Re: Andrew Jackson

Moeller, Danny (Danny_Moeller@exchange.ml.com)
Fri, 26 Dec 1997 08:44:21 -0500

Steve Strake <sstrake@winklevoss.com> wrote:
<<Can I assume that for food to be kosher, its purchase cannot be contrary
to Halacha? Suppose I buy kosher food with a piece of paper that honors a
person who is guilty of genocide? Is the food still kosher?>>

There are 2 questions here. One -- can/does the physical food change from
Kosher to non-kosher? To which the answer is no. Once something is Kosher
it remains so.

The second question - "purchase cannot be contrary to Halacha?" is true
that one may not make a blessing on the food if an avairo [sin] was done
with it -- such as stealing it; but the food itself still remains Kosher.
Using a dollar bill with a picture of someone you don't agree with does not
constitute a sin -- and affects neither the food nor the blessing.

Regards,
Danny