Nearly all Rabbonim in Chicago have issued a message to its Community, to only engage in and purchase food from, home businesses with reputable kosher supervision.
This proclamation follows the lead of an earlier Kol Koreh signed by the leading Poskim in North America outlying similar guidelines. What is unique about the Chicago Kol Koreh is the willingness to work with any home business owner to financially help with guidelines that a Rav Hamachshir might require to meet his standards.
One common example is to help build a separate area or entrance where proper supervision can be conducted.
The Chicago Rabbonim have also committed to not allow any products that are being sold without proper hashgacha into their Shuls. It their hope that other Communities will follow this initiative, and in doing so, will increase the level of kashrus standards worldwide.
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Just wondering why they feel need to do this is this a widespread problem the people are routinely serving non-kosher or questionable catering out of their private kitchen?
Were do we draw the line. If we invite people to our house for a kidush or meal do we have to have a mashgeach.
Why is a shuel different. Were is the trust.
This is asinine! There are thousands of women, and many men as well supporting their families by selling home made food products. The Torah already dictated eid echad ne’eman b’issurin. So if you don’t trust them then YOU don’t buy it, but to direct the community to avoid doing business with them, likely ruining their business, is not justifiable.
In my town we have at least 2 people selling food made in their homes with no supervision. They may be frum individuals but I’m aware of frum people who’s kashrus standards in their home fall short of standards of the major hechsharim in matters such as vegetable inspection and use of products from companies with hechsharim that are not accepted by major agencies.
The problem is the people who are running food businesses like fancy cakes and who aren’t under any hashgacha.
When I was growing up, you trusted the business owner.
In the alte heim, there was NO such thing as a compensated mashgiach.
It is solely up to the consumer to decide if he trusts the seller or not. Like with any other product.
I definitely agree that a mashgiach is needed for certain situations.
You’re all a bunch of am haaratzim. Eid echad is not applicable when theres business involved, see the maare mikomos in the kol korah. You dumb am haaratzim.
With all of the kashrus scandals out there, I’ll sooner eat from the home kitchens of the lofty Jews (mechanchim etc) who have these side businesses to make a few extra bucks than I would from a commercial kitchen under the best hashgacha
We draw the line when there’s money on the table that’s how it works…I like how’s there are people here dumb enough to argue with every rav who’s on this sheet…which ranges from the left to the right and up and down…anyone who knows half a centimeter of hahacha knows not to open their mouth against this cuz they’d just be wrong.
TOI
” Eid echad is not applicable when theres business involved”
There is no such halacha, you made that up.
The maare mikomos don’t say that.
It wouldn’t even make sense, otherwise how could you trust the mashgiach. Newsflash: kashrus is also a buisness.
@Toi Hi, I might be an Am Haaretz but isn’t Torah im Derech Eretz?
Agav, the whole m’kor for this is supposed to be a takana from the Vaad Arba Aratzos, however you will be hard pressed to find it. The most you will find is a quote from the VAA that anyone who comes in to sell cheese should have a letter from his Rav that he is a Ne’eman
And, it’s bichlal not pashut that Eid Echad is not ne’eman if he’s nogeia
So y’all know better than the many chashuva Talmidei Chachamim who signed the letter? Do you honestly think they have nothing better to do with their time? Do you honestly think they dont have Klal Yisroels best interest at heart? He who has the chutzpah to write a word against this letter has to go back a few weeks and reread Parshas Korach.
@Moshe 1994; That’s only for the yekkes