[Avodah] Going to a Hotel for Shabbos/Yomtov

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From: "Professor L. Levine via Avodah"  <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>
Subject: [Avodah] Going to a Hotel for  Shabbos/Yomtov

The following is  from

http://tinyurl.com/h2fgx5x




>>From Rabbi  Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita:


Being a guest in a hotel on  Shabbos

....Prior to making a reservation in a hotel in Israel or abroad,  one must 
check a number of important things. 

To achieve the correct level of kashrus one must inquire if the  utensils 
are toiveled (ritual immersion in a mikve). ....


One must  check if the cooking is bishul yisrael or that of a non-Jew. If 
they are lenient  regarding bishul akum, then the overall kashrus is in 
doubt.  .....


One must ascertain if the greens are the special "gush katif"  [insect 
free] type or do they make do with using regular vegetables that are  washed and 
inspected by a mashgiach. ......<<




>>>>>
 
 
A guest in a hotel only needs to know one thing:  who gives the  hechsher?  
 If the hechsher is one that cannot be relied on to be  careful about 
tevilas keilim, about bishul akum, or about checking for bugs,  then the hechsher 
cannot be relied on, period.   

I wonder who is R' Shmuel Eliyahu's intended audience.  Is  he addressing 
the guest who relies on Rabbanut kashrus, and  therefore cannot assume any 
given hotel is really kosher? Is he  hinting that the standards of Rabbanut 
kashrus vary so widely from city to city  in Israel, that the guest should 
check it out for himself before relying on the  Rabbanut?   

 
--Toby Katz
t613k at aol.com
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