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<font size=3>At 05:32 PM 12/10/2009, R. Dov Kaiser wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">It seems, then, that KOF-K does
not follow R. Moshe Feinstein?s ruling in YD1:55 that a factory may be
believed when it tells us that it has used vegetable oil. The
teshuva is available online at
<a href="http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=917&st=&pgnum=92" eudora="autourl">
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=917&st=&pgnum=92</a>
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R. Moshe mentions at the beginning of his teshuva that one of his
questioner's reasons to permit reliance on the manufacturer?s information
was that it was responding to a person who was ill (which might have
enhanced the reliability of their response). However, it does not
appear from R. Moshe?s subsequent lomdus or his conclusion at the end of
the teshuva that this was relevant to his permissive ruling. <br>
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That being the case, on whom does KOF-K rely to be machmir on this
question? <br>
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Kol tuv<br>
Dov Kaiser</font></blockquote><br><br>
I most certainly cannot speak for the Chof-k. However, Rabbi Lebovits
wrote that it was Rabbi Y. Belsky's opinion that one should not use
"regular" mouthwash. <br><br>
At one point Rabbi Lebovits wrote to me<br><br>
"<font size=3>I go with the pesakim of Rabbi Belsky
Shlita."<br><br>
He also wrote<br><br>
"its hard for me to believe that all the mouthwashes use vegetable
grade glycerine. Maybe they think animal ingredients has nothing to do
with glycerin. These people who answer the phones do not know what goes
into their products."<br><br>
and<br><br>
"After giving some thought to our conversation today I want to
add the following:<br>
Although the non-Jew said they use vegetable ingredients there is no one
making sure this is always done and non-vegetable glycerin is cheaper
than vegetable. therefore, if they are not a kosher company there is no
reason why they should use vegetable glycerin. Why are we believing a
non-Jew to tell us about kosher. The one answering the phone has limited
knowledge regarding the items in a product. Even if it is made on the
same equipment as animal glycerin we do not rely on bitul. My opinion
still stands that I have no way to guarantee that only vegetable
glycerin is ALWAYS used."<br><br>
YL<br>
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