"A business that will celebrate New Year's Eve – will lose the kashrus certification"

Restaurants and banquet halls across the country recently received appeals from the kashrus supervisor staff of the Chief Rabbinate, the content contained reference to a simple warning: if you celebrate the New Year, the day of the Christian New Year celebrations - you will lose the kashrus certification.


Supervisors contacted owners with this requirement, fearing that it is a kind of idolatry.


However, the demand raised the ire of some business owners: "They have no right to interfere in what has nothing to do with food," they claimed.

Consequently, the Chief Rabbinate decided this week to publish guidance detailing which of the items form a halachic prohibition and the problem of fear of idolatry, and accordingly, the supervisors will explain to the business owners graciously the existing problems.


Chief Rabbinate delivered to B'Chadrei Charedim: "By law, considerations of the kashrus supervisor will deal with kashrus of the food only, and the Chief Rabbinate is careful to follow the law. However, when the situation prevents the supervisor from being present, the business is not eligible for a certificate of kashrus. This is why, for example, restaurants open on Shabbos could not have a kashrus certificate.

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