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For the most part, I gather that an Ashkenazi should not follow Sephardi minhag or vice versa. (E.g. - nusach hatefilla, kitniyot on Pesach.)

I am Ashkenazi. I am somewhat "liberal" regarding my use of shechita, i.e., I will use meat that is certified by a reliable rav. I am unfamiliar with what makes "Bet Yosef" shechita, generally use by Sephardim different from Ashkenazi shechita. Would an Ashkenazi be allowed to use Bet Yosef Shechita or can a Sephardi use a reliable Ashkenazi shechita or are they restricted to Bet Yosef shechita?

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    Bet Yosef is the equivalent of glatt kosher - one level up from regular kosher - certainly works for an Ashkenazi. Sefardim are more machmir than Ashkenazim regarding adhesions therefore many will not use Ashkenazi schita. All this is valid for Israel - I don't know enough about the US these days to comment – mbloch Jan 08 '18 at 18:44
  • Even more literal than that @mbloch. A sign saying bet yosef without a teuda from a rabbi is the equivalent of a store advertising glatt kosher without a hashgacha from a rabbi. – user6591 Jan 08 '18 at 19:05
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    Short answer: An Ashkenazi can rely on Bet Yosef shechita but a Sephardi cannot rely on Ashkenazi shechita. – ezra Jan 08 '18 at 20:27
  • From what I understand, there is a dispute over what part of the checking process is min haTorah and what is derabbanan. The Sefaradim are more stringent than the Ashkenazim over this. I would need to look into it. – Menachem Eliyahu Jan 08 '18 at 20:27
  • @mbloch That's not really true. The Beit Yosef permits some adhesions and prohibits others, while the Rama permits some adhesions and prohibits others. One is not exclusively more strict or lenient. Usually what's labeled as Beit Yosef nowadays is meat that has no adhesions at all, so it's fine for both. But that's not literally true about the in principle Sefardi/Ashkenazi positions. – Double AA Jan 08 '18 at 21:17
  • @ezra It's not the shechita, it's the bedika, and in some regards the beit yosef is more lenient than the rama. – Double AA Jan 08 '18 at 21:18
  • @DoubleAA נכון חבר – ezra Jan 08 '18 at 21:18
  • Uh, I think this might be a dupe of one of my questions from years ago – Noach MiFrankfurt Jan 09 '18 at 00:18
  • Possibly related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/43974/chalak-or-glatt – Noach MiFrankfurt Jan 09 '18 at 00:18
  • @DoubleAA with all due respect, I heard R Avraham Yosef (the son of R Ovadia) speak multiple times on this topic (in Israel he led their Beit Yosef hashgacha) and he explained it the way I did. "They are more machmir) doesn't mean they accept no adhesions – mbloch Jan 09 '18 at 03:28
  • @mbloch Rabbi or no rabbi, you can't disagree about what the Beit Yosef and Rama held. Perhaps later Sefardim are more Machmir than the Beit Yosef in some of these areas. (I don't understand your last sentence since everyone accepts animals with no adhesions.) – Double AA Jan 09 '18 at 03:46
  • @mbloch See https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/43991/759 though as I indicated there modern marketing terms and technical halakhic positions in this area are very different things which can confuse people who don't know how to put things in the right context. What you said "Sefardim are more machmir than Ashkenazim regarding adhesions" is factually technically not true, even if it is true that among modern meat Kashrut-standards, the Sefardim accept fewer. – Double AA Jan 09 '18 at 03:51
  • @DoubleAA I don't think the question was about the halachic position of the Beit Yosef or the Rama. I think it was about modern-day schita. – mbloch Jan 09 '18 at 03:53
  • @mbloch Maybe, but you said "Bet Yosef is the equivalent of glatt kosher" and "Sefardim are more machmir than Ashkenazim regarding adhesions" which are both technically false. – Double AA Jan 09 '18 at 03:54
  • @DoubleAA I believe I am correct in practice and in Israel: Ashkenazim who eat glatt will eat Bet Yosef schita. R A Yosef holds that Sfardim cannot eat regular kosher schita and need glatt or Bet Yosef or what is called here halak – mbloch Jan 09 '18 at 03:56
  • @mbloch Your last comment here is true I think and it doesn't contain the false claims I pointed out in your first comment. – Double AA Jan 09 '18 at 03:58

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