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Current issue: Waiting Between Hard Cheese & Meat – download here (PDF)
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yo better believe that its true. Harav Hendel Z”L Paskend like that. its in writing and all.
but sometimes you can believe. not always do you have to see it in writing!
NA’ASEH V’NISHMA!! =)
Thanks for the Halachically Speaking article.The author has a new sefer out.He knows his Halacha.
Great stuff you should post more practical halochos like this on your website
I was in the dairy business for 14 years and do know what I am talking about. Cheddar cheese is DEFINITELY not aged by definition. It is only aged if it sits for a certain amount of time. If it is a just a few months, then it is considered mildly aged. After a longer time it is called “sharp”. Generally, you won’t find a sharp cheddar in the kosher market (unless it specifically says so) for purely economic reasons. In order to have it, the company will have to lay out the money for the product, then have it… Read more »
we always learned that Rabbi Hendel was more strict on hard cheeses than other Rabbanei chabad but more lenient han others in other domains. so we learned, one must stick to the rav of his town!
#1, halacha is halacha. my chabad rav told me the same thing about parmesan cheese. for some reason, a lot of people don’t know about this.
#2, are you sure? do you have this in writing, or were you told this personally? This is a huge and important change!
In Montreal we keep 6 hours for American cheese as well….
BTW, cheddar cheese IS aged cheese.
For this
Rabbi Hendel from Montreal Paskened that you have to wait 6 hours for most hard cheese including cheddar and mozzarella even on pizza.
R’ Belsky has some apologizing to do before we start posting his piskei dinim