[Avodah] Psak about Muscovy Duck from the Rabbinical Institute for Kosher Supervision and Research

[Zev Sero]

Ben Waxman wrote:
> I hear your point, but I did just realize something. Rav Salant died 100 
> years ago. The beit din could easily say that for him, it was fine. 
> Anyone today who eats the duck is eating treif. Just like 100 years ago 
> people, including rabbanim, ate things that no one today would dream of 
> eating, so too with the duck.

Without a Sanhedrin, how could the halacha have changed?  Either it was
always treif, or it's now kosher.  They can refuse to let it be shechted
or sold under their supervision; they can express their opinion that the
poskim who forbade it seem to be more correct than those who permitted
it; but it's a very bold move to pasken that it's actually treif.  That
doesn't mean they can't do so, just that they need to be aware of what
they're saying.


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