Q&A: And Strawberries Came Up in My Hands
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And Strawberries Came Up in My Hands
Question
My mother-in-law made an event and brought strawberries for dessert
I hesitated whether to eat them, because there are doubts about worms, and I decided that it was kosher, and even if it’s not the strictest standard, I’m going to eat and I don’t care about anything.
I ate a full mouthful, fully intentionally.
At the end of the event I found out that these were Badatz mehadrin strawberries.
How can this be fixed?
Answer
Just curious, what are Badatz strawberries? (Or were you trolling?)
The fix is to take upon yourself not to eat Badatz anymore, so as not to support sinners.
Apparently it’s a special cultivation where worms in strawberries aren’t possible.
Bottom line, a crazy price compared to ordinary kosher strawberries from the regular market.
In my humble opinion, Rabbi Eitam Henkin, of blessed memory, in his book For You It Shall Be for Food, proved beyond any doubt that this is an exaggerated stringency with nothing to rely on.
The fix is problematic.
A lot of the products in the grocery store and at my mother-in-law’s are Badatz…