למה יצאו מן הדת 3 וחצי מליון יהודים – ולמה היום הדור נראה כך?

The prohibition of the foods that the Torah   prohibited is not due to the harm they cause one’s health, for the nations   eat all those things deemed disgusting for us, and they are, nevertheless,   strong and untiring.

The G-dly Torah did not come to cure the bodies of men and to   seek their health but to seek the health of the soul and to cure its   illnesses. The Torah prohibited certain foods because they contaminate and   sully the pure soul and create in the person’s nature an obstruction and   deterioration of his desires, whence they create an evil nature in a person,   from which the spirit of contamination originates, the spirit that   contaminates the thoughts and deeds and drives out the spirit of purity and   sanctity. concerning this spirit, King David begged, “And Your Holy Spirit   remove not from me (Ps. 51).” And he said, “A pure heart create in me, O   L-rd, and a proper spirit renew in my midst.” Therefore, G-d said, “Do not   contaminate your souls..,and do not become unclean through them.” For this   was the matter of the obstruction and the uncleanness. The reason for its   prohibition is that nature of the body be balanced and that from its foods   will eminate pure blood, not contaminated thick and coarse blood. (Rabbi Don   Isaac Abarbanel, Shemini).

 
ספר במדבר פרק יא
(א)   וַיְהִי הָעָם כְּמִתְאֹנֲנִים רַע בְּאָזְנֵי יְדֹוָד וַיִּשְׁמַע יְדֹוָד   וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ וַתִּבְעַר בָּם אֵשׁ יְדֹוָד וַתֹּאכַל בִּקְצֵה הַמַּחֲנֶה:
(ב) וַיִּצְעַק הָעָם אֶל משֶׁה וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל משֶׁה אֶל יְדֹוָד וַתִּשְׁקַע   הָאֵשׁ:
(ג) וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא תַּבְעֵרָה כִּי בָעֲרָה בָם אֵשׁ   יְדֹוָד:
(ד) וְהָאסַפְסֻף אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבּוֹ הִתְאַוּוּ תַּאֲוָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ   וַיִּבְכּוּ גַּם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִי יַאֲכִלֵנוּ בָּשָׂר:

(BAMIDBAR 11: 1-4)

1 And when the people (Always the people [HA AM] refers   to the Erev Rav) complained, it displeased Hashem; and Hashem heard it; and   his anger was kindled; and the fire of Hashem burnt among them, and consumed   those who were in the outlying parts of the camp.
2 And the people cried to Moshe; and when Moshe prayed to Hashem, the fire   was quenched.
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah; because the fire of Hashem   burnt among them.
4 And the mixed multitude that was among them had a strong craving; and the   people of Israel   also wept again, and said, Who shall give us meat to eat?

Tikkune Zohar Tikkun   19

THE EREV RAV ASKED FOR   MEAT AND IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM [AND NOWADAYS THEY STILL CONTROL THE MEAT]

And the EREV RAV asked   for meat and it was given to them. And what is written? “And the meat was   still between their teeth before being torn and the fury of G-d” (Bamidbar   11,33)…And the secret of this meat is “For he is also flesh” [SHAGAM HU   BASSAR] (Bereshit 6:3). And this secret was left in the hands of the wise of   heart…And this BASSAR [meat] in reverse is SHEBER [Broken] And on this it is   written: “SHEVER RAAVON BATECHEM” [The broken famine of your houses]   (Bereshit 42:19). If they are deserving then the meat is holy as it is   written “MI BESSARI ECHEZE ELOKA” But if they don’t guard that BASSAR [meat]   the sign of the Brit, then it will change for them to SHEBER.

Tikkune Zohar Tikkun   19

THE RABBANIM OF THE EREV
RAV FOOL THE JEWISH PEOPLE

THE MISGUIDANCE OF THE KOSHER MARKETPLACE

ARTICLE APPEARED ON THE JEWISH PRESS

Glatt Kosher? 

Dear Editor,

Mr. Eli Sacks’ letter   concerning “Glatt-Kosher’’ published in your Aug. 6th edition caught my eye.   Having practiced ‘‘Sh’chita Ubdika’’ several years, I feel I have some   knowledge — as well as questions — in this matter and would like to express   my opinion.

An animal slaughtered   kosher requires “B’dikas Hore’oh” — inspection of the lungs. If this   inspection turns up a “sircha’ — an adhesion — the entire animal is taref.   The Ra’moh, whose decisions we usually accept in matters of Halacha, is   lenient in this case. He permits the practice of “Mi’uch U’mishmush” —   rubbing gently the ‘sircha’ between the ringers of the “bodek” and if this   process removes the “sircha” the animal is kosher (Ramoh, Yore Deah, 39:13).   Those who refuse to accept this lenient view of the Ramoh or question whether   the ‘bodek’’ was gentle enough in the handling of the ‘‘sircha” insist that   their meat be from an animal with “glatt’’ — (smooth, in Yiddish) lungs with   no “sircha” at all  and are willing to pay the price. So much for the   basic halacha:

 May I now ask   several questions. based upon practical experience:

1) Beef cattle without   a “sircha’ is very rare. At times, as little as 0- 5% are really ‘‘glatt.   ‘Where does all the beef sold in New     York as “Glatt-Kosher’ come from?

2) The Ramoh (ibid)   specifically excludes calves and lambs from his lenient decision concerning   ‘‘Mi’uch U’mishmush,’’ Consequently, a calf or a lamb which has a ‘sircha” is   treif even according to the Ramoh. What, then, is ‘‘Glatt-Kosher” veal or   lamb?

3) Poultry requires no   inspection of the lungs. In fact! the lungs of all poultry is adherent to the   ribs. What, then! is “Glatt­ Kosher” chicken or duck?

                   I have been asking these and similar questions for the last 45 years and, to   date, heard no satisfactory answer. Isn’t it time that the authorities in   charge of Kashruth listen to them seriously and begin mending fences?

 Most respectfully,

Rabbi   Joseph Goldberg      Brooklyn.   N.Y

The whole matter of death   in this world came about because of the sin of eating something that was   forbidden, the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge As it is written (Bereshit   2:17): “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat   of it; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die”. As a direct   result of it, death was brought onto the world to all men for all   generations. The Ramban

There is no sin so severe   as forbidden foods, since entire Jewish communities were lost and turned to   evil ways because of eating treifos and neveilos. (Divrei Chayim‑Yoreh Deah)

THE EREV RAV ASKED FOR   MEAT AND IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM [AND NOWADAYS THEY STILL CONTROL THE MEAT]

And the EREV RAV asked   for meat and it was given to them. And what is written? “And the meat was   still between their teeth before being torn and the fury of G-d” (Bamidbar   11,33)…And the secret of this meat is “For he is also flesh” [SHAGAM HU   BASSAR] (Bereshit 6:3). And this secret was left in the hands of the wise of   heart…And this BASSAR [meat] in reverse is SHEBER [Broken] And on this it is   written: “SHEVER RAAVON BATECHEM” [The broken famine of your houses]   (Bereshit 42:19). If they are deserving then the meat is holy as it is   written “MI BESSARI ECHEZE ELOKA” But if they don’t guard that BASSAR [meat]   the sign of the Brit, then it will change for them to SHEBER. Tikkune Zohar   Tikkun 19

THE EREV RAV MADE THE   GOLDEN CALF AND THEIR FLESH
IS THE FLESH OF DONKEYS

When they did the golden   calf, Moshe thought that it was the Jews who had done it… Then Hashem told   him “Go down for your people have corrupted” Immediately he descended and saw   the calf who had the image of a donkey and a bull. And he asked the donkey:   Who made you? And it said the EREV RAV made me, for their flesh is the flesh   of donkeys. The bull said the same thing… Tikkune Zohar, 142a

THE SERPENT IS THE   FORBIDDEN FAT WHICH IS FORBIDDEN TO THE JEWS

The thin intestine this   is the healthy serpent, the serpent AKALATON, that the Tzaddikim are destined   to eat. And there is an impure fat [Chelev], which is the serpent and which   is forbidden to eat the holy Jews, for about it, it is written (Bereshit 3:   14): “Cursed are you more than all cattle”  Tikkune Zohar, 140b

Unfortunately, now the   breach in the observance of kashruth has become much more widespread than in   years gone by. In years gone by, every Jew, even the unlearned ones, kept a   very close watch over the food that entered their homes, since all foods were   prepared at home. No one would dare purchase commercially prepared foods and   rely on hechsherim and lenient rulings of all sorts. Ask your parents or   grandparents who lived in Europe before the Holocaust, and they will tell you   how scrupulous they were with the sanctity of foods in the European   communities that have since been destroyed, that no one, not even the most   unlearned, would eat or give his family to eat foods prepared outside his   home, without his supervision over their preparation from beginning to end.   Now, however, there are many who permit all kinds of products according to   the most lenient rulings in halachah, and the most observant purchase all   sorts of commercially produced foods, even those manufactured by non‑Jews, as   long as there is some kind of hechsher stamped on the container. It is   irrelevant whose hechsher it is, as long as it says, "kosher" in   Hebrew letters. As will be explained in this book, many of the hechsherim are   given by rabbis who have no idea of the intricacies of food manufacturing.   Consequently, they inadvertently permit many products containing non‑kosher   ingredients. People should, therefore, avoid using all kinds of commercial   products.

The   saintly Chofetz Chaim writes in his book, Machaneh Israel, that a Jewish soldier   once asked him what he should choose. He was given the choice to be in a   division under a fine commander, who allows the soldiers to slaughter and eat   kosher meat, but there he would have to work on the Shabbat, or to be in   another division where he would not be able to eat kosher food, but he would   not be coerced to work on the Shabbat. He asked what he should do. The   Chofetz Chaim told him to go to the division where he would be forced to work   on the Shabbat and added the following reason: Even though Shabbat is a   capital offense, when he comes home, he would be able to observe many   Shabbossim. If he eats neveilos and trefos, however, "the damage to his   soul will remain permanently," [..And he will end up not eating Kosher   and not observing Shabbat]

Prohibited Foods Contaminate   a Person’s Soul

The   prohibition of the foods that the Torah prohibited is not due to the harm   they cause one’s health, for the nations eat all those things deemed   disgusting for us, and they are, nevertheless, strong and untiring. The G-dly   Torah did not come to cure the bodies of men and to seek their health but to   seek the health of the soul and to cure its illnesses. The Torah prohibited   certain foods because they contaminate and sully the pure soul and create in the   person’s nature an obstruction and deterioration of his desires, whence they   create an evil nature in a person, from which the spirit of contamination   originates, the spirit that contaminates the thoughts and deeds and drives   out the spirit of purity and sanctity. concerning this spirit, King David   begged, “And Your Holy Spirit remove not from me (Ps. 51).” And he said, “A   pure heart create in me, O L-rd, and a proper spirit renew in my midst.”   Therefore, G-d said, “Do not contaminate your souls..,and do not become   unclean through them.” For this was the matter of the obstruction and the   uncleanness. The reason for its prohibition is that nature of the body be   balanced and that from its foods will eminate pure blood, not contaminated   thick and coarse blood. (Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel, Shemini).

THE PERSON SUFFERS   WHETHER HE
EATS KNOWINGLY OR WITHOUT KNOWING

The  Zohar Ha Kaddosh (Shemini 41b) states: Come and see.   Everyone who eats of those forbidden foods, cleaves to the forces of evil and   thereby contaminates himself and his soul, resulting, an unclean spirit to   rest upon him, displaying, thereby he has no part in the Most High G­-d …   and if he departs from this world in that condition, all those that adhere to   the forces of uncleanness cling to him, contaminate, and judge him as a   person who despised his Master, he is despised in this world and despised in   the World to Come … Woe is to them! Woe is to their souls for they will not   cling to the bundle of eternal life, for they have become contaminated …   All of a person's toil is for his mouth. All judgment, all one suffers and   all vengeance wrought upon him, is all on account of his mouth, because he   did not watch it and thereby, contaminated himself.

A person should quake when he   reads the words of the Zohar concerning the immeasurable damage a person   wreaks upon his soul by eating forbidden foods. For in doing so, he grasps   and clings to the evil forces resulting in unclean spirits to cleave unto   him, thereby demonstrating he has no part in the G‑d of Israel, G‑d   forbid! Therefore, one must be particularly suspect from eating foods of   dubious kashrus, surely not definitely non‑kosher foods.

In this matter, the Zohar Ha Kaddosh continues (42a): Rabbi   Yitzchak said: Whoever becomes contaminated through these foods is like one   practicing idolatry, which is an abomination to the L‑rd, as the Torah   writes: You shall not eat any abomination. Whosoever practices idolatry   departs from the side of life, departs from the Holy domain, and enters the   evil one; as does also one who contaminates himself with these foods depart   from the side of life, depart from the Holy domain, and enter an evil one,   and not only that, but he becomes contaminated both in this world and in the   World to Come.

In the holy book, M'lo Haomer (Shemini) we read that if one eats   unclean species or forbidden foods, not only does he not raise up the   "sparks" but he contaminates himself with them since they are from   the "evil side," and his soul descends to the "husks." Therefore,   Scripture states: It is unclean to you. Not only are they not capable of   rising, but also he will contaminate himself with them.

Also, in Tefillah LeMoshe (ch. 68): Whoever eats forbidden foods   is bound to the uncleanness, and he cannot ascend to the holiness. It is   impossible for him to separate himself from the loathsomeness of the   uncleanness except through fasts and penitence or through chibut hakever   known otherwise as beating in the grave. Who needs it.

Also, in Or Tzaddikim, ch. 19: Be thou advised… Whoever was not   exact in his observance of dietary laws in this world and was not careful to   differentiate between that prohibited and that permitted, even if it was not   prohibited by the Torah but by the Rabbis, his punishment is, that after his   death, the angel in charge of the beating of the grave comes and hits him on   his stomach with his bar of iron and fire, until his stomach splits and the   ordure spills out. They then turn him over his face to strike him.. They say   to him, "Swallow what you gave out” May G‑d guard and save us from this   harsh judgment or the like! And especially is this true of the sin of   mingling meat and milk, which is a serious offense, and the Zohar states:   Whoever eats that food which is joined together at one time or at one meal,   for forty days a roasted kid in its skin appears … and if he begets a son   in these forty days, they give him a soul from the 'evil side,' that we do   not need.

THE   MOST UPRIGHT BUTCHER IS A PARTNER
OF AMALEK  Kiddushin (82a)

"Themost upright butcher is a   partner of Amalek." Rashi explains that manycases   of questionable kashrut come to his hand, and in trying to savemoney, declares them kosher,   and ‑ sell   them as such. We can see to whatextent   the Rabbis evaluate the pitfalls resulting from the butchers, that they did not hesitate to   use the sharpest epithet when referring tothem.   The expression, "partner of Amalek," is, by far, the sharpestepithet used in the Talmud.   One's hair can stand on end when one thinksabout   how far this matter extends. For a question of doubtful kashrutthe Rabbis called him such a   name, and not only a usual butcher, but "the   most upright butcher " so that no one can be confident in himselfand say that since he   appointed a reliable butcher, no pitfalls canresult   from him, and it is accepted that a Torah scholar does not allowany pitfall to result from   his doings, especially if the butcher isreally   learned, since the Rabbis say that a Torah scholar will commit aminor infraction in order to   prevent an ignorant person from committinga   major infraction.

    REGARDING BET YOSEF MEAT

ATTENTION SEPHARDIC PEOPLE

          An important note for all sephardic people: All meat that is not Beit   Yosef is considered TAREF for Sefaradim, if a sephardic person eats regular   Kosher meat, he is eating Taref, G-d forbid, If a sephardic person eats Glatt   Kosher meat, he may be also eating TAREF because even if the meat is called   Glatt Kosher, some adhesions in the lungs (UP TO 3 VERY SMALL ADHESIONS, SEE   SIMLA CHADASHA IM PERUSH MATE ASHER PAGE 436) are allowed in a Glatt Kosher   animal for Ashkenazim. And for Sephardim, not even one adhesion is allowed

BE   CAREFUL WITH BET YOSEF MEAT FROM THE SEFARDIC BET DIN AS THIS MEAT IS   SLAUGHTERED BY RUBASHKIN AND IT IS MOST LIKELY NOT BET YOSEF ANYWAY AND NOT   KOSHER FOR SEFARADIM (AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN KOSHER FOR ASHKENAZIM EITHER)

EATING   FORBIDDEN FOODS IS WORSE THAN OTHER SINS

We learn in the holy book   entitled Likutei Amarim, known popularly by the name, Tanya (chs. 6 and 7)   and authored by the holy Rav Schneur Zalman of Liadi:

We learn in the holy   Zohar at the end of parshas Shemini, that an unclean spirit rests on   forbidden foods. Consequently, whoever eats them contaminates his soul and   body, resulting in the unclean spirit to rest up on him. Moreover, he demonstrates   that he has no part in the G‑d of Israel   and the sanctity of Israel.   He brings upon himself confusion of the mind. Additionally, it is known   from Tosafos (Shabbos 12b, Chulin 5b) that eating forbidden foods is worse   than infracting other prohibitions. This is what King Solomon refers in   (Ecclesiastes 6:7): All of a person's toil is for his mouth. The Zohar   explains this to mean that all the toil and punishments a person suffers   after his death, in Gehinnom, are because he contaminated his soul during his   lifetime by eating forbidden foods, such as dead animals not slaughtered   properly, and trefos. Also the soul will not be fulfilled. Its punishment   will never be completed. It is also written in Proverbs (21:23): Whoever   watches his mouth and his tongue, watches his soul from troubles. Do not   read, "From troubles (mitzaros)," but "From tzaraas."   (ibid, Tazria; Tanchuma, Metzora). Now, if you ask, don't we see many people   who stumble upon this sin and are not punished with Tzaraas, the Sefer   Reishis Chochmah (Shaar Hakedushah ch. 13) answers that the Tzaraas is   established in the soul, and when the soul ascends to heaven every night, all   the holy creatures stay away from it and announce that it is unclean, as the   Torah states: And he shall call, "Unclean, unclean!" This is true   even after its departure from this world, if he did not repent. (Shaar Bath   Rabbim).

RABBINICAL OPINION PERTAINING
TO JEWISH LAW

REGARDING WHITE VEAL

FROM RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN

….With   regard to calf slaughter that has recommenced recently, the animals are   fattened with very rich liquids that are not intended for animals, which is   in opposition to what is stated in the Talmud, tractate Bechoros, p. 39. In addition, this   makes the animals ill, causing them to need all types of medication.   Highly-skilled ritual slaughterers have themselves only deemed some 16% of   the animals as kosher. In general, most are thus not kosher. Although it   appears that this is because of problems in the lungs of the animals examined   by slaughterers according to laws pertaining to the lungs, it is also   possible that animals are considered unkosher by virtue of their internal   organs, which must also be checked because this is a very serious issue.   Therefore, it is appropriate that this should be forbidden, and G-d-fearing   persons should not eat this type of veal even if their internal organs are   checked. Without examining the internal organs, these animals may not be deemed   kosher at all. An examination of the imperforated internal organs, and of   blisters that are perforated, and only a cursory examination of the internal   organs and the blisters caused by weak organs, without an examination of the   internal organs, may not be deemed kosher.  

signed    RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN

FOR MANY YEARS   JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS WERE SUPPLIED WITH NON KOSHER MEAT.  A   TRAGIC STORY WHICH HAPPENED IN THE TIME OF THE TZADDIK RABBI NATTAN NOTA   SHAPIRO ZTK'L AUTHOR OF THE MEGALE AMUKOT THIS STORY WAS PRINTED IN   NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS MORE THAN 300 YEARS AGO

CONTRACT   WITH THE RABBI or STORE OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KASHRUT OF FOODS ESPECIALLY   MEATS AND CHAMETZ FREE PRODUCTS DURING PASSOVER

Dear Rabbi ___________ OR Mr_______________:

–Being that the punishment for eating Non Kosher foods is very   grave, especially the punishment for eating forbidden fats which carries the   penalty of Karet, and also the consumption of Chametz in Passover which also   carries the penalty of Karet

–Being that the Zohar ha Kaddosh Shemini 41b says:

 Come and see: Everyone who eats of those forbidden   foods, cleaves to the forces of evil and thereby contaminates himself and his   soul, resulting in an unclean spirit to rest upon him, displaying, thereby he   has no part in the Most High G­-d … and if he departs from this world in   that condition, all those that adhere to the forces of uncleanness cling to   him, contaminate, and judge him as a person who despised his Master, despised   in this world and despised in the World to Come … Woe is to them! Woe is to   their souls for they will not cling to the bundle of eternal life, for they   have become contaminated … All of a person's toil is for his mouth. All   judgment, all one suffers and all vengeance wrought upon him, is all on   account of his mouth, because he did not watch it and thereby, contaminated   himself…(Shemini 42a): Rabbi Yitzchak said: Whoever becomes contaminated   through these foods is like one practicing idolatry, which is an abomination   to the L‑rd, as the Torah writes: You shall not eat any abomination.   Whosoever practices idolatry departs from the side of life, departs from the   Holy domain, and enters the evil one; as does also one who contaminates   himself with these foods depart from the side of life, depart from the Holy   domain, and enter an evil one, and not only that, but he becomes contaminated   both in this world and in the World to Come

–There is no sin so severe as forbidden foods, since entire   Jewish communities were lost and turned to evil ways because of eating   treifos and neveilos. (Divrei Chayim‑Yoreh Deah) See also: Chasam Sofer   Parshas Shmini, Or Hachayim Shmini, Bris Mateh Moshe, Nidchai Israel chap.   29, Reishis Chochmo Shar Hakedusho chap. 17, (Kiddushin 82a), Tzafnath   Paneach and Degel Machanay Ephraim (Parshath Ekev), Shne Luchot Ha Brit,   Chullin 93b, Pele Yoetz, taref, Yoreh Deah, end of ch. 116, Pri Chadash to   Yoreh Deah, ch. 81, MIDRASH VAYIKRA 1:1, BACH (Orach Chayim, Siman 670):

We therefore request from you that you take all responsibility   for the possible punishments that we may incur in case the foods under your supervision   are not Kosher. We are sure you are willing to take responsibility for the   possible punishment from Hashem since you have signed the certificate that   claims that the place we patronize or the products we are consuming   specifically________________ are kosher. Therefore in case of meats or   Chametz free products in Pesach, you assume responsibility for the punishment   of Karet we may incur, G-d forbid if these products contain forbidden fats or   if they claim they are Chametz free and nevertheless contain Chametz and are   consumed during Pesach.

Regarding meats by signing this contract you accept   responsibility for the fact that the animal was slaughtered and checked 100%   in accordance with the laws of Shechitah which would make the animal Glatt   Kosher as the stamp which you have signed claims.

We hope that Hashem gives you strength to continue your most   difficult and demanding labor and that you will do your duty in a faithful   manner in accordance to the Holy Torah and the Sages of Israel

Rabbi _________________

Date:

Witnesses: _________________    and   _____________________________

רבי אליעזר   זילבר, זצ"ל

אב   בית דין   סינסינעטי וראש בית דין אגודת הרבנים

לחם מלחמת ה' במסירות נפש ממש נגד מכשולי השחיטה החדשה   שהיא השחיטה תלוי' שהנהיגו הבוטשער'ס בארצות הברית, וכתב מכתבי   אזהרה לרבנים ובירחונים שיפסיקו להאכיל נבילות וטריפות על ידי השחיטה   המודרנית החדשה שהיא שחיטה תלוי'. עד שהבוטשערס רצו להרגו   רח"ל.