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- n. Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
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“Establishments that serve kosher food, including restaurants, cafés, catering halls and butcher shops, need to have a mashgiach on hand, an on-site supervisor, typically a rabbi, assigned to stand around and watch, guarding against treif or unkosher ingredients that could slip in.”
The Wall Street Journal: As Passover Nears, These Rabbis Are Getting Out Their Blowtorches
“An impromptu interview with the White House's mashgiach, the supervisor of the kosher kitchen preparation.”
The Washington Post: I asked Helen Thomas about Israel. Her answer revealed more than you think.
“I talked to one mashgiach who slept in a room at the cheese factory, and every time his alarm rang -- every 40 minutes -- he'd wake up, push the button, and go back to sleep.”
The Huffington Post: Benyamin Cohen: 'Kosher Nation': An Interview with Sue Fishkoff
“For instance, a mashgiach is supposed to add the rennet in the cheese-making process -- it's a delicate operation that could involve mixing meat and milk if not done properly, at least in the old days when rennet could be derived from an animal.”
The Huffington Post: Benyamin Cohen: 'Kosher Nation': An Interview With Sue Fishkoff
“Still, in order to get kosher certification, a mashgiach has to push that button.”
The Huffington Post: Benyamin Cohen: 'Kosher Nation': An Interview With Sue Fishkoff
“Though I had served as a mashgiach (kosher supervisor) in the cafeteria as a rabbinical student, I required detailed instruction to oversee the large camping agency's many industrial kitchens as a rav hamachshir (certifying rabbi).”
“A group of yeshiva students then pulls off the feathers and passes the chickens to the mashgiach, or kashrut supervisor, who removes their intestines for inspection.”
“The evening mashgiach and the chef had a big falling out.”
“It just affects how intense the mashgiach process needs to be.”
“A mashgiach, Yitzchak Bitton at Le Marais, a kosher steakhouse in NY, claims that on his watch there were major kashrut violations, and that despite his best attempts at solving them, the OU repeatedly turned a blind eye, and tried to cover up the problems that were there, rather then possibly losing a client and taking a hard line approach.”
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