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hanks to the recent
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vant Israelis won't be thirsty
during Passover.
Rabbi Yosef averted this
danger by ruling that the
waters of Lake Kinneret,
from which Israel draws
much of its drinking water,
are kosher for Passover
because they contain only
"infinitesimal quantities" of
bread (used by some fisher-
man as bait).
Now that their supply of
H2 O is secure, Orthodox
Israelis can turn to the ques-
tion of finding wine that is
equally kosher for Passover.
This is no simple matter, for
there are many competing
rabbinical bodies issuing
kashrut certificates. The most
important of them are the
religious councils in each and
every community which,
though generally following
the policies of the state-
supported Chief Rabbinate,
nevertheless retain con-
siderable autonomy where
kashrut regulations are con-
cerned. Then there are also a
score of independent ultra-
Orthodox groups which follow
their own, generally more
stringent, guidelines in this
sphere.
Whether they like it or not,
Israeli firms must take the
kashrut factor into considera-
tion when marketing their
goods and services. Other-
wise, they will lose access to
many important outlets.
Government bodies like the
army, for example, must, by
law, serve kosher food, and
even privately controlled
supermarket chains will or-
dinarily refuse to carry non-
kosher products.
Most manufacturers, im-
porters and distributors open-
ly resent the fact that kashrut
supervision, particularly if
carried out by several dif-
ferent bodies, adds substan-
tially to their costs (because
they pay, directly or indirect-
ly, for the rabbinical super-
visors). But others emphasize
its positive side. In a recent
symposium on the religious
consumer, Rafi Wilmersdorf,
marketing manager of the
Osem Food Company, said
that "the observance of
kashrut regulations should
be regarded as another ser-
vice to the public, one which
can help us win customers."
Speaking at the 'same sym-
posium, Rabbi Mordechai
Piron — former chief chaplain
of the Israel Defense Forces
and now chief rabbi of the
Zurich Jewish community —
declared that kashrut cer-
tification can promote Israeli
exports not only among Jews,
but also among non-Jews
"who regard it as an indica-
tion that the product in ques-
tion is clean and of high
quality?'
Rabbi Piron likewise
pointed out that Europe has
a large Moselm population,
the members of which are apt
to seek out kosher goods, if
sold at a competitive price,
because their "kashrut rules"
are similar to those of the
Jews.
At this' time of year, of
course, obsevant Jews require
a whole range of products
that are not only kosher, but
kosher for Passover. Thus, re-
cent issues of Orthodox
newspapers carried informa-
tion about many foodstuffs,
cleaning materials, medicines
and other things that carry
kosher-for-Passover cer-
tificates. One weekly even ran
an ad for a walter filter, to be
attached to the kitchen
spigot, which was characteriz-
ed as "the only one
guaranteed to be kosher for
use during Passover."
So even if a few specks of
bread somehow make their
way from Lake Kinneret to
an Orthodox family's water
supply, this device will ensure
that they aren't inadvertent-
ly swallowed during
Passover.
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NEWS
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Judge Issues
Get Ruling
Chicago (JTA) — An Illinois
judge has ruled that a Jewish
man whose wife became a
ba'alat teshuvah must grant
her a get, Jewish divorce
decree, as well as a secular
divorce, even though he is not
Orthodox. The judge said they
entered into an Orthodox
wedding contract (ketubah) at
their Reconstructionist wed-
ding ceremony.
Courts in New York, New
Jersey, Ohio and Minnesota
have made decisions in
similar cases. New York and
New Jersey rulings have
ordered men to grant a get on
the grounds that they had
entered into a contract.
In Minnesota and Ohio,
however, judges have refused
to order the granting of the
get.
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