[Avodah] Kosher

[Arie Folger]

RDIsrael replied to my post:
> Not sure what the 'S' stands for.

S in SYLOR means "see."

> I just wanted to add one important (IMO) modification to the above: if
> you have a Rav, he should be the one you are asking these shailos to.
> Of course, any Rav worthy of being relied on will know when he doesn't
> have the expertise on a particular shaila, and he will either check with
> appropriate experts or refer the questioner to them.  And at a certain
> point a person may realize that for question X, his LOR will prefer him
> to simply ask R' Ploni instead.  But a person should not be finding a
> kashrus expert as a substitute or to go around his LOR, and the LOR
> should be the one making the final decision on what is an appropriate
> standard for the community.  I assume/hope you didn't intend to suggest
> otherwise.

Thanks for stressing this. No, I am actually on record telling people
that there is no substitute for having one's own rav, which usually
should not be someone with whom one entertains a long distance
relationship, but rather someone local (again, if possible).

What I wrote about is more of a prediction. Eventually, if one's LOR
isn't in the kashrus field, he'll have to direct you to an expert who
is up to date. This is not an issue of knowing halakhah, but of
knowing the facts. (and then, of course, of knowing the halakhah to
analyze the facts).
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Arie Folger,
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