RE: Lassana Bathily, Muslim Employee, Saved Several People During Paris Hostage Situation
January 12, 2015 at 12:40 am
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2015 at 12:46 am by Drich.)
(January 11, 2015 at 8:34 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(January 10, 2015 at 11:37 pm)Drich Wrote: This is suspicious.
Why? Because it was a kosher store.
In order for the food to remain kosher it could not be handled/prepared (depending on how jewish the person was) by a gentile. Muslims are Gentiles.
Not saying she could work at the store as there would be many 'unclean tasks' (janitorial) that the kosher jews could not do. However her tasks would probably mean she would work when no one else was there, as to not taint the kosher food.
As a secular nation I suggest that France would have non-discriminatory employment laws making it highly likely that muslims could be employed at jewish establishments.
You don't understand the word kosher do you? To have a gentile in contact with kosher food means it is no longer kosher, which defeats the purpose of the store!
(January 11, 2015 at 10:04 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Seriously?(January 10, 2015 at 11:37 pm)Drich Wrote: This is suspicious.
Why? Because it was a kosher store.
In order for the food to remain kosher it could not be handled/prepared (depending on how jewish the person was) by a gentile. Muslims are Gentiles.
Not saying she could work at the store as there would be many 'unclean tasks' (janitorial) that the kosher jews could not do. However her tasks would probably mean she would work when no one else was there, as to not taint the kosher food.
Actually, handling by non-Jews doesn't make the food treyf, except in some ultra-orthodox communities. What counts a kosher is food that is 1) not taboo and 2) prepared by Jews.
The woman in question could easily work alongside Jews in numerous capacities, as long as she didn't prepare the food.
Boru
(January 11, 2015 at 11:48 am)DeadChannel Wrote: So, for a long time my dad worked at a seafood plant. He told me that if they had a rabbi dude on the premises, supervising, they could technically sell the fish as kosher even if it was prepared by Christians/Muslims/Buddhists/Atheists.
Your dad was wrong.
Type of food, how it is prepared, how it is kept makes it kosher. The rabbi's are there to ensure proper handling. They do not make food kosher. Certain foods will always be unclean to the jews no matter what.
