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There is a certain hechsher (I will not name it here) found on lots of products that three leading kashrut organizations have explicitly told me is unreliable. But it is the only kashrut organization in a major city with an orthodox population of several thousand, and all the Orthodox Jews in that city say it’s acceptable and use those products in their homes and on their keilim. That organization supervises all the kosher restaurants in that city, and all the Orthodox Jews who live in and visit that city eat at those restaurants. How is that possible, and how do you deal with it if you visit that city and you want to dine out or get invited to someone for Shabbos?

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Hi, I have a relative who does not keep shabbos, we know this because of her instagram after shabbos, and it’s a known thing in my family. Her kitchen is kosher, is it a problem for Pas Yisroel and Bishel Yisroel?

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What’s the proper way to deal with a situation like this: you have been told by your local vaad hakashrut that a certain hechsher is not reliable and any food products certified with it are not recommended. Then you go over for a Shabbat or Yom Tov meal to the home of someone who is seemingly very observant. And you discover they are serving you a product under that hechsher, along with lots of other food prepared on the same kelim. And they insist it is all kosher. This is a situation I have found myself in before.

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When making wine what can a non observant Jew help with if he is the one teaching. For example can he show me how to crush the grapes by hand? Thanks