Celebrating 30 Years of the Daf Hakashrus

With profound sadness, the Orthodox Union joins the Jewish community in mourning the passing of the great Rav and Posek, HaRav Nota Greenblatt, zt”l, of Memphis, Tennessee.‘Rav Nota’ was one of the closest students of Hagaon Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l and addressed cutting edge Halachic questions that were presented to him from across the globe. He was known as the preeminent expert in Hilchos Gittin, Halachic Divorce Law, and would serve as a national resource for this highly specialized and sensitive process. His passionate commitment to the importance of Jewish divorcees obtaining a valid Get was expressed in his constant availability to assist those seeking such resolution and in his frequent travels to communities around the country – often at his own expense – to arrange Gittin. His fine character and extraordinary impulse for kindness made him a unique and impactful leader of American Jewry. Rav Greenblatt played a significant role in OU Kosher for several decades. He handled the OU’s kashrus supervision in the southern parts of the United States and was involved in the supervision of shechita throughout the country. A more detailed memorial will be forthcoming in a future issue of the Daf HaKashrus.