chalav stam

noun

Milk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.

OriginHebrew חלב סתם →
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Meanings

nounchalav stam (uncountable)

alternative cholov stam

  1. JudaismuncountableMilk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.

    There are certainly those that maintain that for a doctor to drive home from the hospital on Shabbos or for a God-fearing Jew to eat chalav stam is perfectly lawful and legitimate and should not be viewed as concessionary practices.

    2022 January 1, Rabbi Daniel Friedman, The Transformative Daf - Moed Katan, Mosaica Press, →ISBN, page 23

Origin

  1. Hebrewחלב סתם
  2. Englishchalav stam

Borrowed from Hebrew חלב סתם (literally, “plain milk”).

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