[Avodah] Bal Tashchit

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From: Liron Kopinsky <liron.kopinsky at gmail.com>




>>  2) If someone holds by a particular chuma - say an  Ashkenazi who only
eats glatt meat. If someone gives them non-glatt meat as a  gift are they
allowed to throw it out or is it Bal Tashchit?...

3) If  someone is very health-conscious with their food and get given
a gift of a  pack of hotdogs, can they throw it out or is it Bal
Tashcht?   <<

 
 
 
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If you don't like the food?  If you're allergic?  If it has a  hechsher you 
don't rely on?   If it's not cholov Yisrael, or not  yashan, or it's 
shmitta produce from a heter mechira farm?  You could  spin out a million 
scenarios but I'm not sure it makes a difference /why/ you  don't want or can't use 
the gift.  
 
I am a few avodah's behind so please excuse me if somebody has already  
anticipated me.
 
Here is the solution to them all:  put the dubious product at the  back of 
your fridge and forget about it for a few  months.   When it grows 
penicillin, you can toss it with a clear  conscience.  This is mutar.  The fridge is 
not even necessary, it's  just a convenient place to store food nobody is 
ever going to eat.  At  least that's what I mainly use /my/ fridge for.....
 
 

--Toby  Katz
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