/v25n086.shtml#11:

Generally, the intention we refer to is the intention for bitul, not the
intention for adding.
However, where the addition was made for a specific person, we consider it
as if that person himself intended to add, and therefore to do bitul. In
the case of a producer for selling to Jews as well as non-Jews, and there
is an increase in production because of the Jews, it is considered as if
the Jews themselves added bemaizid (Tshuvas Rashbash quoted by Darkei
Tshuva 108, and KSA of Rav Pfeifer).


Akiva