[Avodah] ein mevatlin issu lechatchila

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

> The key word is  bishvilo . When a company makes a product
> with a small amount of treif they are not adding mayterial in order
> to be mevatel the issur for any Jew. Since the purpose is not
> bittul but rather this the way of making the product these problems do
> not arise and one can have a hechsher lechatchila to supervise that
> everything is okay

> It would only be problematical if the rav hamachshir wooul suggest to
> the company to add some ingredients for the purpose of bittul

> Eli Turkel

Sources?

I would say bishvilo means in anticipation of a future user. If that
future user is Jewish then...

Also to me: by giving hechsher the rabbi is giving "his blessing"
(metaphorically) to the process

If there is any hana'ah for the questionable product then imho its
chashivus is not batteil just like a spice is not. Bateil if its ta'am
is desired.

As one rav hamachshirt told me re: dairy; if you desire the prsence of
x and x is dairy it is not bateil. Only unintentiol ta'aruvos are or
can be b ateil not those desirable lechatchila.

Simchas Purim
RRW

PS: now if an ice cream maker had minute/negligible amounts of unkosher
gelatin left from one flavor
and was too lazy to clean it for the next batch
and did not care to have the gelatin as an ingredient for that 2nd flavor
Then I would agree he COULD be mevateil lechatchila because the minute
amount of issur left-over is not being used consciously to be mashbiach
the ta'am and therefore serves no positive purpose....

RRW
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