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<font size=3>At 07:00 PM 1/21/2018, Micha Berger wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">They had rabbanim who had<br>
already ruled it was permissible, such as R' Dov Revel, R'
Yisrael<br>
Avraham Abba Krieger, (among other greats of early 20^th
century<br>
American Judaism whom time has forgotten because the huge
waves of<br>
post-War immigrants to the US never met them) R' Breuer, R'
Moshe<br>
Soloveitchik and his son R' JB
Soloveitchik.</blockquote><br>
What is your basis for asserting that Rav Breur ruled that Chalav Stam
was permissible?<br><br>
Here is an excerpt from an article that I wrote about Rabbi Aryeh Leib
Malin that will appear in two weeks in the JP.<br><br>
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<div align="center"><b>Reb Leib, Reb Moshe and Chalav Akum<br><br>
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After WW II was over some of the Mir students who were in Shanghai came
to America. They found themselves living in a country were the
level of Jewish observance was often very low. “This was not a shock to
the Mirrer <i>talmidei chachamim, </i>who knew the scourge of this
European “Enlightenment” - inspired progressive Judaism that sought to
clothe non-Jewish ideologies in more-or-less Jewish garb. By contrast,
the Mirrer talmidim held fast to the Tree of Life that was Torah through
thick and thin.<br>
“Yet they thought they had found other grounds to be shocked and
concerned: In this environment of <i>hefkeirus </i>(in the spirit of
‘anything goes’), the Mirrers found that even the small Torah-true Jewish
community was drinking <i>chalav akum </i>(milk not supervised by a Jew
at the time of milking), something that in Europe would have been totally
unacceptable. They made inquiries regarding the situation and they were
told, ‘Our Rabbi, R’ Moshe Feinstein, says this is permitted in America
today.’<br>
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“The Mirrer scholars had not yet heard of the <i>chashuve </i>R' Moshe
Feinstein, and the renowned Mashgiach, R’ Yechezkel (Chatzkel)
Levenstein, delegated one of the outstanding Torah scholars at the Mir,
R’ Leib Malin, to look into the matter. He phoned R’ Moshe, who was at a
bungalow colony, and a heated debate ensued, as R’ Leib would not accede
to R’ Moshe's point of view. <br>
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“Finally, R’ Moshe asked him, ‘Have you heard of R’ Yisrael Zeev Gustman,
the dayan of Vilna?’ <br>
‘Yes, of course I have!’ answered R' Leib, ‘We were <i>chavrusas </i>in
Grodno before I went to the Mir." And he added the usual adjunct of
European Jews in 5706 when speaking of a Jewish person they had known
before the war: ‘Is he still alive?!?’ ‘He is indeed alive,’ replied R’
Moshe, ‘and he is right here in the bungalow colony. Do you trust his
opinion?’<br>
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“‘Certainly,’ replied R’ Leib, knowing that R’ Gustman was also an
admirer of R’ Chatzkel. ‘Well, I have discussed this issue with him over
the past few weeks, and R’ Gustman agrees that the milk is kosher.’ R’
Moshe called R’ Gustman over to speak with R' Leib by phone, and the
great dayan explained R' Moshe's position: Under the prevailing
conditions in the United States and since the milking met strict U.S.
regulations, the milk was permitted despite not having Jewish supervision
or milking. R’ Leib accepted the ruling, and the matter was
settled.”<a name="_ednref1"></a>[i]<br>
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<a name="_edn1"></a>[i] <b>Rav Gustman, </b>by David Page, Mesorah
Publications, 2017, pages 121 – 123. <br>
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