chalav yisrael

noun

milk or dairy product produced under rabbinic supervision.

OriginHebrew חלב ישראל →
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Meanings

nounchalav yisrael (uncountable)

alternative chalav yisroel

  1. Judaismuncountablemilk or dairy product produced under rabbinic supervision.

    I am denouncing the unfortunate fact that people who are learned will use the Heter of R. Moshe to eat Ice Cream that is not Chalav Yisrael.

    1994 July 23, YOSEF_KAZEN, “Why are Hasidim speaking for all Orthodox?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Hebrewחלב ישראל“Jewish milk”
  2. Englishchalav yisrael

Borrowed from Hebrew חלב ישראל (“Jewish milk”).

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