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Is non-glatt meat 100% kosher

  

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Rabbi Yosef Loschak: Welcome. I'll be with you in a moment...what's on your mind

Tzvi: Kashrut

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: Yes?

Tzvi: i'm having an argument over Glatt and not glatt Kosher food

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: And the argument is?

Tzvi: it started with is hebrew national kosher

Tzvi: and then it escalated into "do othrodox jews only find glatt kosher food to be kosher"

Tzvi: so is glatt kosher food the only recognized kosher meat for orthodox jews?

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: That is not a correct statement. Please give me a moment to elaborate

Tzvi: i'll try to elaborate a little more as well, 2 questions, being othordox can i eat non glatt kosher foods, and 2) can i serve non glatt kosher food to a visiting orthodox family

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: I'm here. #1 Kosher meat is kosher. As you may already know, the word glatt is a Yiddish word that means smooth. It is referring to the lungs of the animal. After it is shechted [Ed. note: slaughtered], the lungs are checked for holes and adhesions. Holes automatically render the animal traif [non-kosher]. Adhesions, if they can be easily removed and there are no holes under the adhesions mean that the animal is kosher1, but the lungs were not smooth – glatt.  Today in America most Jews that keep kosher prefer to use only glatt kosher

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: #2 Serving others anything, it is always a good idea to find out what their level or standards are. This is a normal question to ask, you need not feel uncomfortable asking.

Tzvi: ok thank you

Rabbi Yosef Loschak: Please come back to askmoses for any more questions

Tzvi: i will, bye

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Footnotes

  • 1. This issue is subject to a dispute in Jewish law. Ashkenazi Jews follow this opinion. For Sephardi Jews if it is not glatt it is not kosher. See "What is Glatt Kosher?" (http://www.askmoses.com/article/554,2096680/What-is-Glatt-Kosher.html)

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Kosher
Literally means "fit." Commonly used to describe foods which are permitted by Jewish dietary laws, but is also used to describe religious articles (such as a Torah scroll or Sukkah) which meet the requirements of Jewish law.
Kashrut
Laws of Kosher (Jewish dietary laws).
Glatt
[Lit. smooth - Yiddish] According to Jewish dietary laws, an animal which is extremely un-healthy is not Kosher. A determining factor is the smoothness of its lung. Therefore, an animal with a completely smooth lung is glatt Kosher. However, if it has lesions on its lung, depending upon their severity it may be non-glatt Kosher or it may be rendered non-Kosher.
Yiddish
Language closely related to German commonly spoken by European Jews.