The sign says they have arranged mehudar milk with no concern of shmitta issues? what shmitta issues might there be with milk? The cows might have been fed grains or grasses that were affected by shmitta. They, whiever they are, have arranged the milking of cows who were only fed grains and produce harvested in the sixth year, clear of any shmitta concerns so the milk they produced is also clear of shmitta concerns. Additionally the cows have not had surgical procedures done on them to minimize any concern of treifas.
I have never heard of this chumra before, and this is my fourth shmitta cycle in Israel. Ar first I thought it might be a joke, but I am told it is not.
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I hope the people buying it know that the milk is unpasteurized. Yes, it's written in tiny print but who expects to buy unpasteurized milk these days
ReplyDeleteMerzbach is a yekke
ReplyDeleteThey usually don't add stringencies unnecessarily
ReplyDeleteNot much of a chumra. Unpasteurized milk sounds super healthy, but is a recipe for trouble when produced under unsanitary conditions. And then there's the handling process, until it gets to the consumer.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is the rav merzbach from Naturei karta. It might explain.
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