[Avodah] Kosher

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Micha:
> What would be more interesting for me ... would be a discussion of why
> the kosher certifiers at al don't hold like the IM.... actual discusions
> of stam keilim einam ben yoman in the days of production lines, bitual
> lechatkhilah al yedei nachriim, etc...

Let me make a really pashutte hilluq very baalebattish..

When you buy uncertified products, there may be an entire slew of
"bittuls" that may be genuinely relied upon.

But when one certifies a product, lechatchilah's take over [EG ein
mevatlin afilu issur derabbanan lechatchila]

R Schwab used to say: "I'm a lechatchila Jew". IOW WRT kashrus he would
not allow any kind of bedi'avads at the outset.

AIUI some agencies shared this stance early on, and others came around
to it only later

Illustration:
My LOR permitted me to drink coffee from convience stores on the road.

But as a mashgiach, I would not certify them as kosher w/o kashering
the urns first etc.

So halachically kosher is not always the same threshold as "certified
kosher."

I hope this helps

RRW
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