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</a><font size=3>Rav Moshe Shternbuch: A Woman Mashgiach?<br><br>
The world of hashgachos today is an all man's world. Yet when it
comes to the home it is the women of the house who is the Rav
haMachshir. Is a woman halachicly qualified to be a mashgiach in a
commercial operation? This was the question asked to Rav Moshe
Shternbuch (1:426)<br><br>
He says that whether the issur is Min HaTorah or MiDiRabbanan is not the
issue. The issue is, first how difficult the task is and second
whether there is certainly an issur that must be dealt with or only a
safek whether there is any issur in the first place.<br><br>
Rav Shternbuch distinguishes between being a Mashgiach in an
establishment where the owner is a Michalel Shabbos and is capable of
trying to outsmart the mashgiach. In this case a woman should not
be directly responsible for the Kashrus but can work under a man.
However in a Shomer Shabbos establishment where only minimal Hashgacha is
needed, it would be okay to have a woman mashgiach and she is trusted
just like she is in her own home.<br><br>
Despite all this, says Rav Shternbuch, if there is a choice between a
male mashgiach who is not so midakdek in mitzvos or taking a woman is
more ehrliche and is shrewd, then the woman is preferable.
Nevertheless he says it is better to try to find a man, because the
woman's place is in the home. <br>
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Question: What is the basis for the assertion that "the
woman's place is in the home." Are not most kollel wives
engaged in working outside of their homes? And, is this not
considered laudable? If kollel wives did not work, would this
not mean that the kollels would have to empty out, because the men would
have to go to work?<br><br>
YL<br>
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