[Avodah] The Anisakis Fish Ads: What It All Means

[Prof. Levine]

Please see http://tinyurl.com/3ujhyzm

For an enlargement of the ad at the beginning of the article see 
http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/anisakis.jpg

 From this URL

"Rav Yisroel Dovid Taub, the Modzitzer Rebbe in Flatbush, who has 
written a lengthy teshuvah on this topic, has been quoted as saying 
that although Rav Elyashiv has said that these fish are forbidden to 
be eaten, nonetheless, in a personal conversation with Rav Elyashiv, 
Rav Elyashiv related that he did not have the energy himself to 
analyze and investigate all the factual and statistical information 
that this shailah involves, and he therefore based his ruling solely 
on the research performed by the bais din of Rav Shmuel Halevi 
Wosner. There have been those who have contended that the factual 
material presented to Rav Wosner's bais din was not entirely 
accurate. Others defend its accuracy."

Personally, I find the following from this URL

"When asked about this, Rav Dovid Feinstein, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta 
Tiferes Yerushalayim, responded that he never spoke to his father, 
Rav Moshe, about this, adding that he has not researched the issue 
himself and therefore cannot issue his own ruling. He did note that 
Rav Elyashiv is machmir.

"Many of the Chassidishe poskim have permitted the consumption of the 
fish containing anisakis based upon the rulings of Chassidishe poskim 
of the previous generation who were consulted at that time.

"The issue remains a machlokes amongst poskim, and every person must 
follow the ruling of his or her rov."

disturbing in light of what was posted at http://tinyurl.com/44lrysp, namely,

"Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, the leading halachic decisor in the United 
States, has come out strongly forbidding the consumption of fish that 
contain the worms."

Furthermore, I am of the opinion that sheilos in America should be 
decided by knowledgeable American poskim and not by poskim in 
EY.   Orthodoxy in EY is very different than it is in America, and it 
is my understanding that a psak may depend on "local conditions."

It is just this sort of back and forth that tends to drive people up 
the wall.  YL
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