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<DIV>From: Liron Kopinsky <liron.kopinsky@gmail.com><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>>> 2) If someone holds by a particular chuma - say an
Ashkenazi who only<BR>eats glatt meat. If someone gives them non-glatt meat as a
gift are they<BR>allowed to throw it out or is it Bal Tashchit?...<BR><BR>3) If
someone is very health-conscious with their food and get given<BR>a gift of a
pack of hotdogs, can they throw it out or is it Bal<BR>Tashcht?
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>I am a few avodah's behind so please excuse me if somebody has already
anticipated me.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.....</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</FONT></DIV>
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