If one would glance at the full-page glossy ads in the ubiquitous Jewish magazine, it would seem that produce growers are falling over themselves to provide every possible green with the best of hechsherim, all while stating the various methods used to ascertain that one should not stumble and transgress these Biblical prohibitions.
“Greenhouse Grown”, [are not insect free!]
“Triple Washed”, [does not rid enough, to permit]
“Insect Free”, [to those that are not trained]
“Requires No Checking” [not to be used after checking ]
scream out from the ads.
The Mishna Berura brings the Chasam sofer, that only trained individual with very good eyesight may checks infestation otherwise "don't use".
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Here's a refreshing change. A NY area hashgocho was recently approached that the goyim working at their sushi stations set up idols that when people bend over to pick up sushi trays they are in effect bowing down to them. The rav hamachshir was very thankful and moved to immediately have them removed.
This is in stark contrast to the big ANOICHEE guy at the Queens Vaad who akshens zich, finally removes one kind of idol after outside pressure is applied but then digs in his heels about a second kind of idol, vos ich bin der Executive Drecktor and no one tells ME what to do. Mit a za EGO, even the original Napoleon zet ois vee der Annav mikol adam.
With all due respect to your favorite brand Postiv, they should write on the label: "perfect for those who love their lettuce to turn soggy and limp before the expiration date"
Is nothing sacred anymore?
First Pinny Lipschutz's Yated that was a stalwart against Lubavitch messianism completely loosened up after the deaths of Rav Schach & Pinny's uncle R' Elya Svei. Today the Yated is so pro-Lubavitch that that Chabad has not only lifted their cherem of the paper to allow it to be sold in all the stores they control but the Lubavitch media actively excerpts from it. You could say becoming the best new found friend of Lubavitch has it's rewards $$$.
Pinny always steered clear of anything that had to with Tropper but this week that barrier has been broken as well. The Yated had a photo spread of the hanochas tefillin for the son of Rabbi Barros in the Fallsburg shul, as if Barros is some notable adam gadol in Klal Yisroel. Tropper engineered the expulsion of the previous rov to install his prize talmid Barros as his surrogate to actively to do kiruv on all the intermarried couples in the Catskills. And since millions of dollars were flowing in for this "lofty" purpose, this "tradition" has been continued by R' Elya Ber who does not want to see all that money go to waste.
Barros used to be a shul rabbi in San Francisco and was behind some kind of kashrus scandal over there. When rabbonim called his rebbe Tropper to complain, Tropper lied and made it sound like Barros was some kind of floater that was maybe in Yeshiva Kol Yaakov for 3 weeks and he barely remembers him. That was right before Tropper honored Barros at the yeshiva dinner and hijacked the South Fallburg shul for him. I know that Barros is a ger himself and I have heard that his wife is too. I thought gerim are not supposed to be megayer others. OU and YCT rabbis who are gerim are not involved in giyur for that reason.
Hi. Outside pressure. How's the dreaming? I hope pleasant.
Did you already remove all the crosses from your windows? How about you doors/ and the shades? You know any two pieces that cross each other is a avoda zara cross, according to last dor's and heintigah poiskim.
Tell the world when you finish with that issue.
Who is R' Elya Ber? Does healso protect your fantazishe molesters?
"I have heard that his wife is too."
Some more 'to'eles' based on hearsay.
There is only one chevrah who could be behind this 'anonymous' BAAL loshon Horah.
Rabbi Shein,
i keep seeing you quote this supposed mishna berurah. where is it, if i may ask?
i seem to remember seeing the chasam sofer though, he's not talking about being an expert in checking as you claim, but rather it needs someone with good eyesight - meaning 20/20 and not someone's half blind grandmother!
yudel, this post seems familiar. i think this was part of another article i recently read, about diparaging past doros on bugs!
is this right? now where did i see that?
i hope you got permission first!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/nyregion/25buses.html
Remember Yossi Ungar, the lowlife Philly talmid in Flatbush who was arrested for selling counterfeit parts for MTA trains & buses, tax evasion and impersonating dead people?
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06242009/news/regionalnews/ceo_to_plead_guilty_of_selling_fake_part_175892.htm
It could have caused a derailment killing many people.
He is a nephew of Chazan Potchie Lipschutz, the molester from Frankel's shul & Monsey. Ungar's lawyer is the modern orthodox behayma Avi Moskowitz who defends Margulies in the Kolko molesting conspiracy case.
After Ungar's conviction there was a big tumult in Flatbush whether R' Shmuel Kaminetzky was still going to back the Bnos Yaakov school that Ungar and his wife planned on opening.
http://67.199.89.116//_sub/_bnosyaakov_17/uploads/content/Kamenetzky_letter.jpg
Well, I don't know what R' Shmuel is thinking, but he went ahead with backing the school anyway and comes to their dinners. It must have helped that Ungar hosts the Philly parlor meetings $, a "good" and loyal Hungarian boy that makes Philly proud.
One of the Rebbeim at Bnos Yaakov is Bentzion Schiffenbauer who grew up with Ungar & Kolko on East 22nd St. He is one of the main players with Margulies and Belsky to cover up Kolko's molesting.
It looks like on the Daf Yomi directory that Ungar was fort kicked out from giving the shiur at the Soblover beis medrash on Ave L.
What a 'kiddush' Hashem when government agents raided Ungar's house and tore the place apart looking for evidence. Exactly the kind of guy we 'need' to be a big mechanech and marbitz Torah with backing of the gedolim. Rav Shmuel Berenbaum wouldn't let Pinter hang around the yeshiva office anymore when he found out he was a crook. Why is Philly involved with a shmutzik guy like this?
"You know any two pieces that cross each other is a avoda zara cross, according to last dor's and heintigah poiskim."
C.S. will have to come up with a better argument than that.
Kamma Rishonim hold shituf of Yoshkie is not assur, at least for goyim. R' Tuvya Goldstein ztl is mattir even for a Yid wearing a tzailem on his clothes "ober tsiz nisht ken shaina zach".
"impersonating dead people"
http://web.archive.org/web/20030115112513/http://www.jewishinterest.com/MokomSholom/rav.htm
Well, Chaim Schwartz impersonates Queens Vaad critics who stick up for dead people.
ober tsiz nisht ken shaina zach
Nobody ever said that you were "ah shaina zach".
not even your buddy Koloko.
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