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From: keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan)
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Subject: Re: milk & meat - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 13:24:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  2 13:24:31 1983
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1) I don't have my copy of The Jewish Catalogue handy, but I'd be very
    surprised if it recommends consulting a rabbit.  Amusing typo, though.
    Reminds me of a joke where a wife is trying to subtly tell her husband
    she's pregnant, and he thinks she's telling him the rabbi died.

2) It was only very recently (some time between 1971 and 1977) that the
    American Conservative rabbis' organization decided that rennet is far
    enough removed from its origins to make hard cheeses kosher.

3) I think that the most likely explanation for the "K" on the Yoplait yogurt
    is Steven Bellovin's suggestion that it's not a kashrut symbol, but some
    other indication like the Kraft logo.  It is for this reason that many
    Orthodox authorities recommend not accepting the K as a kashrut symbol at
    all, but only buying food that you know is approved by an accepted
    rabbinical group, such as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, which owns the
    U in a circle symbol.  I remember reading a pamphlet once which said you
    should only buy food if it's approved by a rabbi who is known to you, like
    matzoh "prepared under the supervision of Rabbi So-and-so."

					Morris M. Keesan
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