Badatz Beit Yosef is a
kosher
(also or , ) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law. Food that may be consumed is deemed kosher ( in English, yi, כּשר), fro ...
certification that is widely used by
Sephardic
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...
and other Jews in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
Badatz Beit Yosef follows the guidelines set by Rabbi
Yosef Caro.
In Israel, an estimated 70 percent of restaurants use the Badatz Beit Yosef standard.
Badatz Beit Yosef was the first kosher-certifying organization to certify cigarettes for
Passover
Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt, which occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the first month of Aviv, or spring. ...
.
Badatz Beit Yosef is the leader in kosher slaughter of chicken for Orthodox Jews in Israel.
Management
Badatz Beit Yosef was run by
Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef ( he, , Ovadya Yosef, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthod ...
until his death in 2013,
and is currently run by his son Rabbi
Moshe Yosef.
Rabbi
Ariel Atias is a former manager of Badatz Beit Yosef.
Rabbi
Lior Edri
Rabbi Lior Edri ( he, ליאור אדרי, born 13 February 1979) is an Israeli rabbi and politician. He briefly served as a member of the Knesset for Shas in 2015.
Biography
Edri studied in two yeshivas and a kolel in Netanya. He went on to be ...
, a former member of the Israeli
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (wit ...
, is a certification manager at Badatz Beit Yosef.
References
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Kosher food certification organizations
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