Israel – Chief Rabbi Bans Sale of Non-Koshered Meat

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    Israel – Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger has ordered a complete halt in importers’ sale of non-kosher meat to Israeli chains.

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    Metzger’s decision has great implications for meat importers, who rushed to stop all sales after hearing it, according to him.

    In the debate held at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Metzger mentioned that the original permit to sell non-koshered meat – or meat that is not salted in order to remove all traces of blood – was given for the benefit of non-Jewish consumers in order to cut costs.

    But recently the rabbinate has discovered that many Jews were buying non-kosher meat precisely because it is cheaper, thus creating a situation in which rabbinate-approved non-kosher meat was being consumed by Jews who did not realize the meat had not undergone the proper process according to halacha.

    Therefore Metzger ordered a complete halt in sales to supermarkets and other food chains. He did not, however, ban the importation of non-kosher meat. The rabbi hopes that in this way the meat will end up only in stores that service non-Jewish clients.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The rav obviously has no legal authority to ban the sale of chazerfleish to non-kosher markets and restaurants. Nor can he ban the imports of chazer-fleish. The secular jews and goyim are entitled to their BLT sandwhiches and other chazeri.

    GB_Jew
    GB_Jew
    13 years ago

    Does this mean a ban on the importation and the sale of unsalted but still ‘kosher’ meats, or just a ban on ‘treif’, e.g. pig meats etc?

    Shimon613
    Shimon613
    13 years ago

    This article is terribly written. After reading it a few times, it seems clear that the ban is on non-koshered meat (unsalted), and not a ban on non-kosher meat (not slaughtered in a kosher manner or from a non-kosher animal).

    It is very important for articles to be clearly written, especially when using easily confused terms (koshered vs. kosher).

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The ban appears to be only on mamash treif meats…many yidden prefer to buy their own meat and kosher it themselves to be machmir….as I’m sure you realize, you cannot make pork “kosher” by salting it.

    kollelfaker
    kollelfaker
    13 years ago

    non sense any one buying cheap meat knew it wasnt kosher so they salted it at home those who bought it knew what they were doing

    13 years ago

    This is a ban on kosher meat which has yet to be kashered. In the old days every Jewish housewife would kasher meat herself, but nowadays this skill has been almost forgotten and most people assume the meat they buy is already kashered by the butcher.
    The problem with requiring all meat to be kashered by salting is that some people are on a strict no sodium diet and they kasher meat by broiling. The Rabbinate’s new requirement will deny them that perfectly acceptable alternative

    DavidMoshe
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    DavidMoshe
    13 years ago

    How does he have this authority?

    PrettyBoyFloyd
    PrettyBoyFloyd
    13 years ago

    Just doing his job.

    13 years ago

    anyways ,you gotta laughat the photo sad as it is. esther

    cynic
    cynic
    13 years ago

    If the article is talking about kosher meat that simply hasn’t been salted (and I’ve got to agree with the earlier folk that the writing is very unclear), that not only affects people who’d do the kashering themselves but also blocks the broiling option.
    Although many have forgotten, you can take unsalted kosher meat and cook it under a broiler. As long as you’ve designated a special “drip tray” just for this purpose, everything’s ok. And kosher.
    Comes in handy for reducing salt intake.

    Jimmy37
    Jimmy37
    13 years ago

    Something makes no sense. Why stop the sale of this meat?? Just make sure that it is labeled appropriately. When I was growing up, the local Jewish supermarket had a big sign stating that all meat was not kashered. How hard is that??

    Cherrybim
    Cherrybim
    13 years ago

    “but nowadays this skill has been almost forgotten”

    What skill; you mean soak, salt and rinse? Thay’s a skill?