Swordfish Kosher

No she had scales at the same time so she is absolutely kosher. 31122019 Therefore based on the above swordfish xiphias gladius do not possess scales of the kosher variety and is a non-kosher fish.

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In America and EnglandEurope swordfish is not sold as a Kosher fish but perhaps in other countries it is.

Swordfish kosher. Rabbi Tender decided to list swordfish as atreife fish because he called up an expert who told him scales on a swordfish are a different consistency or something like that from those of other fishSo he decided it was a treife fish. Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 of 3. Please use our Common Kosher Fish list as a general guide rather than authoritative sources particularly if you are strictly observant or are cooking for someone who is strictly observant.

01022019 The presence of tiny scales does not automatically give a fish a kosher status. The earliest and most famous source to explicitly declare the swordfish kasher was the renowned Sephardic posek Rabbi Chaim ben Yisrael Benvenisti 1603-73 the Knesset haGedolah. Way back in 1968 Rabbi Moses Tendler of Yeshiva University wrote a polemic in The Jewish Observer arguing that under no circumstances could the swordfish be considered kosher.

23042018 Because around 60-70 years ago they asked Rabbi Moshe Tendler if he could make a list of which fish are kosher and which arent. So by the time you are ready to eat do not contain scales. Home Forums Decaffeinated Coffee Is Swordfish Kosher.

He write about forty years ago that in England and the USA the Rabbis said that it was lo tahor ie. Tosefes Beracha authored by R Baruch HaLevi Epstein aka the Torah Temimah writes Shemini 119 that swordfish are kosher based on Chullin 66a. Well swordfish are born by scales and lose them as they mature.

Only scales that can be easily removed from the fish without ripping the skin are recognized as scales for kosher purposes. Because it does not have the kind of scales required for kosher fish. One other issue to keep in mind.

The swordfish Xiphius gladius is. Significantly the 1933 kosher fish. They have scales which come off easily however they lose them by adulthood.

Gemara says a fish that appears to us without scales is still kosher as long as it had scales while living in the water. The decision was based on the study of the traditional halakhic sources as well as the evidence of competent scientific experts in the field. Because of the scientific evidence listed here weve listed the swordfish.

This topic has 2 replies 3 voices and was last updated 5 years 3 months ago by zahavasdad. Apparently some meforshim on the shulchan aruch say its kosher though I havent checked myself. 05092018 From the outset then there is reason to believe the swordfish is the achsaftias of the Talmud and is kosher.

But in the adult stage the swordfish is totally lacking in scales. Therefore some rabbis claim that it is not kosher because it does not meet the requirement of scales. Thus a grass carp mirror carp and salmon are kosher whereas a shark whose scales are microscopic a sturgeon whose scutes can not be easily removed without cutting them out of the body and a swordfish which loses all of its scales as an adult are all not kosher.

The committee on Jewish law and standards of the Rabbinical Assembly has ruled in the past that Swordfish is kosher. In the book Mazon Kasher Min HaChai by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Levinger the whole swordfish controversy is documented. Biological evidence of tiny or buried scales may or may not be of consequence in Jewish law.

05032020 Swordfish is not considered kosher. His statement became central to all later halakhic discussion concerning the swordfish. While the Conservative movement regards swordfish and sturgeon as kosher most Orthodox sources do not.

Hence the swordfish does not qualify as kosher. 14042010 Swordfish The article says that swordfish arent kosher. Since swordfish scales cannot be removed in this manner when they are even present the fish is not considered kosher.

The swordfish is highly regarded as a game-fish and for its flavor. Although at birth it has scales these scales are attached in such a manner that they are not readily removable without destroying the underlying skin. From what Ive heard its a debate.

10072008 The kosher status of the swordfish was continuously affirmed over the next centuries in important halachic works like Pri Megadim Darkei Teshuva and Kaf Hahaim.

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