Year: 2018

The trickery is the hint that it is bug-free.

Kashrus certification for nuts approves Ma’asros were taken, but proper bug checking is too expensive (I would blame the minimum wage). So some hechshers will state this on the package explicitly, and others, including Chassam Sofer [Bnei Brak], will not, assuming the consumer knows enough to check for bugs himself (just like grocery stores used to sell Tevel produce once upon a time). But when these nuts are covered with dough or chocolate or puffed rice or salt, this implies the nuts were already checked for bugs, and are ready to eat.

To see this more clearly, imagine someone selling fancy platters of delicious, freshly carved and sliced fruits, and not mentioning they need to be washed from truly dangerous pesticides…

And these rabbis are the ones we trust to look out for all the issues we are not even aware of?!

A child sees the bulletin of the Synagogue announcing that the congregation had just hired a new rabbi, his name is Rabbi Dr. Epstein. The child is so excited that the new rabbi is also a doctor, that the next time he has a stomach ache, he calls the Synagogue.

“I would like to speak to the Rabbi Dr.,” the boy says.

The rabbi gets on the line and asks how he can be of help.

“Well rabbi, the boy says, I have a stomach ache and I was wondering what you suggest I do.”

“Sorry son, I’m not a medical doctor,” replies the rabbi.

“What type of doctor are you?” asks the boy.

“I am a Dr. of Philosophy,” was the response.

The child thought for a moment and then asked, “What type of sickness is that?”

Source: here

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