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NEWS
International Kashrus Conference Opens in Jerusalem
— Issurei Hano'oh Ingredients Possible in
Medicines
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
A four-day kashrus conference opened at the Renaissance Hotel
in Jerusalem on Monday, bringing together heads of the
leading kashrus organizations in Israel and around the world.
The first-of-its-kind conference organized by Machon Maskil
LeDovid will address a variety of kashrus issues currently
relevant around the world. The conference schedule includes
shiurim, workshops, guidance and information
exchange.
The opening session began with a shiur given by Rav
Yehuda Shereshevsky, a chemist and researcher at Machon
Maskil LeDovid's Unit for Scientific Halachic Research, who
addressed concerns of avodoh zora and issurei
hano'oh in components of medications made using
acetylcysteine bases. He revealed real concerns about the use
of human hair from India and hair taken from corpses in
medications containing the active ingredient acetylcysteine.
He also noted cysteine is also used as a flavor enhancer in
baked goods.
A delegation of rabbonim participating in the conference will
meet with Maran HaRav Eliashiv, shlita, and will have
an opportunity to ask him halachic questions.
Topics scheduled for discussion include kashrus supervision
via satellite and video cameras, bishul Yisroel by
remote control, new types of fish and infestations, worms and
bugs, liquor kashrus, organic products, dinei momonos
utevi'os, the relationship between supervisor and
supervised, reciprocal relationships among kashrus
organizations, world standards, dual loyalty, kosher
shechitoh and avoiding tzaar baalei chaim,
relying on digital kashrus certificates, shatnez, and
many more.
Among the speakers were HaRav Dov Landau, HaRav Moshe Vaye,
HaRav Shneur Zalman Ravach, HaRav Mendel Gershon Gorlick,
HaRav Yosef Efrati, HaRav Levy Yitzchok Halperin, HaRav
Shlomo Machpud, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger.
Other speakers included HaRav Avrohom Yaffe Schlesinger,
av beis din of Geneva, HaRav Moshe Nachshoni, director
of the kashrus department of in Rishon Letzion, HaRav
Yirmiyohu Menachem Cohen, a dayan and moreh
tzedek for Shomrei HaDas of Antwerp, HaRav Yechiya Tuvol,
a dayan and moreh tzedekin Lyons, France, HaRav
Osher Westheim, a dayan, HaRav Menachem Gelli, a
member of the London Beis Din, HaRav Pinchas Toledano, av
beis din of the Sephardic kehilloh of London,
HaRav Moshe Heinemann, director of Star K in the US, HaRav
Yitzchok Ehrenberg, the rov of Berlin, HaRav Menachem Genack,
head of the OU kashrus department, HaRav Chanoch Ehrentreu,
ravad of the London Beis Din, HaRav Yisroel Yaakov
Lichtenstein, av beis din of Chevras Bnei Yisroel-
London Federation, HaRav Aharon Nesher, chairman of Machon
Maskil LeDovid, Rav Eliezer Wolf, Dr. Moshe Rosenfeld, and
former minister of religious affairs, Asher Ohana.
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