Hechsher

[Cbs]

perhaps someone here knows if vitamins need a Hechsher?

[AJK]

...perhaps someone should ask his LOR.

[JEWDA]

Most vitamins DO need a hechsher

[Cbs]

...perhaps someone should ask his LOR.

perhaps! - it just happens to be midnight now and LOR is perhaps sleeping so why wait if someone on DDF may have answers.

Most vitamins DO need a hechsher

is there some sort of list i can go through to find a particular one?

[Yeki89]

try this
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-medi-guide.htm
is there a particular one you are looking at?

[AJK]

perhaps! - it just happens to be midnight now and LOR is perhaps sleeping so why wait if someone on DDF may have answers.

Would you trust me if I said it didn't? If I said it did?

try this
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-medi-guide.htm
is there a particular one you are looking at?

Ah, Star-K might work...

[Cbs]

try this
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-medi-guide.htm
is there a particular one you are looking at?

Yes. Its called "catalyn", but also wondering in general

Would you trust me if I said it didn't? If I said it did?

i would hope that u would write a source with it. or i'd ask for a source.

Ah, Star-K might work...

thanx

[clownaparte]

Couple of general points re: vitamin hechsher.
1) flavored vitamins need hechsher.
2) non flavored... Machlokes, as usual. Reasons to permit: not derech achila, done for medicinal purposes, any tarfus is now pogum.
3) reasons to forbid: achshevei, not a real medicine, tarfus is possibly not pogum, it's just the rest of the pill that's pogum.

Bottom line, I imagine the OP is posting this because he needs an answer tonight. One way around these issues, is to wrap the vitamin in a small piece of tissue and then swallow it that way. That should be ok even according to more stringent opinions. I can't vouch for everyone, but I believe even r fishel Hershkowitz, who is machmir, permits when wrapped.

Sorry for any brevity, but I'm posting from a mobile device.

[JEWDA]

A tissue?? i dono who wud do that!

[Yeki89]

I can't vouch for everyone, but I believe even r fishel Hershkowitz, who is machmir, permits when wrapped.

i know that r dovid cohen permited this with rapid release gel advil that contain gelitain

[clownaparte]

A tissue?? i dono who wud do that!

It's really not a big deal. You wrap in a tiny piece of tissue and swallow quickly with liquid...

[elikay]

i know that r dovid cohen permited this with rapid release gel advil that contain gelitain

That is a medicine, unlike vitamins.

[Yeki89]

good point, i guess thats why they say each pesak is foor that specific halacha

[Cbs]

Couple of general points re: vitamin hechsher.
1) flavored vitamins need hechsher.
2) non flavored... Machlokes, as usual. Reasons to permit: not derech achila, done for medicinal purposes, any tarfus is now pogum.
3) reasons to forbid: achshevei, not a real medicine, tarfus is possibly not pogum, it's just the rest of the pill that's pogum.

Bottom line, I imagine the OP is posting this because he needs an answer tonight. One way around these issues, is to wrap the vitamin in a small piece of tissue and then swallow it that way. That should be ok even according to more stringent opinions. I can't vouch for everyone, but I believe even r fishel Hershkowitz, who is machmir, permits when wrapped.

thanx. and no i didnt need it right away i was just wondering.

A tissue?? i dono who wud do that!

i would, why not? u just wrap a small little piece on it. - or u can empty the contents into liquid if its a capsule.

That is a medicine, unlike vitamins.

in general medicine has diff halachos then vitamins. much more lenient by medicine