Hashgacha of Rabbi Elimelech Zalman Leibowitz

I personally know him and am pretty sure he is pretty well known in Flatbush. He is the rav of a shul on 35th and L. Kind of surprised that he would give a hechsher on non-glatt meat.

Looks like someone forgot to use his sockpuppet account.

There is no halakhic reason for Ashkenazim to be makpid on glatt.

You’re wrong under almost (if not literal) every definition of “glatt”.

1) If glatt is used in the vernacular, it refers to a general higher standard. Of course there’s a reason to be makpid on a stricter standard of who is a yarei shomayim for shecitah and bedikah (as an example).

2) If glatt is used as in “OU glatt”, which is acceptable for Ashkenazim but not Sefardim, then “not glatt” would refer to a looser standard, within the Rema’s shittah, of how easily a sirchah is removed yet still considered glatt.

3) Even if referring to Bais Yosef glatt (which in this case it isn’t), saying “there’s no reason” ignores the fact that the Rem’a himself refers to it as a “kula gedolah”, and that many yorei shomayim, even Ashkenazim, are makpid on the Mechaber’s glatt.

He gives the hechsher along with Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag, another giant in Torah. There is no halakhic reason for Ashkenazim to be makpid on glatt.

So why are you answering your troll question? Dash is 100% correct. Gotcha.

@jbaldy22,

He asked a question in one post, then answered in another. I don’t know why he did that, but apparently, some trolls do that (but they answer using different screen names). I don’t participate in other forums, but Joseph did a lot of that (it’s humorous to see, when looking back at old threads, because the mods have id’d many of his screen names).

Unfortunately, the fact remains it is not up to standards of the mainstream kosher organizations. I see how people are twisting and turning in order to make this acceptable but if the standards are not up to par with those of the mainstream acceptable organizations, something is wrong והמבין יבין .

Best bet is to stay away.