hechsher

Speech parts

1. hechsher - Noun

2. hechsher - Verb

Meaning

A certification that a food product or establishment is kosher.

A marking indicating that a food product has such a certification.

hechsher (third-person singular simple present hechshers, present participle hechshering, simple past and past participle hechshered)

To certify as kosher.

Examples

An active grapevine among the Jewish community discusses which products are now questionable, as well as products which have become kosher but whose labels have yet to carry the hechsher. Source: Internet

My first thought was that, for whatever reason, the breweries in question are using dairy equipment and thus get a dairy hechsher. Source: Internet

In some cases, however, existing stocks of pre-printed labels with the hechsher may continue to be used on the now non-kosher product. Source: Internet

Therfore, as my LOR says, rooibos needs a hechsher. Source: Internet

Over the past century, there have developed numerous rabbinical organizations that certify products, manufacturers, and restaurants as kosher, usually using a symbol (called a hechsher ) to indicate their support. Source: Internet

Does fresh fish from a supermarket or fish market require a hechsher? Source: Internet

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