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Cherrybim: So now we’re supposed to follow whichever posek is followed by the majority, even if it’s only because it’s a name brand hechsher? Rav Elyashiv, Rav Vosner, and Rav Karelitz tower above any American poskim today. Also as I mentioned, Rav Belsky Shlit”a is arguing on the rishonim on the sugya. What a shame that Rav Elyashiv, Rav Vosner, and Rav Karelitz, not to mention the Rashb”a, Ramba”m (Sefer Hamitzvos),and Maggid Mishna, don’t work for a nationally recognized hechsher!
BTW, you misread my original statement about herring – I never said it’s dewormed, just that it’s not a problem. I said even if you saw someone eating wild salmon, you can’t assume they hold it’s mutor, maybe it was dewormed. I have no idea whether or not herring is dewormed.
Gefilte fish is not a problem because the worms are ground up, and they become botel (no longer a berya).
Cheerybim: Herring is not necessarily a problem. From the Star K website:
The following lists are based on research by Rabbi Gershon Bess. Note: Please READ CAREFULLY since there are some species of fish that appear on both lists. Their acceptability or non-acceptability depends on where they originate. We have no information about fish not included on this list.
Until further notice, only the variety of fish found on the following list may be used without any need for inspection:
Carp
Flounder – Only Fluke, Georgia Banks, Channel
Gefilte Fish
Herring fillet
Lox – Farm Raised
Minced Fish Sticks
Pike
Pollock – Atlantic
Red Snapper – Eastern or Atlantic only
Salmon – Farm Raised (e.g. Atlantic, Norwegian, Chilean, New Zealand, British Columbia )
Sardines – from Morocco, Philippines, Portugal
Tilapia
Trout
Tuna
Whitefish – Michigan-Lake Superior
Whiting
Cherrybim: Who said the herring at the kiddush you attended was a problem? Even had you seen rabbonim eating wild salmon, it wouldn’t prove anything; maybe they were dewormed!
Why can we not make judgements on which poskim are bigger? Would we not agree that R’ Moshe was bigger than any poskim alive today? True, we are “peanuts” and have no such hasagos on our own, but we have the opinions of our Rabbonim. If I’m not right, then we can’t judge who is a legitimate posek at all.
Find me a respected rov who considers R’ Belky bigger than the gedolei haposkim in EY! I know my rebbeim consider them bigger! R’ Dovid Feinstein has not issued a psak because R’ Elyashiv already gave his psak. Does this not tell us whom he feels is a bigger posek? Not to belittle R’ Belsky, chas v’sholom, but why would one follow his psak l’kulo against the gedolei haposkim in EY?