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meirs
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The Rabanut Hecsher in Israel, as it stands now, is reliably kosher. Would most frum people go by those standards? No, and they shouldn’t. However it is still kosher, and that is what a large portion of the 70% of Israeli Jews that keep kosher rely on. Until these reforms, the only way you can call yourself kosher is to have the Rabanut. Otherwise, you can’t use the word-legally. If the measures take place, then kashrus becomes an open field, and as clearly stipulated in the measures, stores that are open on shabbos can be considered kosher. For example take tzohar- look it up. So the fight is not about the 15 percent of Israel that only eats the very good hechsherim, it is about the Jews that rely on the simple labeling of kosher. That is why it is so important, because the people going into these restaurants aren’t checking the hechsher, and if it says kosher but they’re open on shabbos, and have other unexplainable heteirim, then they are effectively eating not kosher. And this is a result of this bill.