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Thankfully, along came a rabbi from Baltimore who agreed to give Sixth and Rye his hekhsher kosher seal of approval.
Rabbi Jason Miller: The Food Truck That Drove Right Over Kosher Politics Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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With no central authority, individual rabbis were putting hekhsher (kosher) stamps on the meat.
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It is important to understand that the goal of this initiative is not to replace any existing, honored hekhsher, nor to revise any traditional beliefs or practices.
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The appearance of this Justice Certification symbol alongside the traditional ritual hekhsher Kosher seal will provide consumers with assurance that the food they are buying is produced by companies that embrace Jewish ethical values as well as follow ritual practices.
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The goal of the committee is to establish a “tsedek hekhsher,†or a oversight that includes justice as a guideline, to ensure that kosher food producers “have met a set of standards that determine the social responsibility of kosher food producers, particularly in the area of workers rights.â€
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Their establishment of a commission in response to recent reports of unsafe working conditions and labor violations at AgriProcessors of Postville, Iowa, the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, and their creation of a new label a “tsedek hekhsher,†or justice certification will be valuable steps in protecting workers’ rights, in accordance with Jewish law, at facilities that produce foods already carrying traditional kosher certification.
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Their establishment of a commission in response to recent reports of unsafe working conditions and labor violations at AgriProcessors of Postville, Iowa, the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, and their creation of a new label a “tsedek hekhsher,†or justice certification will be valuable steps in protecting workers’ rights, in accordance with Jewish law, at facilities that produce foods already carrying traditional kosher certification.
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The goal of the committee is to establish a “tsedek hekhsher,†or a oversight that includes justice as a guideline, to ensure that kosher food producers “have met a set of standards that determine the social responsibility of kosher food producers, particularly in the area of workers rights.â€
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Conceived by the rabbi of a Conservative congregation, and now endorsed by that movement's rabbinic arm, the "Hekhsher" 's promoters insist that it is not really a hekhsher, or kashrus certification, at all.
Your Moral Leader 2008
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More telling still is that even in the realm of "social justice," the advocates of the proposed non-heksher hekhsher seek less to ensure compliance with halacha than to supplant it with a broader social agenda of their own choosing.
Your Moral Leader 2008
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