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Kosher Fish Machlokes
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
--- Quote from: Zelhar on March 14, 2010, 03:03:30 PM ---As far as I know (and it seems to be confirmed in this article), the kashrut laws forbid consumption of visible organisms, microscopic parasites are not prohibited.
I know the problem with worms and other small vermins from another type of food- leafy vegetables. I was made aware to this problem by religious people but I share their pickiness in this case and I scan extra carefully this type of food because I really hate the thought of eating these trefot and even more I hate to discover one in a dish which I had prepared and already begun eating.
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Yes it is rather disgusting whenever there is a bug found in food. I have quite the aversion to it myself.
However, the anisakis has been around from ancient times, and the science about its origin has not changed. This is another example of extremists looking for something to be picky about in order to ban something else from life or to add a layer of supervision/kashering to make money off of it. In order to do so, they rely on any scientific opinion that leads to a strict opinion. Another example of this was the Indian sheitel burning. The extremist involved refused to heed the opinion of an expert on Hindu religion and Indian culture who said there was no worry of involvement of avoda zara in making the wigs. Instead there were thousands of dollars worth of wigs burned... for no apparent reason.
Harzel:
Perhaps you are right in this case. I remember a few years ago there was a similar report about ultra-orthodox Jews who wanted to declare the New York tap water as non-kosher because of some tiny invisible creatures found on the reservoir.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Attention Jews: Let us learn from the example of the Rambam as cited here: http://yediah.blogspot.com/2010/03/chumrot-chilul-hashem-parasites-in.html
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