
Articles & Links
An Insight into “Chalak Beit Yosef ” by Dayan Y. Y. Lichtenstein, Rosh Beth Din, Federation of Synagogues
(Published in Hamaor / September 2009) Approximately 18 years ago the London Board for Shechita introduced a new, and higher level of Kashrut for some of their butcher shops, called Chalak Beit Yosef. Primarily this was done on the encouragement of the...
Shul Magazine Article 2013 – What is the LBS?
Shechita’s stock rising in modern world If you were living in a yurt in Siberia, it’s possible that news of the horsemeat scandal that swept Europe just a few months ago might just have passed you by. It caused widespread dismay among many people in many...
JC Article & Letters
“The butchers who are cutting the mustard” Article featured in the Jewish Chronicle by Denise Phillips, 13 June 2013 www.thejc.com/lifestyle/food/108645/the-butchers-who-are-cutting-mustard “Knives are out as butchers attach meat price study” by...
Links
LBS Parent Body Synagogue websites: (In alphabetical order) Federation of Synagogues www.federationofsynagogues.com Spanish & Portuguese www.sandp.org The United Synagogue www.theus.org.uk LBS Parent Body Kashrut websites: Federation of...
Glossary
Bedikah Halachic examination or inspection Chalaf The instrument of surgical sharpness used to perform shechita Shechita The Jewish religious humane method of slaughtering animals and poultry for food Shechted Slaughtered according to the Jewish religious...