The Chief Rabbinate has authorized the Tzohar organization as an official kashrut certification body under Israeli law, marking the first such delegation since the kashrut reform, according to Shila Friedman (KAN). Tzohar's certificate will carry the same legal weight as the Rabbinate's own.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has formally recognized the Tzohar organization as an authorized kashrut certification body, according to journalist Shila Friedman (KAN). The move is the first such delegation since the passage of the kashrut reform, and follows a High Court of Justice ruling that mandated alternative certification pathways.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today (Thu 11:12 Jerusalem), the Rabbinate had approved Tzohar's application — this new report confirms the official authorization and notes that Tzohar's certificate will be legally equivalent to the Rabbinate's own certification.
The kashrut reform, which passed in recent years, was designed to break the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification by allowing competing bodies to issue certificates under state supervision. Thursday's authorization is the first concrete implementation of that framework for a non-Rabbinate entity.
2 developments
- StrongChief Rabbinate rules Tzohar kashrut authorization was not approved by Rabbinical Council
- DevelopingReligious Affairs Ministry chief claims Tzohar kashrut authorization is invalid
- DevelopingChief Rabbi Bar defends kashrut reform bill at Knesset committee
- DevelopingChief Rabbi David Yosef says no woman will receive a certificate of kosher supervision under his tenure
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