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    14 Feb KASHRUS QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK WITH RABBI MOSHE ELEFANT

    Posted at 23:03h in by
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    May one buy
    cut fruit from
    a store that
    does not have a
    Hechsher?
    No! We get this question all the
    time. People are invited all the
    time to meetings in non-kosher
    places and they obviously know
    they can’t have the meat there,
    but they’ll say “Why can’t I have
    the fruit salad?” Rabbanim who
    are involved in certifications of
    restaurants say that the kitchen
    is very busy. When the order
    comes in for a fruit salad, they
    grab the closest knife that
    could’ve been used a moment
    ago to cut up non-kosher meat.
    Therefore, I can not recommend
    eating cut fruit in a non-kosher
    restaurant unless youknow that
    the knife used for cutting the
    fruit is definitely not used for
    anything else.
    Can a store that’s open on
    Shabbos, be considered
    Kosher?
    Technically it can be considered
    Kosher if the store is owned by
    non-Jews. Non-jews don’t have
    to be shomer shabbos so they
    can cook/bake on shabbos.
    However, they still have to have
    supervision so there has to be a

    fear of supervision on Shabbos.
    We at the OU never certify a
    retail establishment that’s open

    on Shabbos unless all money
    that’s going to be made is prepaid
    before Shabbos.