[Avodah] Kosher

[Samuel Svarc]

Pray tell, why is the LBD considered THE authority if something is
kosher, especially if they are the minute minority? You state things
like, "Checkmate" and "If it was kosher until now (paraphrasing)",
take a step back and look at it logically. Kashrus is different then a
lot of 'issurim' in that it has 'timtum halev'. To accept 'psakim'
that are held by only a few TC'im might be 'mutar al pi halacha', but
it is:
A - Excuse the expression, foolish to gamble your neshoma [timtum]
over a piece of food.
B - Betrays an attitude that can easily lead to 'novil b'rishus haTorah'.

KT,
MSS

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:57 PM, martin brody <martinlbrody at gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed they are, in some cases. Nobody claimed differently. But this is a
> non sequitur. The poster was specifically refering to cans of vegetables
> steamed in China with treif fish.
> LBD categorically state that all canned, tinned, bottled vegetables and
> beans etc.including tomato products are kosher if packed/cooked in brine,
> water, or vegetable oil. Same goes for fish too, by the way.
> Check mate.
>
> Martin Brody
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Prof. Levine <llevine at stevens.edu> wrote:
>>
>> At 04:21 PM 12/2/2009, Martin Brody wrote:
>>
>> So what? Can you taste it? Does it really happen? Is it really a kashrut
>> issue? And it doesn't bother the London Beth Din either, for example.
>>
>> It seems to me that the London Beth Din not simply rely on ingredients. In
>> their Kosher Guide Summer 2009 (available at
>> http://www.theus.org.uk/jewish_living/keeping_kosher/publications/ )they
>> write