Hello,
I have a couple of questions.
The first one is on regards of your article about cheese of non Jews. In Mishna Avodah Zara, 2:5 it seems that R. Ishmael considered that rennet itself is non edible and not food. Rambam in his commentary of the Mishna makes a distinction between using rennet (allowed) and the stomach itself and in Machalot Assurot he is talking about the dry stomach itself. Now, why modern standardized animal rennet, which comes from a long industrial process and is definitely not edible and a chemical/enzymes is still forbidden? In my humble view cheeses made by this product aren’t Gevinah as stated in the Talmud as well. I am talking of industrial cheese.
The second question is in regards of Netilat Yadaim. The only time when using a kli and the blessing is required is before eating bread right? After using the bathroom and before prayer you can just clean as usual under the faucet correct?
In the morning it is required to start a new day as suggested by Rashba and is the only case where you say the blessing of Netilat before Asher Yatzar and the rest of the blessings correct?
Hi,
Thank you for your answer.
I checked the Hebrew version but to be honest I’m not sure if I found the difference with the English version (my Hebrew is not that good).
What I understood is that the status of a cheese being considered Gevinah is the recipe, meaning, that modern industrial cheese is different to the actual Gevinah mentioned in the Talmud so the Gezerah doesn’t apply to them in the first place, just hard artisanal cheeses.
What is not clear to me from the Hebrew version is if industrial cheese that is usually made with vegetarian rennet (the recipe) is kosher even with the modern chemical rennet derived from animal sources. Because for example, for many vegetarians the normal cheese with industrial animal rennet is fine, usually just vegans eat vegetarian rennet.
In India and in the Muslim world, they wouldn’t eat cheese with animal rennet.
Jews can eat cheese that is not under the category of Gevinah even if it contains animal rennet, because animal rennet that is used today is inedible.
Perfect. Thank you Rabbi for your answer.
So basically the cheeses that you mentioned in your Teshuva, even with animal rennet, since the modern version doesn’t fall under the Talmudic category of Gevinah, they can be eaten, right?
Your second and third question are a yes. With respect to the first question, did you read my recent Teshuva in Hebrew?