When Kosher Isn’t Quite Kosher

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 by rabbischochet

How many Jews in the UK? Somewhere between three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand? How many of those are kosher observant? As a most optimistic guess perhaps fifty percent? So we are looking at best at 175,000 kosher observant Jews in the UK. How many kashrut authorities? Certainly four main ones in London, another[…]

Is it acceptable to shoot wounded terrorists?

Posted on January 5, 2017January 6, 2017 by rabbischochet

Dear Rabbi Is it acceptable for Israeli soldiers to shoot to kill would-be terrorists, especially when they could just maim them? Matthew Dear Matthew We abhor murder in the Jewish faith under all and any circumstances. So if you first maim the terrorist, then to walk up to him and terminate him in order to[…]