Mehadrin
The Hebrew or Aramaic word mehadrin (מהדרין), plural of mehader (מהדר), means in German “conscientious”, “embellished”, “embellished” (from hadar (הדר), German “splendor”) and in Judaism denotes observance of religious laws that goes beyond what is strictly necessary or prescribed. The term is used in the Talmud for a custom of lighting candles during the eight-day Jewish consecration festival Hanukkah , after which the particularly conscientious people light one candle for each person in the household instead of one candle per day and household. Another increase, known as mehadrin-min-ha'mehadrin (מהדרין מ המהדרין), the custom experienced by increasing the number of candles each day, which later became the norm.
Today - especially in Israel - the term mehadrin is mainly used for kosher certification and denotes an unspecified, strict interpretation of the kashrut standard following the Jewish religious laws . Next to it is Mehadrin also a brand name.
The term became known in connection with buses in Israel, in which gender segregation was mandatory. They have been referred to as the “ Mehadrin Lines ” and have made headlines around the world . In January 2011, they were banned by the Israeli Supreme Court .
Web links
- Hechscharim overview (as of January 21, 2009) ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Yitzhak Frank: The practical Talmud dictionary . Jerusalem 1991 ISBN 0-87306-587-5 , p. 160
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 21b (English). Retrieved January 25, 2011
- ↑ See Yosef Blech: Kosher Food Production . 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2009 ISBN 0813820936 , pp. 22f. excerpts online (English). Retrieved January 25, 2011
- ↑ Mehadrin agricultural products
- ↑ Ayala Goldmann: Strict gender segregation. The self-image of Jewish Orthodox women in Israel and Germany . Deutschlandradio , February 19, 2010
- ↑ Dan Izenberg, Jonah Mandel: Court scraps 'Mehadrin' buses . Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2011 (English)