Rabbi Goldman told the butch-
ers, two witnesses were
needed, not one. And this wit-
ness (mashgiach Leo Stein-
metz) was biased." Steinmetz
was invited to Monday's meet-
ing at Rayber's store but was
not present.
Rabbi Goldman suggested
that Rayber take the Council of
Orthodox Rabbis before a
Jewish court (din Torah) to
settle the dispute, and
suggested contacting the Rab-
binical Council of America or
the Rabbinical Alliance of
America. He claimed Rayber
Rayber is seeking a
full-time
mashgiach.
"was not proven guilty, under
Jewish law or any other law."
The Vaad is the only council
that supervises kosher butcher
shops in Michigan. Of the 13
kosher shops in the Detroit
area, seven belong to the
butchers' association. Ten are
supervised by the Vaad and
three are unsupervised.
The Rayber family this week
said they would try to find a
full-time mashgiach to super-
vise their store, and ask Rabbi
Goldman to provide certifica-
tion. Rayber said he has lost 50
percent of his business since
his certification was removed.
Goldman certifies no
butcher stores, but "inspects"
New Orleans Kosher Meat
Market in Southfield, which
had its certification removed
by the Vaad several years ago.
Last week, Rabbi Elimelech
Goldberg, a member of the
Vaad, said meetings have been
held with state officials about
changing the state's kosher
law to provide an enforcement
mechanism. The process has
been slow, he said, because of
the illness and death of attor-
ney Mark Schlussel's mother.
Schlussel has been advising
the Vaad.
State officials report having
one meeting. Assistant Attor-
ney General Stanley Steinborn
met with Vaad representatives
in July over the Rayber case
"but has heard nothing about
changing the law." None of
Michigan's five Jewish legis-
lators have been approached
on the issue, including Sen.
Jack Faxon, who sponsored the
state law 20 years ago.
Jim Manning, legislative
liaison for the state Deparment
of Agriculture, said he was
aware of the Rayber situation,
"but I'm not aware of any meet-
ings on legislative changes."
He said enforcement is a
"touchy question because of
the church-state separation is-
sue" and "from our standpoint,
lack of supervision is not the
state's problem."
Al Hafner, food technician
for the department's Food Di-
vision, said, "Occasionally we
will hear of a -problem, but
usually the rabbis are able to
handle it."
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